xenia attachment

[o0jmadr0x0o]

i am trying to make xenia frags, i have been putting the cutting in a tupperware filled with liverock rubble and a bunch of holes but in it.
usualy only half of the cuttings will stick and the rest disapear, aka die.

i have also tried putting a toothpick through the bsae of the xenia and attaching it to rock via rubberband. this works even less becasue it usualy detaches from the toothpick.

any other methods i could use?

 

[pEEshEE]

I just dab a little bit of glue(gel) on a dry plug/rock, and place the frag on top... let is sit in an area without flow for a little bit, and you should be good to go. HTH

 

[crox99]

I use a rubberband to attach them to a piece of LR and they never died!

 

[reefman]

i find no cutting is needed. they spead like wild fires.

 

[o0jmadr0x0o]

superglue gel would be perfect, but dosent the xenia goo out some sort of mucus or slime or whatever that would prevent them from sticking to the glue,the mucus would stick and the xenia fly away. and wouldnt the glue harm their soft bodies when it dries?

and with the rubberband, do i stand the xenia up and put the rubberband over it, like pushing down on the heads/hands whatever or lie it down of the disc and rubberband around its body.

 

[MO~IDOL]

I place a lot of small live rock & frag disc in my sump and just dump the fresh cut xeina in there, it'll attach in one-two days.

 

[crox99]

superglue gel would be perfect, but dosent the xenia goo out some sort of mucus or slime or whatever that would prevent them from sticking to the glue,the mucus would stick and the xenia fly away. and wouldnt the glue harm their soft bodies when it dries?

and with the rubberband, do i stand the xenia up and put the rubberband over it, like pushing down on the heads/hands whatever or lie it down of the disc and rubberband around its body.

Try to keep it close to the rock. In a 2-3 days it will attach to the LR and you can remove the rubberband.

 

[crox99]

I just dab a little bit of glue(gel) on a dry plug/rock, and place the frag on top... let is sit in an area without flow for a little bit, and you should be good to go. HTH

Did you ever tried to glue a Xenia? Or you just glue the piece of rubble to a larger piece of LR?

 

[MO~IDOL]

superglue gel would be perfect, but dosent the xenia goo out some sort of mucus or slime or whatever that would prevent them from sticking to the glue,the mucus would stick and the xenia fly away. and wouldnt the glue harm their soft bodies when it dries?

and with the rubberband, do i stand the xenia up and put the rubberband over it, like pushing down on the heads/hands whatever or lie it down of the disc and rubberband around its body.

Glue ruberband didn't work that well for me.
"net" over the xenia and the rock or disc then tigh it with a ruberband that worked pretty well for me, but too much pain. so i prefer dump it in the sump.

 

[pEEshEE]

superglue gel would be perfect, but dosent the xenia goo out some sort of mucus or slime or whatever that would prevent them from sticking to the glue,the mucus would stick and the xenia fly away. and wouldnt the glue harm their soft bodies when it dries?

Try this... leave the frag in the water, upside down... with the bottom of the stalk slightly above the water line. Then dab some glue-gel on the plug, turn the plug upside down, and connect the pieces, so to speak. Works everytime for me.

 

[alfani]

use two small rock, and glue xenia in-between.
xenia sandwitch hmmm...yummy...

 

[manyfish]

let it attach on it own,to me that is sign of a good healthy xenia

 

[pEEshEE]

Did you ever tried to glue a Xenia? Or you just glue the piece of rubble to a larger piece of LR?

The xenia itself... don't be scared... they'll survive!