View Full Version : Is there anything that eats xenia?
AEALOVESHERGIRLS
06/13/2011, 08:31 AM
I can't get rid of this stuff and it's taking over my tank!! I cut and scrape and this stuff just keeps coming back!!! HELP!!!!!
thebkramer
06/13/2011, 08:38 AM
I'm having the same problem with Button Polyps!!
I try to frag and sell.. frag and sell.... UGH!!
I also try to put rocks right on top of them so they will start to grow on that instead.. then yank the rock, which has helped wonders.. maybe this might help you as well :lol2:
jefathome
06/13/2011, 08:39 AM
Most angles will eat it... as well as a lof of your other coral. ;)
I don't think that there is anything that eats ONLY xenia though.
crobattt
06/13/2011, 08:52 AM
I'd frag and start building up store credit at your LFS.
gweston
06/13/2011, 09:53 AM
Anemones will sting the heck out of Xenia... my RBTA's keep my Xenia under control... but... they can also sting the heck out of anything else that they feel like crawling near too.
AEALOVESHERGIRLS
06/13/2011, 10:48 AM
Ugg, it's on most of my rock, I'd have to get rid of most of my tank. NEVER again will I buy xenia!!!!
Phsycodelic81
06/13/2011, 10:52 AM
freshwater dip, kalk paste, blow torch
AEALOVESHERGIRLS
06/13/2011, 10:53 AM
LMAO, blow torch hahahahahahahahah
wdt2000
06/13/2011, 10:56 AM
I don't think that there is anything that eats ONLY xenia though.
From my understanding there are nudi's that only eat xenia. I have been looking for one to take care of my anthelia with no luck.
The best defense to invasive corals is first and foremost not to buy them, if this fails then you have several options.
1.) Keep pulling it out and frag/sell it.
2.) Keep your water pristine. Weekly water changes and running a GAC reactor may even help. They feed off of really nutrient rich water.
3.) Kalk paste is another great option, just dont get it on any other corals eaither.
4.) Xenia is literally like a weed. If you pull it off a rock and a small fleshy portion is left behind. THEN IT WILL REGROW. So make sure if you do so, to kalk over the remaining. (hammer and chisel work best with removing from rock work.)
AEALOVESHERGIRLS
06/13/2011, 11:31 AM
I need this so bad! Phyllodesmium rudmani I would pay BIG for one!!!!!!
jimmy frag
06/13/2011, 11:40 AM
The best defense to invasive corals is first and foremost not to buy them, if this fails then you have several options.
1.) Keep pulling it out and frag/sell it.
2.) Keep your water pristine. Weekly water changes and running a GAC reactor may even help. They feed off of really nutrient rich water.
3.) Kalk paste is another great option, just dont get it on any other corals eaither.
4.) Xenia is literally like a weed. If you pull it off a rock and a small fleshy portion is left behind. THEN IT WILL REGROW. So make sure if you do so, to kalk over the remaining. (hammer and chisel work best with removing from rock work.) ++1 i cant grow it. it withers away. i over skim
hanley0019
06/13/2011, 05:21 PM
ive had a long spine urchin and an emerald crab eat it.
willybub
06/13/2011, 05:25 PM
had a hitch hiker teddy bear crab eat mine before but from what i understand then like alot of coral
Netofficer3710
06/13/2011, 05:28 PM
I can't keep it alive
I have had my 3 large stalks deflate 1 at a time and slowly wither away over the past month
NirvanaFan
06/13/2011, 05:30 PM
I had a powder blue tang that ate all mine. But that isn't common.
aleonn
06/13/2011, 06:10 PM
According to Live Aquaria, the Zoster Butterfly and Yellow Pyramid Butterfly may pick at Xenia and other soft corals if underfed. These two butterflies are otherwise considered to be reef-safe as they are planktivores, but I don't personal have experience with either of them.
Phsycodelic81
06/13/2011, 10:51 PM
I knew I would get a laugh about the torch but it will work
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