somthing wrong with my xenia!

[chinmo]

guys as above, the brown xenia seems to have contract all the feathers but it's sitll pumping.

[chinmo]

this is normal to me.. above look funny.

[mingwen1611]

my xenia ain't even pumping.... contracted.... dunno why.... just bought it a few days back... do they need strong currents?

[chinmo]

no leh, mine still fine with slow current, they don even sway.... but don noe why the brown one shrink it's feathers?

[mingwen1611]

o.ok... then mine's probably not opening cos of the current liao... cos i put it in a spot when there is pretty strong current...

[Hon]

You want xenia to pump? Very easy to do it, dose some pH buffer. Buffer it to up to 8.3, they will pump like crazy again

By the way, xenia can be use as a pH indicator too...

[chinmo]

erm.... any advice? i'm using mh, no3 25pppm. hw ###### like that?

[Golden Tooth]

You want xenia to pump? Very easy to do it, dose some pH buffer. Buffer it to up to 8.3, they will pump like crazy again

By the way, xenia can be use as a pH indicator too...

[Golden Tooth]

o.ok... then mine's probably not opening cos of the current liao... cos i put it in a spot when there is pretty strong current...

Don't think that is the problem.

[chinmo]

erm.... the problem is why the feather's shink to becum like small stalk, maybe my ph not that high.

[FuEl]

Yea...the pumping action is due to pH levels. Higher pH will lead to them pumping more. You might want to dose a little iodine to see if it helps (caution when dosing iodine).

[Michael Young]

Fuel is right. Xenias do need a higher pH to thrive. Studies have shown that when pH is low their pumping actions are erratic and the points of their tantacles are almost always twisted and never meet. However, with a pH of 8.3 to 8.4 their pulsing actions are synchronized and all the points will meet perfectly when they closed.

Other things to watch when keeping xenias are strong intermittent current to assist with the cleaing mucus, lower temperature of between 23 to 25 degrees celcius and like what Fuel recommended, dosing of iodide supplements to enhance growth.

It has also been observed that large xenia colonies need to be fragged with a sharp pair of scissors to prevent them from crashing. Pruning them regularly increase their chance of survival.

[Jun Hong]

I keep both white and brown Xenia. The brown one was healthy for a few months but it has crashed within few days! I still can't figure out the reason since my white Xenia is still growing and pumping happily until now (6 months already)!

I dosed Seachem Iodine but I notice that the dosage of Iodine seems affect my Coco worm and my bubble. So now I rely on Bi-weekly water change to replenish the Iodine.