Is xenia really that bad?

[gold_gla55]

I personally love the look and flow of xenia in a tank and would love to have it in my tank, however I have heard a lot of gripe about how it will take over your tank. Is this true? Is it pretty easy to prevent from doing so if it does?

 

[ritter6788]

Check out this link,

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[MelissaKathryn]

I personally love the look and flow of xenia in a tank and would love to have it in my tank, however I have heard a lot of gripe about how it will take over your tank. Is this true? Is it pretty easy to prevent from doing so if it does?

+1 We have some in our tank that we got on a piece of live rock with cabbage leather coral and that was 2 months ago and it hasn't gone crazy yet. The BF and I adore it, but when do we start to worry?

 

[Rikerbear]

It's not like anything can take over your tank unless you let it. If you monitor the growth and spread you should be fine.
I have Anthelia, Xenia, Clove polyp, kenya tree, and Green Star polyp all growing in my nano. I have had to prune back and dispose of some Anthelia, and move some GSP to another tank....I see it as part of my tank maintenance is all.

 

[mike007]

My cloves are getting a little out of control how do i manage them?

 

[shse666]

Rip it off by hand if you don't want it in a certain place. Works for us.
Kept it exactly where I want it for the past 15 months.

 

[Graham's Aquaculture Verified Sponsor]

Agree with comments above. If you keep it isolated to one area it's not bad and it won't grow out of control.

 

[Rikerbear]

You can also use a paste made from kalk ....it will kill/burn anything it touches so be careful with it. I leave it on about 5 minutes and than siphone it and many of the dead polyps off.
I have also used a scalpel, and razor blades....I do it during WC so I can just slurp up the ones I've cut out