Removing Xenia

GreenSpottedPuffer · #1 02-05-2009, 08:52 PM

I have no idea how this stuff got into my tank again but I need to try to remove it. I hate this stuff!

I have to remove it in the tank and am just wondering if the stuff it releases when you cut it, is toxic to other corals?

Or what is the best way to get it off a rock?

I can't remove the rock from the tank.

Drock169 · #2 02-05-2009, 09:22 PM

Its not toxic, I usually just peel it off with my fingernails, although anything left behind forms a new colony. You can also place a smaller piece of rock on top of it let it grow on to that and then simply remove it that way.

BCOrchidGuy · #3 02-05-2009, 09:26 PM

Use forceps, pinch it near the bottom and slowly roll it off the rock, if you are careful you can get the whole thing off. The idea of getting it to grow onto a small rock is a great one, once it's on the small rock you can take it to the lfs and trade it in, xenia is usually a good seller.

Douglas

ocean diver · #4 02-05-2009, 09:30 PM

YES it is if you will ship I will buy it from you, let me know Thanks

BC564 · #5 02-05-2009, 10:36 PM

does that forceps thing work for Kenya Tree too....I am over run with the stuff.....

Trigger Man · #6 02-05-2009, 10:42 PM

I just suck it out with the hose will doing my water change, so far no new colonies, just the one I keep in a certain spot.

ocean diver · #7 02-05-2009, 11:30 PM

Will anybody ship this stuff they get rid of???? I will pay the shipping of course.

whatcaneyedo · #8 02-06-2009, 12:21 AM

You could try a tomato clown... I really cant explain this one but my tomato clown destroys any xenia I try to put in my 120gal. She uses her mouth and shreds it into pieces.

heyfredyourhat · #9 02-06-2009, 01:57 AM

My foxface tore up all of mine unfortunatly

Trigger Man · #10 02-06-2009, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ocean diver

Will anybody ship this stuff they get rid of???? I will pay the shipping of course.

It would probably cost more to ship then for you to buy a little colony. When I wanted some I could not find anyone selling some, so I bought a 3 stalk and it took a while to get used to the tank (at one point I thought it was dying), but now it grows like crazy. If you are ever in calgary I can pull some off of a rock for you.