xenia is not looking good

BadRoma1

BadRoma1

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:sick: something went wrong in my tank, so my xenia was dieing. i used water changes and also diped xenias in iodine dip. i did the dip once and few of my xenias are back and pulsing, but the rest are still in a coma. do i dip again or should i wait longer? so far it has been about a month since they have been sick. the reasong they got sick was because i didn't know that my nitrite was above 0. actualy, thanks to xenias i fixed the problem before it hurt everything else in my tank. but i do want to save them. also since the dip there has been no change in the way comatosed xenias look. :huh:
 
Xenia, tend to be very sensitive to phosphates, In order to maintain them for any length of time your phos levels should be zero or very close to it, So check that first, Don't keep dipping them just get an iodine test kit and maintain proper iodine levels, I've found that lugols solution works best for me. just my 2 cents.

jd

new to this forum but 5 years in the hobby :joe:
 
What size tank is this in? If a small tank just doing weekly waterchanges should keep your iodine levels okay. I wouldn't dose if you aren't testingfor it.

Xenia are known to melt into a mess of bubblegum goo....then miraciously rejuvenate themselves.....at least mine did. Though it is only a shade of it's former self it is coming back after melting down to nothing a month ago. I thought they were goners.
 
test all you can in your water and do so every once in a while. Failing xenia is often a sign of something else that oculd happen that is worse.


and yes, i would not dose iodine, esspecialy without a test kit. And if you do decide to dose it, make sure you are very very careful, esspecialy with lugols solution as it is highly concentrated and toxic to you, and to your inhabitants in large numbers.
 
My Xenia have been doing great for a few years in fact I sell them to maintain the hobby. My phosphate reading is .05 ppm which is high in the reef industry but honestly I have had no ill affects of it (on my Xenia at least). However, They are really sensitive to PH and temperature swings so make sure those are both steady. I would not do an iodine dip or kick in extra if you are not testing for it. Worst case you can cut them and they should come back. Xenias tend to be an easier coral to keep and are quite hardy. As for light with Xenia, mine sit at the top of my tank with 300 Watts of MH lighting pumping into them everyday.

Mike
 
thank you guys for your help. here is an update. after iodine dip, i was able to stop infection in one of my xenias, all others fell apart. in overall, i saved few xenias, but the rest are gone. i sell them too, some frags were ready for sell before they got sick. now all frags for sale are dead. there was something wrong with my water. one thing i know for sure is that my nitrite was above 0. xenia that came back and doing good now was cut as soon as it started looking bad at the base. i cut it high above infection and was able to save it, and only one far gone xenia came back after iodine dip. i also did many water changes. by the time i read the posts, i had to through my sick xenia away, because i didn't want my water get bad. :shark:
 
What lights do you have?

If they are not strong enough this will be your problem, xenia gain almost all of it's food from light.
 
sorry for late reply. i have helides. i think that they got sick due to water being too dirty for the to do well. i was overfeeding my corals. everything is back to normal and xenias look very good. i saved about 10 nice pieces.
 
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