Rotting Xenia...Please Help
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Now my Galaxia
Today my Galaxia is dying. Yesterday it was looking better than ever and today, I have aready lost two polyps over night. I just did a 10% water change. Going to go get more, but that is all I had on had. Could this be from the Xenia? My Galaxia has never been unhappy. Should I do like a 50% water change to get rid of as much of whatever it is killing everything? Please help before my whole tank goes down.
Today my Galaxia is dying. Yesterday it was looking better than ever and today, I have aready lost two polyps over night. I just did a 10% water change. Going to go get more, but that is all I had on had. Could this be from the Xenia? My Galaxia has never been unhappy. Should I do like a 50% water change to get rid of as much of whatever it is killing everything? Please help before my whole tank goes down.
Okay, what are your water parameters, what are you using to test them, what is your water source, and what salt are you using? That will be the baseline needed to determine much of anything. A large water change most likely will help, but if parameters in the salt mix are off, it may exacerbate it.
OK....
Salinity .025
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
PH 8.1
Nitrate Less than 5
KH 10
Haven't gotten around to testing Ca yet, but am getting there. My nitrates are a little higher than usual. I even took my water to the LFS today to make sure my test was good and everything was the same. I get my water from my LFS and to be honest with you, I can't remember what salt they are using, but he said they haven't changed anything. I asked because it recently changed ownership. I haven't added anything in months. Everything else, as of today) still looks good. Is it possible dead pieces from the xenia yesterday landed on the galaxia and infected it? I am doing another water change in a few. Any advice is welcome!
Salinity .025
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
PH 8.1
Nitrate Less than 5
KH 10
Haven't gotten around to testing Ca yet, but am getting there. My nitrates are a little higher than usual. I even took my water to the LFS today to make sure my test was good and everything was the same. I get my water from my LFS and to be honest with you, I can't remember what salt they are using, but he said they haven't changed anything. I asked because it recently changed ownership. I haven't added anything in months. Everything else, as of today) still looks good. Is it possible dead pieces from the xenia yesterday landed on the galaxia and infected it? I am doing another water change in a few. Any advice is welcome!
It is possible that the dying event could have influenced some problems with the Galaxea, but it is good to cover all bases. Do you know the purity of the water the LFS is giving you? I always recommend verifying total dissolved solids independently of whatever LFS you use. I know quite a few, at least in my general area, that weren't above selling sub-par quality water (or downright tapwater). Again, just to cover any bases. Go ahead and perform the water change and observe everything carefully for any obvious problems.
I have used their water for the last two years because they were recommended to me, but I should definately ask more questions. Thanks for the heads up. I know with the economy in the crapper they may be cutting corners or using a lower grade salt. That would just be downright wrong, but not surprising. Thanks!
Xenia problems again......
So I took pics of my tank two days ago and everything was fine. The only thing I did to my tank that day besides feed was pull some hair algae, which I do in a regular basis. That night I noticed that one type of xenia was all closed up. The other was fine. Here are the pics from two days ago and today. Any ideas, and should I just cut off the bad looking parts again? This is the same one that I cut down to a nub a few months ago.
So I took pics of my tank two days ago and everything was fine. The only thing I did to my tank that day besides feed was pull some hair algae, which I do in a regular basis. That night I noticed that one type of xenia was all closed up. The other was fine. Here are the pics from two days ago and today. Any ideas, and should I just cut off the bad looking parts again? This is the same one that I cut down to a nub a few months ago.
Anything can set them to close up from time to time...relocation by you or (Fish) of the rock they sit on....strong current hitting it.... Having one group do this once in a while is not terrible thing. It's when you see all of them do it is when a alarm should be going off. Good thing about Xenia they can tell yah if your water is going south if you havn't been testing. Well in my experience it has. Happy pulsating Pom poms spreading like weeds says "Water is fine".
Anyway....just observe....and report if it stays that way for more than 2 days. When in doubt in cases like this...Test Your Water.
Just observe the others. As long as your water tests show good parameters I wouldn't stress it. Xenia are tough sons a #($#. Mine are all over places I don't want them on. Like the back wall of my tank! stupid xenia.
I may be blind but are those not two different xenia? Poms in middle and regular ones on the right?
Anyway....just observe....and report if it stays that way for more than 2 days. When in doubt in cases like this...Test Your Water.
Just observe the others. As long as your water tests show good parameters I wouldn't stress it. Xenia are tough sons a #($#. Mine are all over places I don't want them on. Like the back wall of my tank! stupid xenia.
I may be blind but are those not two different xenia? Poms in middle and regular ones on the right?
Sounds like the typical meltdown type issues. Just try to frag what you can. Act quickly, because it spreads fast and they all start to rot.
