Xenia coral growth?

hey ive had a pom pom xenia for like 3 weeks now ive been dosing Seachem reef plus for 2 weeks also.. i havnt seen any new heads or any new feet growing i was wondering how long before i start seeing new growth on it

Params

Salinity 1.023
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
nitrates 15
phosphate 0
PH 8.2
Temp 78 80
its about midway up the tank and has 145watts on it PC lighting

 

it takes time but i purchased my pulsing xenia 4 months ago it came with 7 stalks on one rock. i have since fragged it and sold a piece to a friend....and fragged it again and spread it in my tank. yours is just new.

 

pretty positive pom pom xenia is a slower grower than the other pulsing xenia. I got both at around the same time, 4 months later my pulsing xenia has tripled in size, sprouting heads like mad, on the other hand, my pom poms are pulsing nicely but have grown very little. I do notice the heads are longer and maybe a few more have sprouted but not anywhere near as the other xenia.

 

what xenia do you guys think i should get that grows faster

 

The Xenia Elongata grows like a weed. In a 180 I had about 10 years ago I used to pull out literally about a gallon of the stuff each month to give away.

Frankly I will NEVER come close to putting that stuff in any of my tanks ever again. It takes over and becomes a royal pain.

The Pom Pom grows slower but is a much more viable tank inhabitant since it doesn't take over.

 

ok well im gunna go get me some of that then lol thanks