Pulsing xenia spreading

[Army_of_mantis_men]

Hi, I have a question about pulsing xenia. First off, I knew this is one of the fastest growing corals etc, but I always expected it grows from the side, or center, like you'd blow a baloon. I'm looking in my tank and I see a stem of xenia just poking out of a hole couple inches from the main frag, is this normal? Does pulsing xenia just pop randomly in the tank, just like that? Did I miss someting?:)

 

[Shnetts]

Nope! thats why most call it a pest...it will just pop up around your tank

 

[Army_of_mantis_men]

Nope! thats why most call it a pest...it will just pop up around your tank

Shoot, well I'm in for a surprise then :-D

 

[get-salty]

Even if you have a colony on an isolated rock, they will drop babies and it'll float around your tank and eventually it'll land in a crevice somewhere , and then............ it WILL spread ! lol

 

[CHSUB]

Even if you have a colony on an isolated rock, they will drop babies and it'll float around your tank and eventually it'll land in a crevice somewhere , and then............ it WILL spread ! lol

Was once on a isolated rock on the other side of the tank…

 

[Army_of_mantis_men]

Was once on a isolated rock on the other side of the tank…

Whoa. How do you even remove something like that, if you ever had to? Just pluck it out, stem by stem?

 

[CHSUB]

Whoa. How do you even remove something like that, if you ever had to? Just pluck it out, stem by stem?

Haha, it was a 300+ gallon tank that was deep. I gave up trying to control, it eventually covered everything including growing on the glass…

 

[exnisstech]

Haha, it was a 300+ gallon tank that was deep. I gave up trying to control, it eventually covered everything including growing on the glass…

It actually looks pretty cool. Xenia is one of those weed corals that I can't keep alive. Evening in high nutrients it just withers away.

 

[get-salty]

Whoa. How do you even remove something like that, if you ever had to? Just pluck it out, stem by stem?

nah,, good luck on plunking haha. they are super slimy ! you either sell or toss out the whole rock.

 

[CHSUB]

Other side of tank...and yes was pretty cool!