How can I kill some xenia

[syilk1]

SOme of my lovely xenia has spread like a weed and is overtaking some baby sps. How can I kill it off the rock its on as i cannot remove rock due to sps. Any thing I can inject in it?? Any ideas
Thx Scott

[pledosophy]

Superglue gel.

[syilk1]

do i inject into the xenia??

[singold]

Frag it and trade to LFS for other things including food & supplies for your fish & tank.

[calli]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13018034#post13018034 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by syilk1
do i inject into the xenia??

I think he means to stop the spread.

[Tswifty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13017862#post13017862 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by syilk1
SOme of my lovely xenia has spread like a weed and is overtaking some baby sps. How can I kill it off the rock its on as i cannot remove rock due to sps. Any thing I can inject in it?? Any ideas
Thx Scott
Drop a grenade in the tank, and pray that works.

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Once that stuff takes hold it seems like it will flourish in the worst water conditions.

I know a local reefer who has a ton of xenia and anthelia in his tanks, he just peels and pitches on a regular basis to attempt to keep it pruned back.

Honestly, the people that seem to struggle with it are new setups with pristine water conditions :lol:

[bkvreef]

Send it to me I am very capable of killing xenia (unintentionally of course).

I can keep all other corals but not Xenia.

[jcgso]

I'm going to tag along on this one. Anthelia and Xenia cover the rocks in my 120 SPS tank. No matter how much pruning I do, it just grows right back. I've got far too much mature SPS to take the rocks out.

[Harry_Fish]

Frag it and give it away, swap, or sell it.

I actually had to wait a while to get some until my LFS
was willing to frag some from one of the main display tanks.

Even then it cost me $30.00 for a little frag.

[jcgso]

My LFS won't even take it anymore. Seems like everyone is trying to get rid of it.

[Tswifty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13019309#post13019309 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Harry_Fish
Even then it cost me $30.00 for a little frag.
That's crazy... :eek2:

Most reefers I know who have it are constantly begging people to take it off their hands.

[SWaquariast]

I have done this all ready. Take a squirter(turkey baster) and fill it with boiling water and squirt the heads you want gone.

And this is safe for the whole reef.

[snorvich]

That is a good idea if it works.

[griss]

I used to gently peel it off the rocks and trade it to local hobbyists or trade into the LFS for store credit. It was a great way to get food, additives, corals and fish.

If you have a refugium, you can move it in there and let it thrive. Xenia is great for nutrient export;)

[HumbleLobster]

I get 7 bucks a head cash at an old LFS for it before I moved a few months ago. Make it work for you!

Ever since I started keeping SPS a few months ago, my growth has been absolutely stunted. Between taking much better care of my tank, increased lighting/flow, or whatever, I've had a hard time growing it. I can keep it, but my growth is nothing like it once was. Fine by me, I can't give it away now.

[syilk1]

Thanks for all the replies. I have injected it wil hot water, sliced with a scapel, injected with Kalwasser and nada. The stalks are too hard to get at that I want gone and are wiping out a nice frag of sps. I will try boiling hot water. I already give the stuff away, but it grows back as I canot seem to get all the base of the rock.
Any other ideas will be accepted
Scott

[stingythingy45]

Maybe get a condylactis anenome or a elegance coral even better.
Just park it there for a day or two and it will be stung to death.
I had half of a very large patch of xenia get killed that way.
Death by condy......

[cfw1199]

+1 on the death by stinging method. I put a frogspawn head near mine and it knocks it right out when it gets out of hand!