Pulsing Xenia?!?!?

[Brian Baker]

Well after a big tank maintenance yesterday I noticed something in the tank that I have not seen and did not place in there myself. I am not concerned about the palytoxin...yet. I am more concerned about it taking over the tank! Is this Pulsing Xenia.

If it is, then I am concerned about the palytoxin. I need to get rid of it so it doesn't take over the tank.

 

[Zeal]

Looks like Xenia but what does it have anything to do with palytoxin?

 

[Matthew Frost]

Brian, Pulsing Xenia are not toxic. They are invasive, if you don't want them taking over you will want to remove them.

 

[Brian Baker]

OK, so then it is not toxic. This is my first aquarium so how do I remove an invasive species. I do know that if I don't remove it, it will take over the tank if left alone for a while.

 

[Dennis McGrath]

Fingers or tweezers.

 

[Zeal]

OK, so then it is not toxic. This is my first aquarium so how do I remove an invasive species. I do know that if I don't remove it, it will take over the tank if left alone for a while.

Remove the rock and scape it off if possible

 

[Zeal]

Remove the rock and scape it off if possible

Edit: don't remove then entire they're actually kinda of pretty. Take it out and put it on a rock in the sandbed and make a little forest out of it. I've seen people do that with Xenia and Clove Polyps and Zoas and create alittle garden it's pretty

 

[Vincent100]

Edit: don't remove then entire they're actually kinda of pretty. Take it out and put it on a rock in the sandbed and make a little forest out of it. I've seen people do that with Xenia and Clove Polyps and Zoas and create alittle garden it's pretty

Keeping it on it's own rock away from other rocks will not stop it spreading
I started off with one frag and 6 months later it was in multiple places
Tiny bits break off and float about than take hold of whatever and start growing new colonies
I've even had it growing on my back glass and a random empty snail shell
It got so bad I had to treat my tank with panacur dog and cat wormer to eradicate it
..there was just to much to manually remove

 

[Zeal]

Keeping it on it's own rock away from other rocks will not stop it spreading
I started off with one frag and 6 months later it was in multiple places
Tiny bits break off and float about than take hold of whatever and start growing new colonies
I've even had it growing on my back glass and a random empty snail shell
It got so bad I had to treat my tank with panacur dog and cat wormer to eradicate it
..there was just to much to manually remove

Ouch nvm then

 

[Brian Baker]

Edit: don't remove then entire they're actually kinda of pretty. Take it out and put it on a rock in the sandbed and make a little forest out of it. I've seen people do that with Xenia and Clove Polyps and Zoas and create alittle garden it's pretty

I agree that they are really pretty and actually move on there own instead of with the current. I would love to keep it but I am not dealing with that crap when it gets everywhere.

 

[Zeal]

I don't disagree that they are really pretty and actually move on there own instead of with the current. I would love to keep it but I am not dealing with that crap when it gets everywhere.

yeahhhh agree could look I to green clove polyps, same family but tammed

 

[JBKReef]

These horror stories scare me... My fiance absolutely LOVES the pulsing weed.

I have done as a couple others suggested and isolated them on their own rock, which has worked thus far... but I'm dreading the day one of them makes the jump.

 

[jd371]

I just scraped the back glass of Xenia this past weekend. If you're going to keep it in your tank make sure to isolate it on it's own rock on the sand away from the sides of the tank and any other rocks otherwise it will spread.

 

[LuizW13]

it's kind of incredible how a tiny piece of that coral hitchhiked it's way into your system.

 

[John3]

It only takes an itsy bitst piece of the stuff to pop up everywhere. Sure it look nice if that’s all I want to look at. Sorry for the rant, it still kills me I ever put some in my tank.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I Have Xenia in two different tanks and have managed to keep them confined to one rock or structure- Never had them spread and yes they are highly capable of doing such.
Here is Xenia behaving itself.....................

 

[Kegel70]

Don’t worry. It’s easy to control. These stories of it taking over your tank are complete lies.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Don’t worry. It’s easy to control. These stories of it taking over your tank are complete lies.

Beautiful and cheap way to incorporate life in your reef system

 

[dkevink]

I agree. I have had pulsing Xenia for 2 years on its own rock. Hasn’t spread anywhere, just gets bigger, and I have made frags for friends.