Moved Xenia and now it looks real bad

[TriniStylez]

Last night I moved a xenia from one tank to another. It closed up and got really bad looking last night but I expected that. Today its still very closed and bad looking, no pulsing and "arms" and polyps have gotten very thin looking, stringy. It this normal? Nothing to worry about?

[nsreefer]

What are the water params in the new tank? How did you acclimate them? If you drip acclimated and the parameters are in order i would chalk it up to stress from the move, and say give it a day or two.

[papagimp]

It's going to have to adjust to the new water quality, lighting, ect. ect. I agree with nsreefer, give it a little longer before jumpin' the gun.

[jellyous]

The zenia could look thinner like that because of a change of salinity. It should adjust though.

[TriniStylez]

They were acclimated quite fast because the tanks are the same salinity, temp, ph. I know there are still lots of other variables but I thought it would be ok to do it quite fast. I think I acclimated it in about 20 min. or so.

[nsreefer]

that's not too bad, better than nothing.... just give them time

[cowboyswife]

They take some time to get used to the new tank. I was given some on Saturday, and they still look sad, but they are getting better by the day. I heard it can take up to two weeks for them to recover. No worries until their heads fall off :)

[GSMguy]

xenia will bounce back just give it time it does not change tanks well

[drummereef]

They should be ok. Probably just having them out of the tank for a little bit freaked them out. Give it another day or two and let them get acclimated to the new tank.