Acclimating Xenia to pulse

nickp9054 · Feb 9, 2021

So I just got a pulsing Xenia. I heard they pulse only in low flow, so I turned my flow way down(won’t affect anything cuz I’m just keeping delicate softies right now) but if I slowly ramp up the flow, will it acclimate to it and pulse in the moderate-ish flow?

Zoa_Fanatic · Feb 9, 2021

nickp9054 said:
So I just got a pulsing Xenia. I heard they pulse only in low flow, so I turned my flow way down(won’t affect anything cuz I’m just keeping delicate softies right now) but if I slowly ramp up the flow, will it acclimate to it and pulse in the moderate-ish flow?

Mine are 4” from my powerhead. They pulse fine

nickp9054 · Feb 9, 2021

Zoa_Fanatic said:
Mine are 4” from my powerhead. They pulse fine

How powerful is it? I have a jebao sw-4 on its lowest setting not even directly pointed at my Xenia at the lowest flow and it seems to be blowing it to one side. I just got my Xenia this morning tho so maybe it’s just not completely acclimated?

Zoa_Fanatic · Feb 9, 2021

nickp9054 said:
How powerful is it? I have a jebao sw-4 on its lowest setting not even directly pointed at my Xenia at the lowest flow and it seems to be blowing it to one side. I just got my Xenia this morning tho so maybe it’s just not completely acclimated?

It blows them totally sideways. I’d just give them time

Salt Addiction · Mar 7, 2021

Sofites adapt very well, at least xenia tends to. It will grow shorter in higher current, longer in low flow and both will still pulse I have found. My current colony lives in what's best described as a toilet bowl current and happily pulses.