killing xenia?

[sharkboy]

How do I kill it? I have tried to pull it out and it continues to grow and comes out of nowhere. It is over some rockwork that is very heavy and difficult to pull out...

[txstateunivreefer]

from what i have heard/read luck is what it takes lots of luck

[hobogato]

nah, just a mishap with pH will do the trick.... not that you want to do that because when it dies in your tank, it releases all kinds of nastiness.

[Ping]

You could try scrubbing it with a toothbruch during a water change. Syphoning out the xenia as you brush. then do a water change again the next day to lower the polution level.

[sharkboy]

ph mishap? raise or lower and at what level? could this harm the corals? how about injecting it with something?

[hobogato]

dont go changing your pH/alkalinity to kill xenia, it will affect your other corals. i just accidentally killed all of the xenia that people gave me with a calcium reactor problem that dropped my alkalinity and caused pH swings. i guess you could try injecting with kalk paste, but again - when it dies, it really does pollute the water pretty bad.

[Bill S]

I'd manually remove it. You really, really don't want the toxins from it in your tank...

[Darth-Tater]

Give it to me. I can't keep xenia alive at all. :lol

Tater

[MattK]

Give it to me. I can't keep xenia alive at all. :lol

Tater

I've got some you can have.

[Darth-Tater]

Thanks Matt. I have 3 stalks that have not died yet.