Xenia NOT lookig good??

[reefstinger]

Ok so My Xenia / frogspawns was looking good since I added it to my new 160 6 months ago, now it looks fragile and not opened up very good. I did however recently change my Ecotech radons spectrum a little the last week. What light fits best for the softies and Xenia? I have all Sps and very little LPS , with RBTA's. what about tanks parems? what works best for mostly softies? Brain/Anemones/hammers.frogspawns. Is anyone running ECOTECH Radons in our club? what artificial ETG 's do you have to share on a 10 hrs cycle? I run salinity, 1.025 , 420 cal , mag is 1250 , alk 9.0, temp atb 78 to 80 d F

 

[frantz]

My Xenia seems to like light. I keep it on a high rock as it tends to grow up and this helps me to control its growth. It sits about a foot under the t5s (7 in water, 5 air). It does like salty water adn I keep my tank at 1.025, and tends to favor dirtier water. Of course that doesn't go well with SPS, but I grow that too, it just doesn't grow super fast for me (xenia is happy)

 

[reefstinger]

Frantz;825250 wrote: My Xenia seems to like light. I keep it on a high rock as it tends to grow up and this helps me to control its growth. It sits about a foot under the t5s (7 in water, 5 air). It does like salty water adn I keep my tank at 1.025, and tends to favor dirtier water. Of course that doesn't go well with SPS, but I grow that too, it just doesn't grow super fast for me (xenia is happy)

Thanks Franz, My tank stays pretty clean, nitrates are zero

 

[kirkwood]

Your tank could be too clean as Xenia is like a weed and favors dirtier water. It is virtually indestructible and usually grows so fast it becomes a nuisance taking over lots of rock work and growing onto glass and power heads.