Has this happened to you?

[Anonymous]

Yesterday I "weeded" out some excess Xenia. I used sizzors and just snipped off a dozen or so stalks. About an hour later I looked at that side of the tank and a LOT of coralline had died near the site of the Xenia snipping. Is this normal?

An hour before this pic all of the white on the far right was purple coralline....

 

[KenH]

Interesting observation!

I've never cut xenia in the tank, but have certainly janked quite a bit out without being gentle about it and have never noticed a connection. I've never heard of such a thing, but it is hard to dispute your picture. Do you know what kind of xenia it is? Hard to tell for sure from the pic.

-- Ken

 

[fishfarmer]

I've never noticed it when I harvest. Next time I cut I'll do it near a big patch of coralline to see what happens.

 

[North Bay 101]

When I cut my mass of Xenia, I took it out of the tank. After the cutting, the Xenia put out an emormous amount of "snot". It might be this chemical warfare that took out your coraline algae. I have the "Red Sea" type and it is really cool stuff. I hope that this helps out.

 

[Anonymous]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by livingstone:
<STRONG>Couldn't it have something to do with the amount of light that hits that area now that previously was shadowed by the xenia?</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I guess that's a possibility. Just seems to me it would take longer than an hour to bleach it though. All of my lighting is VHO.

 

[Mabu]

Maybe it was something on the scissors or on your hand? That's just as plasible, especially if others have done the same thing with no similar effects.

 

[Anonymous]

Mine is Red Sea as well... I guess from now on I remove the rock and thin them out in a bucket. I'm really glad the current didn't go the other direction, it would have wiped out the coralline on my rocks...or worst?!

Thank you everyone.

 

[Anonymous]

That's impressive (and something usefull to know).

Ty

 

[livingstone]

Couldn't it have something to do with the amount of light that hits that area now that previously was shadowed by the xenia?