quick question about my first xenia?

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  1. newreef94

    newreef94 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    i bought a xenia recently at the LFS and its tentacle like things werent showing, i asked the guy and he said theyd just been feed. well few days on now and they still arnt showing, is this normal or am i doing something wrong?
     
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    civiccars2003 Great Blue Whale

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    We need some info on your tank. History, water parameters, lighting, etc. I dont believe you need to feed Xenia, at least when I owned some, I never did. That tells me something else is wrong. Pictures help too.
     
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  3. newreef94

    newreef94 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    my parameters are all fine but nitrate is a bit high, cant seem 2 lower it?
    any how would love 2 take pics of me tank n everything in it but dont no how to upload them from my iphone is that possible?
     
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  4. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    +1... Aside from absorbing dissolved nutrients, Xenia are mostly photosynthetic feeders and have no means for eating particulate food.
     
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  5. newreef94

    newreef94 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    so basically the LFS shop was talking crap then! lol love it! :(
     
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    civiccars2003 Great Blue Whale

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    What size tank? How long has it been running? What kind of lighting? How much flow?
     
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  7. newreef94

    newreef94 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    iv got the 94 river reef which comes with 2 air flow pumps and i bought a third, so plenty of current in the tank, its been running since end of may

    the lighting is built in2 the tank already, i have a lights on during the day then the blue led's at night
     
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