Xenia Collection

[Guest chillypk]

I know this may seem weird - but does anyone here collect xenia.

 

Not talking about just the elongata and pink pom=poms which can grow like weeds (but a good nutrient export device)

 

I mean weird different ones like on GARF.

Thinking about starting a xenia garden for my clowns.

[Tang-away]

what other types of xenia is there? pom pom and silver elongated were the only ones I knew of. I might have seen some blue ones. But anyways, I have a big island of silver elongated probably with 500 stalks and my clowns are happy with my foot wide toadstool.

[Guest chillypk]

what other types of xenia is there?  pom pom and silver elongated were the only ones I knew of.  I might have seen some blue ones.  But anyways, I have a big island of silver elongated probably with 500 stalks and my clowns are happy with my foot wide toadstool.

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I've never seen the silver elongated - only the pink pom poms and the brownish elongata. I hear there is a pink creeper xenia, blue ones, fiji (big fat trunk), giant anthelia (wood's polyps), and probably a lot more.

 

I'll try pulling up a GARF page with some pics but their navigation is a bit of a mess. Lots of hidden pages.

[Guest chillypk]

Heres a couple of links:

 

http://www.garf.org/fish3/xeniaclown.html

http://www.garf.org/news16p1.html

http://www.garf.org/news6p3.html

 

Interesting to see that a lot of their data suggests the reef to not exceed 80 or even below 76 degrees. I guess that might be a reason we don't see the other varieties out there in the field.

 

I know my last tank - temps went well over 86 on a bad day - and the xenia - both elongata and pink pom poms were fine and pulsing away.

[heartbreak]

Whats up, Roozen's had some of the thick trunk (fiji) this past weekend.

 

 

 

Heres a couple of links:

 

http://www.garf.org/fish3/xeniaclown.html

http://www.garf.org/news16p1.html

http://www.garf.org/news6p3.html

 

Interesting to see that a lot of their data suggests the reef to not exceed 80 or even below 76 degrees.  I guess that might be a reason we don't see the other varieties out there in the field.

 

I know my last tank - temps went well over 86 on a bad day - and the xenia - both elongata and pink pom poms were fine and pulsing away.

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[Caribbean Jake]

Hi.

I might be mistaken but what that site calls Pink Creeping Xenia is more of a Pink Anthelia, fast grower and sometimes may become a nuisance in some SPS tanks. I have so much of it I am killing it with Joe Juice, but I also have the silver and pink pomp pom Xenias if you are interested.

[Herbert]

those xenia tanks and filters are beutiful!

 

I have pink pom pom and orange/brown anethelia

[steveoutlaw]

I'm just setting up my fuge and wouldn't mind having some Xenia in it......

 

Question - will it spread like aptaisia.....I mean, will it send out spores and start growing in my show tank?

[Caribbean Jake]

I'm just setting up my fuge and wouldn't mind having some Xenia in it......

 

Question - will it spread like aptaisia.....I mean, will it send out spores and start growing in my show tank?

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yes.. it will.

that's what happened on mine. :P

[Caribbean Jake]

Let me know if anyone wants some silver Xenia or PompPom Xenia., I got few left to give away together with Capnella(Kenya Tree-Purple)