Anyone have a frag of pulsing xenia or blue clove polyp I can have or buy from you ?
Preferably near howell
Preferably near howell
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Looking for pulsing xenia and blue clove polyps
- Thread starter Jeremy Brito
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If you ever down by edwin that's close enough for me
DangerDave
NJRC Member
You guys like playing with fire eh?
Listen right now if pulsing xenia or blue clove is fire call me an arsonist I just want some corals to take off in my tank to the point were to much coral is my problem instead of not enough.
Funny fact in the early years of reef keeping Xenia was one of the hardest corals to get a hold of and had a extremely high mortality rate during shipping. Early hobbiest thought at the time xenia would be nearly impossible to keep but now we worry itll over take us
DangerDave
NJRC Member
lol, too much coral may be an understatement. You may be better off with GSP, at least when it over grows you can remove it effectively. There are many easy to grow corals available.
If you must have xenia, expect it to eventually become a xenia only tank. That is fine if it's what you want. An interesting option I've seen is a xenia sump for nutrient removal.
If you must have xenia, expect it to eventually become a xenia only tank. That is fine if it's what you want. An interesting option I've seen is a xenia sump for nutrient removal.
I have a red sea 350 and have trouble keeping the overflow "reasonably" clean since its a hard to reach area unless you remove the tubing. My thought was exactly as you stated, to leave the lid off the overflow in the middle rear, let light grow, and see if I can grow some xenia in it as a natural nutrient remover on it's way to the sump. Might be a little over ambitious trying to get them to grow in a "darker" region of tank but hopefully thats why I spent was I did on XR lights ha. Any opinion regarding this idea? Maybe someone has already attempted it?
Worst case, I believe is I have to do the thorough cleaning I'm trying to avoid anyway.....
nightmarepl
NJRC Member
i had a small frag of xenia just kept it away from my others rocks on alittle island no issue but i did find a way to kill it pretty fast, $10 anemone i got at petco ate it up in 2 days
I plan on making an island of the stuff and keeping it in check manually I've kept it before
Awesome let me know what's best for you I'm free most days befor 3 and some after depending on the date