xenia splitting

just thought this would be neat to share the xenia has been working on this for the past week or two now..

 

Yep, they'll do that the minute they feel rock and an open space. The xenia that's moving will leave tissue behind and that'll become another colony.

 

After a while you'll be wondering on how to make them stop

Jim

 

yea im sure this is a common thing for them but i thought it was pretty cool

 

Get rid of it or kill it while you still can! JMHO. Superglue works wonders after you have cut off the stalk.
I know it must be exciting having a coral split-but that SOB of a weed can take over a tank and keep coming. good luck!

 

They grow and slit so fast that I try to keep them in one area. There're so easy to fraging that my 8 and 10 yrs old daughter does it with my help and sell them to LFS for a very cheep price and they keep the money.

 

Xenia are very fast growing but they can die just like that. My Xenia doesn't like my Colt coral near it as the polyps closest to the Colt are a different color, and are shriveling up and dying. I guess that is one way of controlling Xenia.

 

yea i figured they would spread like wild fire but i still like em...i guess its like the dandelion of the ocean

 

The best way to control them spreading is having corals around them that wont allow them to spread.

coral_reefer is right, they might spread fast, but can die instantly too! I had one die because I shocked it through water changes.

 

Hmmm, mine never seem to die...infact some how a couple of colonies are growing at the to of the tank on the glass and if i forget to top off they are exposed to air...they always spring back.