Two species of Xenia on a Rock?

[Benga]

Do Xenia have sweeper tentacles or anything? I was wondering if I could put two types of Xenia on an island?

I currently have the normal pink/purple pulsing Xenia but I was thinking of adding a Silver Xenia coral onto the same island.

 

[mitch91175]

Should not be a problem. Xenia can become a pest and take over your tank.

 

[Benga]

Should not be a problem. Xenia can become a pest and take over your tank.

I've noticed, they grow like crazy and split pretty fast. I'm expecting some to leave the rock pretty soon. I need to figure out how people frag xenias and all that soon.

 

[cristata.reef]

I've noticed, they grow like crazy and split pretty fast. I'm expecting some to leave the rock pretty soon. I need to figure out how people frag xenias and all that soon.

Literally take scissors and snip snip snip. I've even seen people actually take a handful and rip it off the rock. Make sure you run activated charcoal since xenia have chemicals which can poison fish and other corals (not like palytoxin so it can't harm humans but it'll mess with your system)

 

[Benga]

Literally take scissors and snip snip snip. I've even seen people actually take a handful and rip it off the rock. Make sure you run activated charcoal since xenia have chemicals which can poison fish and other corals (not like palytoxin so it can't harm humans but it'll mess with your system)

So say i cut it half an inch from where it connects to the rock. what happens to that half in left on the rock will it grow or decay?

 

[cristata.reef]

So say i cut it half an inch from where it connects to the rock. what happens to that half in left on the rock will it grow or decay?

Should grow back as long as you didn’t cause major damage to the coral base

 

[cristata.reef]

Should grow back as long as you didn’t cause major damage to the coral base

If you don’t want to worry about the base just use a razor blade and scrape it off the rock. I think most people frag like this but it takes more effort