Xenia Frag

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The temperature wont be a deciding factor in your Xenia's health (unless it goes higher). But I do concur with Troy that higher temperatures accellerate biological processes and cause things to happen much quicker (bad or good).

The Xenia you got from Wendell may likely be one of my frags? I have kept Xenia for around 18 months and find it to be the best indicator of Alkalinity in my tank. When Alk is low (below 3.0 meq/l), Xenia stops pulsing, even shrinks up. When Alk levels are good (3.0-4.0 meq/l) the Xenia looks great and grows well.

Check your Alk levels, I think you'll find that Alk is low in your tank. Also in my experience, Xenia doesn't seem to care about Calcium levels, I suspect as it's a soft coral and likely doesn't require much calcium (if any) to grow and thrive. I base this assumption on the fact that my Xenia continued to grow and thrive even when my calcium levels were quite low (~220ppm).