Friend's Xenia Not Doing Too Well

[NC122606]

So my friend has an Xenia that doesn't seem to be doing well. The main problem was that he was moving tanks and stuff into his fish room and he unfortunately had a big ammonia spike of 4 PPM. All of his fish and most of the corals are doing fine now from that but the Xenia is the one that he is worried about. Anything he can do to save it?

 

[andrewey]

Xenia can be pretty sensitive for a soft coral and can melt for a variety of reasons- 4ppm ammonia certainly could be the culprit (as well as pH/salinity shock from moving tanks). At this point I'd simply hope and wait and ensure nitrates were in range and the light wasn't too bright for the xenia. Otherwise, it's a crap shoot on whether it recovers or dies. Hoping for the best! I wish I had a better answer, but I haven't seen any treatment protocols for melting xenia.

 

[NC122606]

Xenia can be pretty sensitive for a soft coral and can melt for a variety of reasons- 4ppm ammonia certainly could be the culprit (as well as pH/salinity shock from moving tanks). At this point I'd simply hope and wait and ensure nitrates were in range and the light wasn't too bright for the xenia. Otherwise, it's a crap shoot on whether it recovers or dies. Hoping for the best! I wish I had a better answer, but I haven't seen any treatment protocols for melting xenia.

Thank you so much for the response!