jsr Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I just got two huge frags of Xenia and want to know what, if any, special care they need. From what I read about them they don't require any special care. Is it safe to say that water changes and trace element supplementation should be sufficient? It seems the more I read about them the more contradicting opinions I see. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedelgado Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 No special care really, gentle flow they dont like to be blown all over the place, just enough to get them swaying a little . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Mine hasn't needed anything special. It's like crabgrass. It's pretty, but I wish I had never added it. Keeping it away from rock will help slow it down but it will still spread around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsr Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 Cool. Thanks guys. I just wanted to make sure they will make in my setup. Sounds like they will. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Mine hasn't needed anything special. It's like crabgrass.It's pretty, but I wish I had never added it. Keeping it away from rock will help slow it down but it will still spread around. Ya know, that is what I heard from a lot of people ... but when I added Xenia to my tank, it never took off. In fact, it never did much for months on end till one day it just melted. I had other softies and hard corals in there and all were doing great. It just varies from tank to tank. But I had my own weed: purple star polyps. I bought a rock that had a tiny patch on it... it almost covered everything in my old 24 gallon tank! It started growing along the back, grew over zoa's, you name it. In my new 75 gallon tank I made "exile island" where the star polyps can live, but is surrounded by sand to prevent it taking over everything again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsr Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Yeah, I put two nice chunks in there, banded them to some rocks, and they were pulsing within 30 minutes. I will keep an eye on them to see if they start stressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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