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11-15-2006, 04:21 PM
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Nucular Hermit
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Melted Xenia
One of my xenia stalks has melted! completely. The 3 other stalks right next to it are fine, and so are all the other corals and fish. Params are all fine and as far as i know, there wasn't a big temp, SG or pH swing.
Any ideas what may have caused this meltdown?
thx!
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11-15-2006, 04:34 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
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How long have you had it?
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11-15-2006, 04:38 PM
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Nucular Hermit
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About 2 years. The other stalks are actually it's parent or offspring, and they're fine.
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11-15-2006, 04:43 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
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Have you ever heard of a Xenia Crash? My friend has had this happen twice, where all the xenia (except sometimes a few stalks) just melt down for no real reason. It is thought that some element got depleated and the xenia just die, but that is wild speculation, and I have never seen anything even verging on proof.
Maybe a small scale version of that?
You might want to do a water change anyway.
Whiskey
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11-15-2006, 04:47 PM
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Nucular Hermit
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Xenia crash huh? sounds terrible. very very strange.
Yep definitely doing a water change, it's mixing right now. i really should have some SW on hand for emergencies.
Thanks for the advice and info.
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11-15-2006, 04:50 PM
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Nucular Hermit
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I should probably remove the leftovers, dont u think?
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11-15-2006, 04:52 PM
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I would leave the leftovers there, they might grow back.
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11-15-2006, 05:03 PM
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Nucular Hermit
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i wouldn't be surprised if they did. i often find that if i abuse a coral, it grows back with a vengeance. I had a blasto frag that had one head for like a year... it never changed. one day it fell behind the rocks and i lost it. about 4 months ago i found it, and it had started growing new heads all around. now those heads are growing and are getting big. cool stuff.
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11-15-2006, 09:51 PM
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Plankton
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This has happened twice to me.
Both times it happened right after I purchased and added the Xenia into my tank. The simply disappeared. I found them later growing back in random spots throughout the live rock. I thought the crab had gotten it.
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