Best softy for nutrient export?

[xxkenny90xx]

Does anyone know how much water depth Xenia would need? Also there are several species of Xenia, which would be best for it's apetite for filter feeding and growth which i suppose would be related?

I will have a sump depth of 16". I am planning on building 2" diameter rock rubble pillars cemented together to support a reef flat. Below the reef flat i will have bivalves, featherdusters, tunicates, NPS and anything else that will filter feed. This is the reason for the soft corals instead of algea, because Xenia will filter feed from the water column whereas Macro will not.

Your overthinking it, it'll grow like a weed regardless of depth

 

[Matt Carden]

I am trying to figure out how much depth it needs. I would like to limit it to 4" from water line to the rock it would grow on

 

[DanConnor]

Growing it on a rock seems problematic. You will then have to snip it with scissors to harvest. The will release a lot of xenia juice into the water. Is that bad? I don't know. But I would prefer to grow it on glass so I could scrape it off clean with a razor

 

[Malifry97]

Growing it on a rock seems problematic. You will then have to snip it with scissors to harvest. The will release a lot of xenia juice into the water. Is that bad? I don't know. But I would prefer to grow it on glass so I could scrape it off clean with a razor

This^

 

[Katrina71]

In a sump go with gsp or xenia.

+1

 

[Matt Carden]

Growing it on a rock seems problematic. You will then have to snip it with scissors to harvest. The will release a lot of xenia juice into the water. Is that bad? I don't know. But I would prefer to grow it on glass so I could scrape it off clean with a razor

Thank you for warning me about xenia juice. I can work that into my design.