Zenia most controllable?

[tweeter]

What zenia is the most controllable in the reef tank? I want to ad some to my tank, it's LPS heavy, and don't want it to take the tank over. And if you could have just one zenia, what which would you pick? Is the blue zenia ok as far as how fast it spreads? Thanks....

 

[Hemmdog]

I don’t know of any coral called zenia, I have heard of Xenia though.

 

[tweeter]

yep, you are right

 

[reef lover]

The blue cespitularia grows faster than the xenia. The only one ive found thats not too invasive is the ruby red variety.

 

[tweeter]

The blue cespitularia grows faster than the xenia. The only one ive found thats not too invasive is the ruby red variety.

Where do you get the ruby red variety? I don't know if I have seen any of that. It sounds pretty.
Is the white pom pom invasive?

 

[reef lover]

Most all varieties are very invasive. I got mine from marine farmers.

 

[vetteguy53081]

My Xenia is on three rocks and stay on those rocks. Never have an outbreak issue

 

[Phil D.]

I would love to have Xenia, but due to it growing like weeds and taking over, I don't want to chance it. I really wish that you could get the Xenia crab in the LFSs, it eats Xenia but not all of it, basically cultivates it as a food source. I read about it in the old Aquarium Fish magazine.

 

[tweeter]

I'm going to put them on their own "island".

 

[sfin52]

If it's on an island you'll be fine. Treat it like gsp

 

[tweeter]

If it's on an island you'll be fine. Treat it like gsp

Ok, that's good to know. Thanks everyone for your help!!