chimera Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 i chopped the head off a xenia and re-planted it lower in the tank just over 3 weeks ago. this shows how quickly xenia grows (in exactly 3 weeks). i'd give it another 2 months and it will need fragging again :lol: i'll take another pic in a further 3 weeks to see how quick it can grow. 21 July 2005 13 August 2005 3 September 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 weed i still need to test it in my work tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 still need to test it in my work tank I think the outcome will not be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 Mine doesn't grow anywhere near that fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 Mine grows like crazy!! Help its taking over my tank!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 my wife seriously wants me to do something about my plague of xenia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzza Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 Just think we were all lining up 2 buy it and now we cant give it away.It was the only thing that grew back after i had my wipe out.It started from tiny shred left behind.It took a long time to grow a head that you could see it was that small, but after that one head got pumpin,you know the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted August 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 xenia is a really nice coral, pity it's not as colourful as many sps otherwise i wouldnt worry about it 'going wild!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 Mines doing very well, the thing i like about it is, to me it's kind of a visual indercator on how the tank is doing, as far as Ph and Kh goes anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted August 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 true, certainly not colour though :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 the silver one is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raeh1 Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 My xenia grows at a snails pace. I love the stuff but for me it just groows really slowly.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 Hay Ben, what signs do you get when your PH/KH are off? I have a large one in my tank, over night it looked like something had been eating it was all chewed looking on one side at the top. All the other smaller ones were fine. I checked my PH a couple of days later and fine it had dropped quite a bit (I've been playing with my cal reactor), I was blameing a unknown hitchhiker but could it have been my PH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 edited the first post to show 3rd 'growth' pic of the xenia frag as at yesterday, 3 weeks after the last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 he chim, whats wrong with your xenia why is it gorwing so slowly? joke aside my brown one (the one in your picture doesn't grow very fast at all. it used too until i indroduced the silver pom pom type which just doesn't stop growing. i wonder if there is some kind of chemical warfare going on betwen the types??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 I have both so does Putt Putt & they grow like mad, u wanna buy a frag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 there might actually be something to that theory, the brown variety has slowed in growth since i've had the white type, may just be that they like the same junk in the water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Chemical warfare wouldn't explain why mine grows slowly, I only have the brown type. And I'd say the growth Chimera's had in 3 weeks has taken mine something like 3 months, maybe more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Chemical warfare wouldn't explain why mine grows slowly, I only have the brown type. And I'd say the growth Chimera's had in 3 weeks has taken mine something like 3 months, maybe more. Maybe your water is too clean for the xenia's liking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Maybe your water is too clean for the xenia's liking? Yeah, I'm gonna go with it being too clean, I like that idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Maybe your water is too clean for the xenia's liking? better clean your tank then Jetskisteve - and you give me a hard time about some dirty glass. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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