Xenia colony...

Anyone have a large colony of Xenias? I only have about 8-10 stalks(I keep fragging it out and giving it away) just curious What it looks like with more

 

My old 75 looked like this at one point. it ended up covering the back wall.

 

Looks good, that's what I wanted to see...a grown up colony...I think I'll let mine grow up alittle

 

FTS


Top down

 

Nice

 

Careful with it. If you want it to spread, let it start touching somethign else. you can put a rock up against it and it will encourage its growth. it will Walk over to that rock and leave a piece behind that will grow into another stalk.

at the peak of my Xenia, I would find myself pulling 10 stalks or more out a month and throwing it in the yard.

 

wow so awesome but so out of control

 

look in my display that green bit on the right ended up massive

 

here's my pom pom xenia, they grow like crazy, they are about to overtake the Monti on that rock:

 

Not looking to insult or offend – but in my experience Xenia is a hardy coral that is easily fragged. The colony is easily kept in check in a clean solid system as it’s a moderate to slow grower. In a dirty environment (excess nutrients in column) Xenia thrives such as a weed and can easily and quickly become out of control and outright invasive.

Often you will find people say that they have a clean system and yet Xenia is a weed – this is because the Xenia is consuming the excess nutrients such as nuisance algae does. Often we have posts saying the tank parameters are perfect yet there is a nuisance algae issue that can’t be figured out. Same deal here, the nutrients are there and being consumed at the same pace as being generated.

Keep fragging and giving away – you have the perfect sized colony in my opinion