stressed xenia

[Ben1]

It is also a weed in my book because certain speices will quickly cover your live rock crowding out area that was meant for other corals. Like the elenagota that will grow very fast.

The pulsing effect is vey cool but I perfer the pom-pom type as it grows larger heads and spreads out less.

 

[Ben1]

P.s. The second pic of MDboys looks like X. elenagota and your first pic looks like pom-pom. I would try dipping it in fresh water with a corrected temp, PH to match your tank. Dipping it for a minute or too will kill off any protazoan and prevent furhter infection. Often in the case of corals like xenia and sacrophyton when they show spot like this they can be intenally rotten before you see the most of it.

JMO

 

[cdeakle]

I would try dipping it in fresh water

A freshwater dip for corals? 8O

 

[Anonymous]

I hear that tangirl1...i dont see why most people need to dose anyways? unless you have lots of coral where the trace elements are being depleted rapidly i dont know why its such a big deal? if you do weekly water changes the new saltwater will make up the difference..this all depends on the bioload too...

 

[Anonymous]

isnt there a coral dip by like sea chem or something? is that effective?

 

[Ben1]

A fresh water dip works very well with soft corals. Not with hard, SPS corals. I have used it several times over the years with lots of success and I am confident that if you need to try this some time it won't hurt.

From the reef Aquarium Vol 1

"For Stony Corals, dip the entire colony in a freshwater bath for about one minute, and place the specimenin a holding tank with clean seawater and good circulation. The osmotic shock from the fresh water dip effectively kills the protozoans and bacteria affording the coral a chance to heal...."

It goes on to remind to adjust the freshwater bath's temp.

They also say

"Unfortunatley, frshwater dips and not usually effective with soft corals."

I have experinced the opposite. It has worked very well over the years for me with soft corals but not my SPS. Usually by the point my SPS has RTN it is a goner and the fresh water seems to stress it more. IME soft corals bounce back much better.

Of course there is also the recommendation of Chloamphenicol but unless your Randy Holmes Farley you probably should leave that stuff alone!

I would be interested in hearing who else has had success beating protozoans in soft corals with freshwater dips.

 

[DK]

Xwnia can be frustrating. I have 2 90 gallon tanks sharing a sump. Under 250W 10k halides, if grows like a weed, pulsating with a frenzy. Under 175W 10k halides, it withers away in a couple of weeks. Same water, different lighting!!!!!! same 8-9 dkh.

 

[Anonymous]

mine is under 175W 10000K..was under 130W PC...it seems to be growing faster now...

 

[free_loader]

well .. xenia didn;t make it .. but LFS guy was very understanding .. and gave me another bigger speciman for half of what i paid for the first one .. hopefully i have better luck this time .. i'll keep you posted

 

[Anonymous]

dont give up hope if the xenia looks dead

Mine looked decimated and now its growing every day