Xenia is wilted ... Weird

My Xenia is wilted this morning,

For some reason i suck at Xenia keeping

Thinking I should do a wc

Params are decent .. Any suggestions

Sg 1.026
Ph 8
Alk 11
Ca 460
Mg1300
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 0 ( this has to be false I have some hair algae)
Phos .25

 

try a water change, make sure you have a good amount of flow, they also like dirty water

 

xenia is one of those weird corals, it can thrive uncontrollably in some systems and other can't keep it. I had some that did great and then one day just began dissolving. My params were all in check, it just withered away. But I have pom pom xenia and I can't stop it from growing in my tank, just one of those things I guess.

your levels look fine, I have heard xenia actually liked "dirtier" water too. One last thing is that xenia is very resilient, even though it might appear to be dead, it can come back.

 

My xenia grows like weeds I have to throw some out once a week may want to lower salinity I lknow someone who swears by 1.023 _ 4 his corals look great also once when mine looked a little shabby I doses with a small capful of sailferts all in one and they became a jungle

 

I had a Xenia "jungle" in my last tank, but in my present one, it will not thrive. There may be nothing to this at all, but my last tank always had a little nitrates, and my present one never has any. Maybe they have to have a little nitrates? One thing that is important to Xenia health is proper Iodine levels, but that still hasn't helped mine now. I love Xenia, and wish there was a middle of the road somewhere but I'm thinking you either can't grow them at all, or they'll take over your aquarium.

 

From my experience I believe that Xenia, zooanthids and mushrooms really benefit from elevated Iodine levels in the aquariums (arround .06ppm) although some may disagree. I have found that elevated Iodine causes greater polyp extension and better colour. These observations are also noted in Reef Aquarium Vol2. If you add Iodine be sure to test for it on a regular basis!

 

Yeah, I guess you didn't read the post right above yours.....

Anyway, yeah, Iodine is important, but that's not all that's important for some softies.