Deano makes a good point here...Anthelia spp. (A morphologically similar member of the Xeniid family) are commonly mistaken for Xenia and can have a variety of care requirements...I have thought before that Anthelia are the root of the confusion about the care requirements for Xenia spp, because not all Anthelia spp. are easy to care for...just ask Ranz...he has an anthelia in his 300 gallon tank that he has moved around when he saw that it wasn't thriving in its present location after a suitable period. On another note, some Anthelia spp. pulse, though not as many as in the Xenia genus. It takes a trained eye to tell some species apart (so I hear) and since I don't have that training I will now shut my mouth.
Stephen
PS - anyway I think you have true Xenia you gold-toothed beer-chugging secretary. Keep your pH above 8.3
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