Is xenia like gsp

[Amstar]

If I have xenia on an “island” will it be like gsp and not spread?

 

[Sthomp01]

Xenia has a habit of breaking off and populating the rest of the tank. GSP will normally stay in one place unless an urchin picks it up and walks around with it.

 

[Amstar]

Ughhh ok thanks - fear of it taking over my tank . To the sump it goes

 

[Red1CA]

i tried the island thing. then xenia decided to break off and go all over covering my nano tank from glass to on top of my zoa.

 

[blasterman]

Yeah, but its a lot cooler when you glue a small chunk of GSP to a big turbo snail and have him run around like a chia pet :-)

 

[Palegic]

I have kept Xenia for the past 15 years. I have to cut it back regularly because it does spread rapidly. I have had it break off and propagate elsewhere in the tank so be careful, but I wouldn't worry too much about it. I don't believe any coral spreads fast enough to not be able to crop it back with relatively little effort.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Ughhh ok thanks - fear of it taking over my tank . To the sump it goes

I wouldn't trust it in the sump either, xenia always finds a way to where you don't want it. That being said I don't believe that any corals are pests, even the fastest growing corals don't grow all that fast and can be easily managed

 

[Amstar]

How do you cut it back? Inside the tank or outside? You just trim it at the base of the stalk