xenia heads on ground

[bobmakespancakes]

the coral is growing very well and I have never seen anything like this happen to my coral. why would this be happening?

(ignore the algae)

 

[bobmakespancakes]

the other weird thing is that i can't find where it may have fallen off of

 

[bobmakespancakes]

i also got a random flow generator and it has been blowing the coral around could that be it (i found where it came off of)

 

[Bryknicks]

xenia are some of the weeds of coral. They spread and grow everywhere. If you don't like it in that spot, I would remove it right away

 

[bobmakespancakes]

xenia are some of the weeds of coral. They spread and grow everywhere. If you don't like it in that spot, I would remove it right away

so its not a bad thing that is budded off?

 

[alucard102k1]

so its not a bad thing that is budded off?

Yeah, they grow very quickly and can take over..

 

[Bryknicks]

I wouldn't worry if everything else looks fine, totally normal

 

[bobmakespancakes]

Yeah, they grow very quickly and can take over..

oh so it throws the heads away to spread? wow i never knew it would do it like that i though my coral was dying lol. thanks!

 

[sixline]

oh so it throws the heads away to spread? wow i never knew it would do it like that i though my coral was dying lol. thanks!

That is one of the ways mine propagated in my previous tank. A lot of people find it invasive, since it can grow over other, more expensive corals. But it all depends on what you're going for. My tank was a 55g and at one point, it was almost 100% covered in xenia. I thought it was great and loved to watch it all pulsing. Everyone else seemed to enjoy it as well.

In my current tank, I have a different variety of xenia. The giant bali ball xenia. It looks the same but is more expensive, probably because it's not as invasive. it also doesn't pulse as much. I sorta miss the old stuff.

I do understand why some get caught off guard with it. If you buy and arrange a bunch of pricey corals, and then put a tiny piece of xenia in and it takes over you might not care for it. Again, it all depends on what sort of tank you're going for.