DanCorals
02/16/2018, 03:04 PM
Hey Everyone,
I occasionally see posts regarding explosions of Xenia growth in reef tanks overgrowing coral. The default answer seems to be the manual removal of Xenia from the rocks which can be difficult if it is encrusting over a large area in an established reef. I had this issue at the end of last year and a $5 piece of black felt and some patience (10 weeks) took care of the issue! The felt can be easily cut to size depending on the area where you want the Xenia removed. The best part is, because the Xenia died off slowly, the tank didn't get shocked in the same way that scraping causes. Here is the before and after:
http://dansreef.com/XeniaBefore.jpg
http://dansreef.com/XeniaDuring.jpg
http://dansreef.com/XeniaAfter.jpg
I occasionally see posts regarding explosions of Xenia growth in reef tanks overgrowing coral. The default answer seems to be the manual removal of Xenia from the rocks which can be difficult if it is encrusting over a large area in an established reef. I had this issue at the end of last year and a $5 piece of black felt and some patience (10 weeks) took care of the issue! The felt can be easily cut to size depending on the area where you want the Xenia removed. The best part is, because the Xenia died off slowly, the tank didn't get shocked in the same way that scraping causes. Here is the before and after:
http://dansreef.com/XeniaBefore.jpg
http://dansreef.com/XeniaDuring.jpg
http://dansreef.com/XeniaAfter.jpg