I’ve searched and haven’t found much on this because I want to keep my Xenia alive and most people want theirs to calm down, but:
I bought six new corals yesterday afternoon. Two small frags of Zoa’s, two pretty small Ricordeas, a rock full of GSP (that I am hoping to use to cover my back wall) and a small pulsing Xenia. It was about an hour and a half drive, but the LFS (Austin Aqua Farm) said they regularly ship overnight so my drive shouldn’t have caused too much of a problem. I got home, temp acclimated 20 mins, and did a Seachem Reef Dip. Put all the frags in the sand bed to let them sit for a few days before I put them in their (tentative) places.
Everything is doing fine except the Xenia. The Zoa’s and GSP all opened up, the Riccordea’s are still bright and pretty. The Xenia looks like absolute hell. It also looks like it’s foot might have gotten cut or something (I’m not sure how, it’s not on a frag plug or rock, LFS just have it to me stand alone and I was super gentle with the dip and everything).
Parameters are:
Temp: 78
PH: 8
Salinity: 1.024
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0.2
Calcium: 350 (I’m working on bringing it up)
Magnesium: 1300
First picture was last night, second was this afternoon.
What do I do
![D40A592E-5484-4C1E-9633-1EDBB8749B24.jpeg D40A592E-5484-4C1E-9633-1EDBB8749B24.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/2893/2893450-b20e1f008b581ea576d25d6db26b5898.jpg)
I bought six new corals yesterday afternoon. Two small frags of Zoa’s, two pretty small Ricordeas, a rock full of GSP (that I am hoping to use to cover my back wall) and a small pulsing Xenia. It was about an hour and a half drive, but the LFS (Austin Aqua Farm) said they regularly ship overnight so my drive shouldn’t have caused too much of a problem. I got home, temp acclimated 20 mins, and did a Seachem Reef Dip. Put all the frags in the sand bed to let them sit for a few days before I put them in their (tentative) places.
Everything is doing fine except the Xenia. The Zoa’s and GSP all opened up, the Riccordea’s are still bright and pretty. The Xenia looks like absolute hell. It also looks like it’s foot might have gotten cut or something (I’m not sure how, it’s not on a frag plug or rock, LFS just have it to me stand alone and I was super gentle with the dip and everything).
Parameters are:
Temp: 78
PH: 8
Salinity: 1.024
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0.2
Calcium: 350 (I’m working on bringing it up)
Magnesium: 1300
First picture was last night, second was this afternoon.
What do I do
![317AFC38-B3DC-49FB-A2B7-BA6D82D16C2F.jpeg 317AFC38-B3DC-49FB-A2B7-BA6D82D16C2F.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/2893/2893449-2ecf30b8ac99021199e93f91b268ec24.jpg)
![D40A592E-5484-4C1E-9633-1EDBB8749B24.jpeg D40A592E-5484-4C1E-9633-1EDBB8749B24.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/2893/2893450-b20e1f008b581ea576d25d6db26b5898.jpg)