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11-03-2009, 02:06 PM
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squid
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Do i have enough light for a pulsing xenia?
To start I have a 20 gal high that is 8-9 months old. I have 4 fish and 10 asorted cleaning crew. I have some spreading zoas and 4 tube anemones. I am thinking of getting a stalk of xenia but unsure of the lighting I have. Its 108 watts of power compact. 1 daylight, 1 50\50 and 1 full act. 36wtts each. It sits directly on top of the tank about 2" from the water. Is this strong enough light to have an xenia?
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11-03-2009, 02:17 PM
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Kid Reefer
Join Date: May 2009
Location: New York
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Quote:
Originally Posted by popeye18t2003
To start I have a 20 gal high that is 8-9 months old. I have 4 fish and 10 asorted cleaning crew. I have some spreading zoas and 4 tube anemones. I am thinking of getting a stalk of xenia but unsure of the lighting I have. Its 108 watts of power compact. 1 daylight, 1 50\50 and 1 full act. 36wtts each. It sits directly on top of the tank about 2" from the water. Is this strong enough light to have an xenia?
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Put the xenia on top in some medium flow and theyll spread real fast.
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11-03-2009, 02:36 PM
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Oh no...not again!!!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Colorado Springs
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Crappy light, crappy flow and crappy water quality and they will flourish. In the early days of our nano they did great and as the tank matured the xenia all died off.
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11-03-2009, 02:43 PM
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r e e f e r 4 l i f e
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Douglas, AZ
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Seriously, as the others stated, you shouldn't have a problem. Just have it higher up in the tank with some medium flow around it so it's waving gently and you'll be good to go. I'd consider upgrading your lights though to some T5s. You get more bang for your buck with them as they are about 2 or 3 times as bright as PC bulbs and use less electricity. I'm using PCs right now but I'm upgrading to T5s the next chance I get.
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11-04-2009, 07:16 AM
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squid
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Sweet, thnx for the okay to go. I got one yesterday and is doing great so far. I had to get a buffer called eight.four to keep my ph up. Other than that all should be ship shape baring some major F up with the ph changes.
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11-04-2009, 08:38 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Crappy light, crappy flow and crappy water quality and they will flourish. In the early days of our nano they did great and as the tank matured the xenia all died off.
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+1 except if you keep it dirty they do great,if you skim wet and do your WC, they mite die!
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11-04-2009, 09:29 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
Join Date: Dec 2004
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They either do great or not at all, I used to think of them as weeds.
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11-04-2009, 12:14 PM
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"Just keep swimming..."
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Sanford, north carolina
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I am getting worried now. I skim wet, do wc's, and keep my tank pretty clean, I have 2 xenia I love I hope they don't die their one of my favs. lol how ironic!
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11-04-2009, 12:24 PM
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r e e f e r 4 l i f e
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Douglas, AZ
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Xenias like both my nano reefs. Haven't had problems yet. Mine are growing fairly slow. They have been good corals for me. They split an aweful lot though. I've probably got about 12 different colonies now, each no bigger than an inch.
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10g mixed reef and 20g long office reef build
"Greatness is not in where we stand, but in the direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but sail we must and not drift, nor lie at anchor."
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11-04-2009, 11:46 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: houston
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dropped mine under the return from the skimmer,17 new buds in 2 weeks! hoping it will take over entire back of the tank,....top of the tank for me too(mh)
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11-05-2009, 12:14 AM
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This Space For Rent!
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Kansas City, MO
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I have a monster skimmer, skim quite wet, have a turf scrubber and do plenty of WC's...my Xenia grows like crazy...while I do believe Xenia do better with more nutrients, I don't think "dirty" nutrients are necessary to keep it.
As for light, I have some in a 10g with two "WalMart" 6500K twisty bulbs over it, and it does just as well under that light as the intense light in my 125...so I think you'll be good on light too.
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