Xenia seems ticked off!

I may be an idiot! Well actually i know I'm an idiot, but this is hopefully too easy! I switched out a corner maxijet 400 gph, for another koralia 750 to "even out the tank! It definitely almost made more of a wavemaker type motion in the tank and alot less regular motion, now it gets hit a little then some motion then a period of calm! Thinks she's just pissed at the change of motion?

thanks for the help and words of "calm the heck down!lol" and sorry for forgetting probably the cause!

 

i'll dose some reef bugs tomorrow and see if she wants to come out and play!

 

that could be it too might just be adjusting to the flow, mine did that when I put it in my new tank cause the flow was a lot different then my old nano

 

thanks Nano,
I come from a strict FOWLR background so this dive into corals is testing my patience, or extreme lack thereof! i hate to see anything not make it in my tank, its a competetive thing! Although I have learned my coral banded shrimp really thinks pepermint shrimp are tasty, but alas, that is an easy problem to dagnose!

 

lol dont sweat it, I bought a bunch of zoanthids and a few melted dont know why! sometimes corals just dont like your tank, but thats generally certain types

 

This just gave me an awesome idea. Cause now that you mention it, my Xens closed up when I added a new power head. I thought it was cause I tilted them too far downward at first and stirred up a lot of silt, but since they haven't recovered there's no other answer. They must not like the motion I introduced.

I'm gonna throw one in the Fuge for a bit, see how it responds. Call him my "Tester". Flow changes would explain a lot about how folks loose mass lots of Xens with out any real reason. As they grow, they themselves effect the flow in the tank. Like a kite in the wind.......

 

Cool! I hope it works for ya! Glad my expertise could help!lol! i hope we hit on an answer for both of us! Got mine up in a low flow zone more near the light and target feed her! Keep me posted!

 

could work, but personally I say if its not getting any worse, but not getting any better fast, then let it be and adjust, cause soon as you put it back into the tank it'll do it all over most likely

 

We both agree there. That is why if this actually works, I'm going to leave it in there. I've heard of a "xenia scrubber" type system similar to algae scrubbers. The whole 'dirty water, low flow' thing would make this a perfect experiment.

 

Ok I see what you mean now lol could be a good plan