Its nice to see others implementing this method with success! I see you have 2 different types of Xenia in your sump. Did the Pom Pom out compete the Elongata?
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Its nice to see others implementing this method with success! I see you have 2 different types of Xenia in your sump. Did the Pom Pom out compete the Elongata?
Checkout my tank. 40B Knasty on YouTube. You can see the difference on the tips of frogspawns and pulsing xenia when I change the lights from 2xBlue+ to 2xBlue+, Coral+, True Actinic. The Xenia goes from a blueish silvery white to a purplish silver white.So this is one of the things I want for my tank - but I'm confused on color. I'll see ads for purple pulsing xenia - but folks tell me its only purple due to the purple night light. Can you talk about colors available or is there truly only one color subject to lighting differences? Thanks!
You are absolutely right! That is why I went with the Elongata. For me it was the only one the LFS could keep alive long enough to sell, and boy would it sell. Basically I would bring them in nice and charged with life. Then over the next few days they would pulse less and less until they would become a drab brown color and all pulsing would cease. I would then exchanged them for fresh ones, and the cycle continued. Most would sell within the first few days while they looked their best.The real important question here is what LFS would actually give any credit for xenia?
Beautiful.Great article. I have always been a fan of xenia but have also been wary of it in a display. So, we have xenia in our sump. I started it as an experiment after reading a post on RC and have been impressed with its nutrient export capabilities. Over the course of about 6 months the macro algae (chaeto and calurpa) gradually disappeared as it got out-competed by the xenia for nutrients.
Here is a pic from a few months ago.
I was told yes, but I'm brand new. I'd like to get another opinion as well.is there a way to keep xenia isolated in dt on its own piece of rock away from everything else? or will they still spread like that?
Oh no! I don't want that.Here is what can happen in a matter of months when a free floating Xenia finds a power head.
Before: 7/2002
After: 11/2002