Pulsing xennia

[Akwarius]

To the other corals... possibly fish, they were all tightly hunkered down amidst the event. I am about 90% on it being a sexual event... and here's why: I turned the lights on one morning, to find that the tank was a thick white-out. Like slightly watered down milk. All corals were retracted, some already showing tissue damage/death. All xenia were "deflated" (for lack of a better word). Once all the coral got situated again, all the Xenia appeared to be gone (yay!). Not long after, baby xenia began sprouting up everywhere... in the middle of zoa colonies, on/around all manner of coral, etc. It sucked. Hard...

Thats a nightmare! I'll never be able to look at a xenia the same again...dirty little corals.

 

[GR808]

I have my xenia growing at the top of a LR without it touching any other LR. When it gets too thick, I use a razor blade and cut that section off. If I want a section removed from the LR, I cut it as close as possible to the LR. Soon after, I mixed a thick small batch of kalk and with a target feeding baster, load the kalk on the cut section. It pretty much kills them of at that section. Other than that I haven't had any overgrown issues.

 

[hwntunda]

if possible to remove the rocks, take a steel wire brush and SCRUB!!!! ive done that to a few rocks they were growing on and they never came back:wink:

 

[tclipse]

TBH, I took a cue from aiptasia "maintenance" and slaughtered mine by injecting lemon juice....

 

[KingRicky]

I use Aptaisia X, you have to reapply occasionally but it will keep it under control.

 

[BlazinNano]

Get one of these.

AipTaser - Aquarium Pest Eradicator - Tropical Reef Corals