Xenia takeover

[HereFishyFishy3]

Is there any for sure way to get rid of Xenia? It’s budding all over my aquarium and I can’t take my rocks out. There are little stalks EVERYWHERE, no matter the amount of scraping the rocks has helped, they keep growing back faster. Please help!

 

[aran2806]

I used a mixture of Kalkwasser, and putty over the areas.

 

[Jdadams]

I believe you are going to have to get new rock. Xenia,GSP etc. are best kept on a rock away from the main rock structure to prevent this from happening.

 

[Speaker]

Keep cutting them once they get big and put other corals over them. You can win eventually. I used to have alot in my nano. How big is the tank?

 

[dvgyfresh]

Razor blade works for me lol although it will regrow even after cutting to the base

 

[ying yang]

Seen a video @Timfish shared using a metal straw and some hose and put elastic band around straw before insert to hose to seal it and scrape/syphon them up,will try find video or maybe Tim can share

 

[Pistondog]

Do not cut them, as @dvgyfresh said it will regrow. They are easy to remove using hemostats. Grab near the base and peel off the rock. 9 of 10 times will come off clean.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Embrace it…

You can never get it all lol

That said, it is rather easy to remove, so I just pull it back when it starts to overgrow or when I need real estate for other coral.

 

[HereFishyFishy3]

I believe you are going to have to get new rock. Xenia,GSP etc. are best kept on a rock away from the main rock structure to prevent this from happening.

Believe it or not I did have it on it’s very own rock and it became huge! Eventually it started stretching towards the other rocks, I probably should have fragged when I had the chance

 

[HereFishyFishy3]

Keep cutting them once they get big and put other corals over them. You can win eventually. I used to have alot in my nano. How big is the tank?

It’s a 16 gallon biocube

 

[HereFishyFishy3]

I used a mixture of Kalkwasser, and putty over the areas.

Thank you!

 

[FIN&BONEZ]

Buy yourself a cheap galaxea frag. A small 1x1 can take out a baseball size of xenia in less than a week. I keep one for just that reason not xenia but other invaders. When Im done I throw him back in his home far away till needed again.

 

[HereFishyFishy3]

Buy yourself a cheap galaxea frag. A small 1x1 can take out a baseball size of xenia in less than a week. I keep one for just that reason not xenia but other invaders. When Im done I throw him back in his home far away till needed again.

Will it sting any other corals? The Xenia is growing between my ricordias, palys, zoas, blasto and Duncan

 

[Sharkbait19]

Galaxea has a pretty powerful sting.

 

[Tamberav]

Will it sting any other corals? The Xenia is growing between my ricordias, palys, zoas, blasto and Duncan

Yes galaxea is mean and good at murdering other corals.

If you can remove the rock and do surgery and get it all… scrape it all off the rock. I find it doesn’t come back.

 

[Timfish]

Seen a video @Timfish shared using a metal straw and some hose and put elastic band around straw before insert to hose to seal it and scrape/syphon them up,will try find video or maybe Tim can share

Here's the link! I can't say It's an original idea or at least others have thought of it. I started using small diameter rigid eheim tubing back in the 90s, talking with a friend of mine he started using the same about the same time, didn't know him then so it was kinda an interesting cuincedence.

Steel Straws

 

[Nburg's Reef]

Buy yourself a cheap galaxea frag. A small 1x1 can take out a baseball size of xenia in less than a week. I keep one for just that reason not xenia but other invaders. When Im done I throw him back in his home far away till needed again.

Haha, true! the meanest coral on the planet.