How long do pulsing Xenia take to “root”?

[Sharkbait19]

Hi,
I made ten frags of pulsing Xenia that i intend to bring to the LFS tomorrow. That number is now down to eight thanks to my emerald crab. I am worried about the rest, but am unsure of what to do. How long will it take for the Xenia to establish a good enough “footing” on its frag where it won’t get plucked right off? Right now the only thing keeping them attached is glue...

 

[vetteguy53081]

For me, 3-5 days

 

[laxman05]

I have found using a healthy belt of superglue across the base of the Xenia to frag rocks works great to help establish it onto the fragplug. Try to use it like a seatbelt lol

 

[Sharkbait19]

Thanks everyone! I decided to deal with them and reglue them tomorrow, so for now just put them into a breeder net.

 

[laxman05]

Good stuff hopefully they will stay put !

 

[Sharkbait19]

I....I have no words....

 

[Nick Steele]

When I glued mine they didn’t like the glue and actually moved away within a day. But they stayed in the frag plug.

 

[Rmckoy]

Add small pieces of rock or coral skeleton pieces .
Sometimes using small rubber elastics to hold them .

 

[Sosuke]

That crab should take the xenia's place at the LFS IMO...

 

[Sharkbait19]

That crab should take the xenia's place at the LFS IMO...

I was actually planning on getting rid of him with the Xenia, but I conveniently had a bubble algae outbreak this week so actually need him for once. He has worn out his welcome though.

If by the time I go to the lfs today and he is wreaking havoc again I’ll just replace him.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Update: All ready for transport!!

 

[Salt Addiction]

One thing you can also do if you are specifically trying to grow it to frag is attach some to a couple plugs on a rack, then surround each plug with empty ones so it sorta naturally creates frags for you. I used to do this with my Xenia and GSP back in the day to make frags for trading and such.

 

[Pistondog]

Couple of days. Most softies will slime off superglue.
Use a rubber band to hold in place on rock or plug until they attach, which they will.

 

[Isemerino]

I have an opposite question. How do you get them off the discs to put on the rock?

 

[Sharkbait19]

It usually pulls off rather easily, it helps to get a razor under to pop it off.
Alternatively, you could just put the plug on the rock and in a few weeks it will have spread and covered the plug entirely.

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

I’m team emerald crab. Way better than a bucket of xenia. Gimme a “C”, Gimme a “R”, gimme a “A”, gimme a “B”.
What’s that spell? CRAB. Gooooooo Crab!!!