Xenia on the move

[Donmarco]

Okay, just a question born of pure curiosity.My 125G reef tank is home to a variety of coral. A year ago I introduced a colony of pulsing Xenia and it thrived! Actually, it started taking over so besides teaching it its place, I also moved a small colony on its own piece of LR to the left rear of the tank, where it wouldn't threaten anything for awhile. Well, before long the Xenia began moving onto and up the glass! The attached photo was taken several weeks ago and one colony was already at the surface of the water, with three others on their way. Today all the colonies are much closer to the surface and the rock is almost empty. Has anyone seen Xenia behave this way? I'm not at all worried, but it is a little tricky cleaning around them. Now I have a fresh piece of LR where I can move another coral. That's good because I have several Staghorn frags and a Acro that are looking for real estate.Mark

[FearTheTerps]

How is your flow? I have mine in a high flow area and it spreads in the direction of the flow. Several pieces of mine have also dropped off and then floated around the tank. I now have some that's growing on the rear glass as well, I hope it stays put.

[Mountaineer]

I have had it on the glass like that before. It makes it real easy to get frags of it off for anyone that wants some.