Killed my Xenia?

ph = 8.4
It is pretty much glued there.

 

Oh well, it's flushed.

Time for a replacement.

I'm really ticked at myself. I don't tend to kill things. At least it was a cheap lesson.

 

Blade runner -

How did it turn out? Mine has just taken a big bad turn. It has been doing great and now it looks like it is splitting. I'm not sure if it is dying or morphing. Curious about yours...

 

oh never mind... sorry. Just saw that you flushed it. Say a little prayer for mine

 

I already have a replacement in. What started out as $25 replacement turned into a $125 day at the store.

Xenia
Pure yellow Zoos that I've been after the LFS to frag.
A rock my wife liked covered with 3 different zoos.
A little LR with a ton of pink coraline to seed some differnet color in the tank.

 

I have given up on xenia myself. Had two die for unknown reasons, probably unstable chemistry as I was learning. The first one went on the same cycle you describe and shrunk to almost nothing in size, although it took long. The second one 'melted' very, very fast. Good luck with yours! They love iodine, maybe you can check that (you probably have)?

 

My recommendation to you is to perform a water change once a week, however, do not change more than 5-10% of the water...You will notice that your corals will be happier because there will be a more consistant trace mineral/salt addition as well as removal of depleted dirty water replacing it with fresh salt water more frequently. Moreover, you will be less likely to have detrimental effects in your tank due to more drastic changes in water parameters-more room for error. The whole idea of doing things slow and over time and nothing drastic is the way to go...
It is maybe just my observation, however, It works wonders for my tanks as I have no problems with anything happening to fast or things becoming out of wack, because i'm not doing a big water change.