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01-26-2009, 07:50 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Port Charlotte, Florida
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help pls xenia dying
good morning everyone i am in need of some help please, i have (almost had) a xenia colony for almost 3 weeks now. it was doing very very well in the begining but now seems like every day i am losing another stalk. they start to wilt then slowly fall apart. my water seems good other than a bit low on the calcium and dkh is high?
pH 8.0
amonia 0
nitrate 0
nitrite 0
Po 0
calcium 340
dKH 14
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01-26-2009, 08:20 AM
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spaceman spiff
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: south of Dimples
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yeah, the balance of alk/calc seems off, but that may not do anything with the xenia. I've read, though only anecdotal reports, that it prefers higher pH. How are you measuring that?
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01-26-2009, 08:27 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Port Charlotte, Florida
Posts: 80
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only with an api test kit
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01-26-2009, 05:44 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Long Island NY
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Something systematically eating it? Maybe some kind of Nudibranch?
Don't xenia like higher nitrates?
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01-26-2009, 06:26 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Port Charlotte, Florida
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i dont think anything is eating it, unless they are doing so and i dont notice, which is possible i suppose, but they dont apear to have been eaten they are just wilted and limp.
maybe your onto something with the nitrates i always had a reading of 10 before introducing them into my tank and now it stays at 0 maybe they used it all up and are starving?? who knows, i have one stem left and it looks like it wont last through the night
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01-26-2009, 07:52 PM
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Gone Snorkeling...
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Xenia is one of those corals... either you can grow it, or you can't... it may be a blessing that it isn't making it. Xenias like a tank with a little more nutrients, your tank may just be too low in available nutrients to support it 
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01-26-2009, 10:19 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Port Charlotte, Florida
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fat Tony
Xenia is one of those corals... either you can grow it, or you can't... it may be a blessing that it isn't making it. Xenias like a tank with a little more nutrients, your tank may just be too low in available nutrients to support it |
that was a fairly expensive single use test kit 
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01-26-2009, 10:30 PM
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Gone Snorkeling...
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I certainly hope you didn't pay for it People give this weed away
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01-26-2009, 10:34 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Port Charlotte, Florida
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shhhh....i guess maybe i should seek out local reefers...
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01-26-2009, 10:45 PM
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Gone Snorkeling...
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Most definitely
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01-26-2009, 11:56 PM
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lets see, milk or coral?
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Seneca, South Carolina
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he can have mine lol I can ALWAYs grow more!!!!
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01-27-2009, 03:03 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Sarasota, Florida
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My Xenia grows pretty quick, if you want some let me know, I'm close to you (Sarasota, FL) I usually give it away to my LFS just because its spreading like crazy....
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01-27-2009, 06:37 AM
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The Muddy Mod
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Uxbridge, MA
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This may sound cruel, but consider yourself lucky. I started with a single stalk of Xenia and now it's totally out of control. I will never recommend that anyone introduce this weed to a tank.
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01-27-2009, 07:34 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Port Charlotte, Florida
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lol thanks guys, for those of you that its thriving do you see a trace of nitrates? i would like to try and find out why it couldnt survive and hope its not linked to the unexplained deaths of some crabs in my tank. i guess if i see my nitrates climb back up that would give me an explanation.
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01-27-2009, 08:28 AM
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spaceman spiff
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fz6bill
lol thanks guys, for those of you that its thriving do you see a trace of nitrates? i would like to try and find out why it couldnt survive and hope its not linked to the unexplained deaths of some crabs in my tank. i guess if i see my nitrates climb back up that would give me an explanation.
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the death of other inverts may indicate some other issues, such as the existence of copper in the system. probably unlikely, but something to look into.
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