Something has eaten my pulseing Xenia Frag!!

[Southern Flame]

What would eat Xenia? I have one emerald crab 15 hermits a domino damsel a 3 stripe damsel a tiger conch and a peppermint shrimp and 4 turbo snails!!!!!!!!

[Louis-210]

I would think maybe the emerald crab

[Southern Flame]

I would think maybe the emerald crab
Well as soon as I find the punk he will be finding himself a home in the sump!! There is a small stub on the rock do you think the Xenia will grow back?

[Scutterborn]

I, too, have heard of emerald crabs picking at Xenia.

[Southern Flame]

Will it grow back cause it was hubby's fav coral in the tank and now it's just the base left on the piece of rock it came on :( and I found the crab and he is now in the fuge

[Southern Flame]

18430It's the tiny purple nub on the rock?? Any hope for it??

[rrasco]

I asked if anemerald crab would eat Xenia last year and I was told Xenia are toxic, so no. However, I am about 99% sure it was him.

[Southern Flame]

I'm pretty sure it was him after inspecting my green star polyp frag it looks as its been chewed on and I've been told that they will eat them so I'm in agreement with you on the emerald mowing down the Xenia
:( I'm saddened about this if anyone has and Xenia frags they would like to part with let me kno..... I drove 45 min one way for that baby and would like another one cause it was a very nice addition to my tank

[Louis-210]

18430It's the tiny purple nub on the rock?? Any hope for it??




Dang, im not sure if it will :(

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Just trying to get some food:bigsmile:Any seaweed to much on?

[Southern Flame]

Just trying to get some food:bigsmile:Any seaweed to much on?

yea he had plenty of food available I planted my display with a few select pieces of macro and he has eaten half of what has grown I guess emeralds aren't reef safe as they are made out to be

[Southern Flame]

Dang, im not sure if it will :(
:'-( now I'm really sad the lil punk better be happy he isn't big enough for the boiling pot!! I'd surely make a meal of him.

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Mine eat seaweed off the clips. Theyll pull it to them towards their cave and munch. They eat a lot of leftovers they can get their claws on and clean the LR. Emeralds are really good but you probably get some that act up.:bigsmile:

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Ill take him if you catch him. Ill put him to work in my tank. lol

[Southern Flame]

Mine eat seaweed off the clips. Theyll pull it to them towards their cave and munch. They eat a lot of leftovers they can get their claws on and clean the LR. Emeralds are really good but you probably get some that act up.:bigsmile:
Mine really acted up smh he will either stay in the fuge or go back to the LFS smh I really liked him also till he ate the fav coral my luck he will eat all the macro in the fuge so I guess imma have to start looking for some just to keep punk fat and happy and my fuge healthy *SIGH*

[Southern Flame]

Ill take him if you catch him. Ill put him to work in my tank. lol
I've caught him he is in my fuge and if u seriously want him come get him cause he will live a life of solitude if he stays here and sad thing is I really did like him till he ate my Xenia and he is triple the size he was when I bought him I think he ate my peppermint shrimp and half my hermits now since I had 5 hermits go missing and a peppermint shrimp killed

[BBQHILLBILLY]

pm sent

[BBQHILLBILLY]

He can go with my soft crab and 14 peppermints in the refugium. Tons of algae to eat.

[rrasco]

I had one that would pick at my clam's shell, then the clam would slam shut and catch his claw. I always had to reach in there and break them apart so the crab wouldn't walk into the caves with the clam.

[Cammed_02]

Not sure what kind of pulsing xenia you had but I have a frag of the pink pulsing. Feel free to pm me if you would like to stop by and take it.

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Thanks for the emerald. Ill put him to work.:bigsmile:Nice tank and refugium you have over there.

[Southern Flame]

Thanks for the emerald. Ill put him to work.:bigsmile:Nice tank and refugium you have over there.
Thanks and NP it's a work in progress. Hope the emerald don't give u any problems

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Ill train him for some good habits. I have to move the red planet, just in case. He has to behave with the other inverts or theyll make him crab cakes.:bigsmile:

[Louis-210]

Ill train him for some good habits. I have to move the red planet, just in case. He has to behave with the other inverts or theyll make him crab cakes.:bigsmile:


haaah Good one, put him in check early lol

[Southern Flame]

LOL!! Good Luck!!!!

[The_wolfeman]

Do you have a pic of the xenia before the feeding so we know what you're looking for. All xenia will pulse to a certain extent so its hard to offer a piece with "pulsing xenia" being the only description given.

[Southern Flame]

Do you have a pic of the xenia before the feeding so we know what you're looking for. All xenia will pulse to a certain extent so its hard to offer a piece with "pulsing xenia" being the only description given.
Sorry it's a bad photo but it was a mix sorta pink kinda purple but had star polyp like hands

[Big_Pun]

in my tank im the one that destroys xenia! i hate it

[Southern Flame]

in my tank im the one that destroys xenia! i hate it
I like it, I find it very pretty

[BBQHILLBILLY]

It is for sure a neat coral. Chris likes styx. Xenia pompoms grow fast.:bigsmile:

[Southern Flame]

Yea they do grow fast my lil frag had doubled I'm size in just a few short weeks of having it but it was so cool and pretty it looked liked this found that photo online

[Southern Flame]

Not sure what kind of pulsing xenia you had but I have a frag of the pink pulsing. Feel free to pm me if you would like to stop by and take it.
Thanks for the frag it looks awesome hopefully it fully opens tomorrow and didn't get to stressed with the move :-))

[alton]

Here is what my 158 looked like when I had it. I could not run a skimmer on this tank, if I did the xenia would not pulse. I never had any phosphates to worry about and nitrates stayed below 2ppm. The only thing I ever saw mess with xenia was a pair of clownfish because there anenome wanted to move from one side of my 75 to the other, so they root plowed a trail for the anenome to follow, other than that it took over all three of my tanks. Frogspawn was the only thing to stand up to it. It is a great coral for a fish only tank at controlling phosphates and nitrates. It does not require a lot of light either, it grew very well under cfls and also under MH.

[Louis-210]

Here is what my 158 looked like when I had it. I could not run a skimmer on this tank, if I did the xenia would not pulse. I never had any phosphates to worry about and nitrates stayed below 2ppm. The only thing I ever saw mess with xenia was a pair of clownfish because there anenome wanted to move from one side of my 75 to the other, so they root plowed a trail for the anenome to follow, other than that it took over all three of my tanks. Frogspawn was the only thing to stand up to it. It is a great coral for a fish only tank at controlling phosphates and nitrates. It does not require a lot of light either, it grew very well under cfls and also under MH.



Very good looking pic ;)

[Southern Flame]

Wow!! Your tank is beautiful!! I don't plan on stony corals. I like anemones and mushrooms and wow is all I can say about that photo :-)

[alton]

Yea I miss that tank, my company moved from West Avenue to George Cooper so I had to sell the tank.

[Southern Flame]

ThAt sucks :-(