Xenia!!!

[Mykeytoe]

how fast do xenia grow? I aquired a small piece a couple of weeks ago and It looks like it's starting to take off. I have it in my fuge. I seldom see it pulse though.

[Thunderkat]

AHHH, too late Kylaohhh, i chizzled the breaks of that mutha@#$% 5 mins ago. i chizzled it off with a hammer and a screwdriver, looks really neat and didnt have to do anything "drastic"... :shades

Use tools for what they are intended for. Screwdrivers are not chisels. If you get into the habit of using tools for things other than what they are designed for you could get hurt.

You can also get rid of them with a large cowrie.

[alton]

Sounds like a safety director?

[Polkster13]

If you are squeamish, do NOT read any further. Just go to another thread. You have been warned!



[Climbing up on soapbox]

Yeah, its "all fun and games until someone loses an eye" is not just a saying.

Several years ago I had a co-worker whose husband was working on their dryer. He was using too small of a screwdriver trying to loosen something. He slipped and the screwdriver deflected off of the dryer (while he was still holding it and pushing with all of his weight) and went right through his eye into his brain. It was small enough that it did not kill him. He lost the lens and all of the fluid in his eye before he made it to the ER.

It took over a year, but they were able to successfully reintroduce fluid into his eyeball, reattach his retina and then surgically implant a new lens in his eye. He now has about 50 percent of his vision. They were unable to repair the back of his eye.

After he went through this, I had a new respect for hand tools and power tools! You can't be too careful. The person laughing at you for taking precautions will be the one that is found later bemoaning the fact that they had injured themselves and now wished they had taken those "ridiculous safety precautions".

Okay, okay; [stepping down from soapbox].

Ya'll kiddies go play now; and be safe!

[Reef69]

Never heard of a xenia eating cowrie, or a flake eating cleaner wrasse, but then again...

Anyways, time to re-chizzle, i missed a spot and it grew back...

[Thunderkat]

Never heard of a xenia eating cowrie, or a flake eating cleaner wrasse, but then again...

Anyways, time to re-chizzle, i missed a spot and it grew back...

You live in San Antonio, come over to my apartment and see with your own eyes as Lil'Piggy (my cleaner wrasse) eats flake food. It also eats newly hatched brine shrimp but will not eat mysis.

PM me if you do want to see it and bring a digital camera so you can have proof. I gave the snail to Alex and I think he still has it, the thing is larger than my fist. I don't know if the snail will eat the xenia but I have read they can eat soft corals but I got rid of it because it kept plugging up the discharge to my pumps.

Oh, and don't laugh at all the cyano I have, it makes me cry.

[freeman.matt]

You may try dremmeling off the top surface of the rock where the xenia was attached...