Pulsing Xenia looks unhealthy

[eliaslikesfish]

Hi all,
So i’ve gotten pulsing xenia before and it just never opened up and every day it just looks worse. attached a pic of it now (the smaller piece) figured it was just bad luck, all my other softies and LPS are thriving. So yesterday my LFS had a nice little rock with a colony so I grabbed that and today this is what it looks like (other pic attached) I’m just wondering if this is normal on day one or if it’s gonna end up like the smaller one. Both are in a very low flow area of the tank.

 

[threebuoys]

What fish are in the tank? I've had problems with my tangs eating xenia.

They do it when you are not looking!

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Leathers like flow, personally I would put it in a higher flow area.

 

[randomfishdude]

It's xinia. It's going to be fine.

 

[eliaslikesfish]

What fish are in the tank? I've had problems with my tangs eating xenia.

They do it when you are not looking!

2 clowns and a midas blenny

 

[eliaslikesfish]

Leathers like flow, personally I would put it in a higher flow area.

ok I’ll try that thank you

 

[randomfishdude]

2 clowns and a midas blenny

None of thoes are going to eat xinia so you're good for that.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

needs flow

 

[eliaslikesfish]

needs flow

moved it to a higher flow area, I’ve just heard it won’t pulse in higher flow. maybe I heard that wrong though

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

moved it to a higher flow area, I’ve just heard it won’t pulse in higher flow. maybe I heard that wrong though

not necessarily, we have no real way to judge flow. What one person considers "high flow" might be someone else's "low flow", depending what type of tank you run. Too much flow makes them close, not enough flow makes them close, so you have to find that right spot.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

moved it to a higher flow area, I’ve just heard it won’t pulse in higher flow. maybe I heard that wrong though

ohhh it'll pulse nice in good flow

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Xenia on the right side of the anemones

 

[eliaslikesfish]

For anyone wondering who sees this, I believe I just put the first frag I got in way too much flow, the new one I got is in a lower flow area now and is pulsing away. thanks everyone for your help!