Xenia Frag from friend no acting the same

Discussion in 'Soft Corals' started by Yuri Kapustin, Oct 29, 2008.

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  1. Aqualung

    Aqualung Stylophora

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    I have Pom Pom Xenia and they seem very hardy to me. I mutilated them with flow for a day by accident.. they shriveled for 5 days and came back, just fragged and moved their location in my tank, and they won't die. They go down for 2-7 days, but they should bounce back. Give them time. In the meantime raise your salinity slowly at least to 1.023. Do you have a fuge with macro? Also, for the hell of it get your water tested to ensure you test equipment is accurate. Good luck!
     
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  3. ClowningAround

    ClowningAround Bristle Worm

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    I added some in today and about an hour it opened up and started pulsing like crazy. Just depends on the coral itself give it time it will be ok.
     
  4. Dakota569

    Dakota569 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    With my new Xenia, it took about a week after introducing it to my tank for it to start pulsing regularly ... Now it pulses pretty much all the time, day and night ...
     
  5. Av8Bluewater

    Av8Bluewater Giant Squid

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    Here ya go!

    One is a rare Broccoli coral.
    The silver Xenia is my favorite.
    The new frag is the Brown tip ...that's what I call it anyway.
     

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