Xenia & Lighting

[jrhein]

Has anyone had any luck with xenia under just a flourescent light?

[kaiser]

Yep thats how I keep mine. No Problems.

[::pete::]

One of my first corals and that was way before the MH's ... yup.

[brewercm]

Had mine under PCs before going to halides. No problems at all.

[StephenA]

We have some in a Nano under PC's, they grow like weeds.

[brewercm]

I don't see that as a problem. Just be prepared to prune or you'll have a 5g nano full of xenia.

[GaryP]

I think it will do OK. I doubt that you will have a lot of growth at 2 watts/gal. Xenia is strictly photosynthetic. It doesn't feed, and is thought to absorb nutrients from the water. Xenia grows like a weed under my MH at 6.5 watts/gal. but only slowly under VHO's at 5.9 watts/gal. in my other tank.

I think it has a lot to do with what spectrum bulbs you are running. I know it grew out of control under my 6.5K MH's, but then just about everything did.

Gary

[dan]

i think they will do well. like every body is saying they grow like weeds. i have some in my main tank but keep them on the bottom off the main rocks. i let them grow on rubble than give them away.
they are nice if you keep them under control.