seem like its dyinig. need some help

[shorjai]

i have couple of stalk of pumping xenia. i notices this morning one of the stalk tips turn whitish and the little (hand) i call it its dying turn YELLOW and its seem like falling off. the rest of the stalk are perfect besides that one stalk. what should i do? should i cut that stalk off and threw it away?

my ph is 8.3 , ammonia 0 , nitrite 0 and nitrate 0
tank temp. 80

 

[Deanos]

Leave it alone. It's unlikely that a single stalk of xenia will foul a healthy reef tank if it dies.

 

[shorjai]

anybody please help???i am really newb to SW.

 

[Ray039]

I would agree and say leave it alone. Do some research on Xenia and you'll see that it's perfectly natural for them to "melt" away and come back. It'll be fine. Check your MG levels. They should be around 1300-1350.

 

[Deanos]

anybody please help???

:grumpy:

 

[shorjai]

:grumpy:

u did help me out but wanna hear more from other ppl. thanks for ur help hahaha

 

[emps]

Xenia shrivel up and bounce right back. They're pretty resilient corals. Actually they were like weeds to me and started to spread uncontrollably to every open space in my tank.

 

[masterswimmer]

:grumpy:

:hug:

If you're looking for people to validate the information you got in the first response, from Dean, then allow me to second his advice. Although, it isn't necessary.

swimmer

 

[shorjai]

yah. i know but really thanks for everyone respond.

 

[tripstank]

Trust me, the xenia is aok! I have had them do that especially after a good feeding of cyclopeeze!

I would say, take a deep breath, have a beer, and watch it bounce back!

 

[Deanos]

I have had them do that especially after a good feeding of cyclopeeze!

Stop the presses!!! Your xenia eat cyclop-eeze?!

 

[tripstank]

It didn't seem to hurt.. They always had a bit of growth spurt afterwards!

 

[crox99]

Leo,

if the stalk start to melt cut it off or you will lose the entire colony. That happened to me and after 5-6 stalks died I decided to cut the bad part off and it bounced back.

 

[reefman]

No one really knows what Xenia eat. They are close to photoautotrophic but probably get nitrogen from eating bacteria, absorbing products of bacteria biosynthesis or nitrogen fixation, and dissolved material in the water -Eric Borneman

 

[kenske]

i used to have xenias in my tanks. They grow like weed, not the good kind . I was able to get a few hundred dollars in credit at a lfs for them in. For me they look their best at lower water temp. ie 74-78. They would also grow over other corals. I got tired of removing them from unwanted placed in my tank, so i got rid of them all together!

 

[Arrg]

Just reach into the tank and pinch the bad part off and let it be you'll have more stalks than you know what to do with in a couple of months anyway.