flooddc August 17, 2012 August 17, 2012 I finally discovered why every frag/colony of xenia never made it in my DT. I tried many times in the past and they all died in my DT. I have a xenia which I brought from a friend and kept in my fuge for 3+ months now. Seem to do very well in the fuge. So decided to give it another shot and move it into the DT. As soon as I dropped it into the sandbed, the chromis and yellow damsel start to take turn nipping on it. At first I thought maybe they just nipping it because it was something new, but after observing a bit it's clearly that they want to eat the darn xenia. I guessed I have a couple of xenia killer in my tank!!!
smallreef August 17, 2012 August 17, 2012 hhrrmmm I wonder if they would eat aptasia, lol Well, everyone says each fish is different, so I guess you have some of the few NON-reef safe chromis and damsels, lol
flooddc August 17, 2012 Author August 17, 2012 They left everything else alone. only the pulsing xenia. I guessed they learned that it's editable to them
Incredible Corals August 17, 2012 August 17, 2012 Out of the 3 tanks I've had in the past I had Chromis in two of them. Now that I think about it. The only tank that I could keep Xenia alive in was the one without any Chomis. Very interesting find.
smallreef August 17, 2012 August 17, 2012 okay,, so then the question is are you getting rid of them in order to keep some xenia?? or just going to deal without having it... or you could set up a display fuge or frag tank to keep it in
Incredible Corals August 17, 2012 August 17, 2012 I rather have the all the Chromis than the xenia. Didn't try to put it in the fuge but I guess that is a possibility.
treesprite August 17, 2012 August 17, 2012 Crazy fish. I'm assuming fish can't smell the xenia when they are eating it.
Incredible Corals August 17, 2012 August 17, 2012 Crazy fish. I'm assuming fish can't smell the xenia when they are eating it. Yeah really! That stuff smells so bad.
flooddc August 17, 2012 Author August 17, 2012 Keep the Chromis...it's much easier to remove the the Xenia than catch those Chomis!
treesprite August 18, 2012 August 18, 2012 Xenia is not so easy to remove once allowed to grow where it wants to grow.
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