Xenia RTN?

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  1. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    could this be RTN? I didn't notice the brown stuff yesterday. I was looking at my tank tonight and noticed this. I did have two leathers next to the xenia and I think there may have been some warfare going on. Should I cut off the part that isn't looking so good? I brushed my finger across them and they kinda melted. just came apart.....

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    Don't you have a striped damsel in your tank?
     
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    yes and 2 blue and one purple w/yellow tail and a domino why? they've all gotten along before...........
     
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    Just because striped damsels eat xenia. I've seen it happen. A couple of the tips in your pic look like my buddies xenia that gets regular pruning from his. Just a thought but, wonder if yours is nipping at the xenia and causing some small problems?
     
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    well ok here we go with further reading I've found that xenia likes 8.3 pH, tested and mine was 8.0 added stuff to raise andf kH needs to be around 12. mine is at 9 what should I use to raise it?
     
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    never seen them nip before....but ya know thinking about it, I haven't fed them today. I'm making them go every other day. I wonder......
     
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    Unfortunately, I can argue against most of the xenia "likes". I won't say all because I'm not totally sure. I have kept xenia @ 7 dKh. Pulsing and spreading.
     
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    I'm going to take the rock out and prune off the bad looking stuff and give the rest a dip in some iodine. How do you raise kH? doesn't baking soda work for that or is that something else I'm thinking of?
     
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    Not sure about the home remedy for raising alk.
     
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    I used the calculator here and I figured it out. Thanks Casey!
     
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