Is there anyone that is using Xenia in their sump for filtration/benefit purposes? I can't remember where but I thought I read that someone was doing this, and I am trying to understand why you would do that.
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This is what I was thinking, however I wanted the opinions of more qualified folks than I. Thanks for the feedback.From what i know xenia soaks up a lot more nitrates then most other soft corals therefore in thoery, in an abundance they should almost act as a macro algae in a refugium.
From what i know xenia soaks up a lot more nitrates then most other soft corals therefore in thoery, in an abundance they should almost act as a macro algae in a refugium.
Ok so before i add the the issues with my xenia fuge ill give the pros first, it really really does a good job at being a filter, i sell frags to my lfs for carbon/frozenfood/junk ect , never lookedinto coral warfare but never had any problems with any coral being retracted all the time, cons is xenias one of those corals that can die out of nowere (like done to me) nd pollute your tank, then at one point i had a xenia outbreak growing in my skimmer, in my return, on my clear tubeing nd made its way into my display giving me a nightmare
I'm going to add some to my new fuge because I like it but I don't like it to take over the tank! The extra benefits are good!
Say what?then at one point i had a xenia outbreak growing in my skimmer,
Haha yup had it growing in the bottom of my vertex omega and on the outsideSay what?
I love it and honestly it looks awesome with a bunch of macros and sponges, just try your hardest not to get it near your return youll be sorry, you deffinitly need a strong bioload, it gets to a point were it exploads in growth and it will eat everything out of your water until theres nothing left and dies thats what happened to me, then grew back everywere about 2 months laterThank you very much for your input! I have a DC Skimmer outside of my sump running, so the placement of this in my sump is a small part of my fuge, however, this enlightens me on the things I need to look out for. Thanks again.
This is one of the reasons I was planning on putting it in my sump.