My Xenias are small!

[Larry101]

My pulsing xenia was looking really great for the first 2 months I had it in the tank, it was growing so fast (I actually love the look of xenia). These last 5 days the xenia has been looking very depressing tho. I am dosing vibrance which I am thinking could be the culprit since xenia likes tanks with more nutrients, and since the vibrance take out the nutrients before the gha can take it, the xenia is suffering from it (Does that make sense?). I have since stopped dosing vibrance and I fed the xenia because I think it might be due to the lack of excess nutrients. All of my other corals in my tank are doing great including frogspawn, hammers, my leather corals, and my gsp. I checked all of my parameters and they seem to all be in check. Any thoughts on what could be causing the xenia to be hurting?

 

[Larry101]

Anyone??

 

[TerraFerma]

Dose iodine in safe amounts. That the trick with Xenia.

 

[Fishko]

My zenia sometimes shrunk up really small as well for no reason. Zenia is almost indestructible so i never worried because all my other corals were happy as well.

 

[Larry101]

Really? What kind of product for iodine is used?

 

[Larry101]

My zenia sometimes shrunk up really small as well for no reason. Zenia is almost indestructible so i never worried because all my other corals were happy as well.

How long does it last for? Mine have been shrunk up for a few days now.

 

[Fishko]

How long does it last for? Mine have been shrunk up for a few days now.

It lasted maybe a day. But i wasnt dosing vibrant. There are a lot of iodine supplements that you can you use like brightwell. Its like 10-15 a bottle that will last forever if your iodine is low.

 

[Johniejumbo]

I have some Xenia that shrank up a lot when I started using nutrient reducing products to battle hair algae. They turned into tiny little nuns on the rock for months. I started feeding the tank more and they have started bouncing back.