Ugly Xenia taking over helpppp!

[Kmsutows]

So I bought an awesome acro for only $6 and it had a little xenia on it. I scrapped what I could off but didnt do it well enough and now my whole tank is being over taken.. the stuff is insanely resilient. dang near impossible to scrap off. I'm at my wits eme. Is there anything that eats it??

 

[Katrina71]

Is that the coveted red Xenia?

 

[catfishblues]

Wow that is a lot! I actually like the look but I get you don't want it. I had a purple Tang eat all of mine but I didn't want it to lol.
I had a similar problem with yellow star polyps and had to take the rock all out and use steel wool in a bucket to scrape it off. Any polyps that slowly re appeared I hit with Aptasia X to smother it.
Good luck with however you get rid of it!

 

[Kmsutows]

Does anyone think a laser would work and brand/link to try?

 

[gacolt]

sucking it out with a siphon when doing waterchanges and hand removing is the best way

 

[rob safron]

I finally had to take rocks out and replace with dry clean rocks little by little. Nothing eats it. I have shot it with vinegar and kalk paste to no eval. I now have green button polyps growing like crazy. Wish I never added but early on I liked soft corals not SPS.

 

[amazongb]

find part of the base and peel with tweezers worked for me..

 

[Vincent100]

My tank use to look the same as yours , it was growing everywhere
I used panacur dog and cat womer and every last bit was gone in a week ....as well as blue clove and green star
Nothing else was affected
It will kill sorf corals tho
I've a mixed reef loaded with sps and many lps and a couple of clams, none was affected at all

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

It’s not Xenia. Closer relative to a clove polyp daisy polyp or anthelia or Kanopia

My tank use to look the same as yours , it was growing everywhere
I used panacur dog and cat womer and every last bit was gone in a week ....as well as blue clove and green star
Nothing else was affected
It will kill sorf corals tho
I've a mixed reef loaded with sps and many lps and a couple of clams, none was affected at all

Yea , you might need the nuclear option if blasting with flow ant manual removal aren’t containing it.

 

[Kmsutows]

This stuff doesnt even come off brushing the rock with a tooth brush. Tweezers rip off a tiny bit, basically doesnt do a thing.

Thanks for the dewormer recommendation. Anyone else use this? Scared to try it and have the toxins bother other things in the tank

 

[rob safron]

I’m not sure I would try that without a whole lot of research. Never heard of that.

 

[Tamberav]

Looks like Anthelia coral which grows even faster than Xenia :O

I have heard of people using that wormer before to kill cloves but no experience with it. Goodluck.

 

[Garbonzo]

I just treated my xenia problem with fenbendazole and it seems like it's doing the trick with no other losses. Here's the link.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/invasive-xenia.350567/

 

[Salt1823]

I love the look of this coral! One person's trash is another person's treasure...

 

[Garbonzo]

Oh I love the look of it, but it can take over a tank and crowd most other corals to death.