problem with xenia

martym · #1 01-12-2004, 11:21 PM

Got home from work today and all me xenia are shrivled up and look dead

. I tested the water yesterday morning and did a water change yesterday. I'm going to test the water now and see where it is at. Any ideas or suggestions. Could any of the new corals I added yesterday done this? I added a brain coral, tree, polyps.

Chad · #2 01-12-2004, 11:26 PM

Mine did this for about a week or more.. and now they are fine and spreading like a disease.. All that happened is one day I brushed against them while moving stuff and boom.. shriveled and droopy like they are dieing..

martym · #3 01-12-2004, 11:56 PM

But it is all over the tank.

Not just one. The water tested fine. I will just keep an eye on the rest of the tank and see what it does. Thanks Chad.

Jack · #4 01-13-2004, 12:02 AM

I'm guessing the newly fragged softies released a bit of toxin's or chemicals into your water. Run some carbon to absorb what's in your water and you should be fine.

martym · #5 01-13-2004, 12:08 AM

Thanks Jack, I'll do that. I noticed that the small heater that I used to heat my water for the changed leaked, there was water in the tube. Is it possible that that would put electrical current into the water? My toad stool doesn't look that good either.

Jack · #6 01-13-2004, 12:11 AM

Could be. You can only guess.

BCOrchidGuy · #7 01-13-2004, 02:45 AM

My Xenia and Anthelia do that often, recover in a day or two sometimes 3 or 4, then they grow like hell... don't know what causes it.

Doug

golden69_ca · #8 01-13-2004, 03:19 AM

water in a heater , just showing how good it would be to have a gfi .

Silverfish · #9 01-13-2004, 04:25 AM

xenia act weird when one of them gets stressed... all the others in the tank seem to do the same IME. even when they are on the other side of the tank they will shrivel up.

martym · #10 01-14-2004, 12:27 AM

Thanks for the replies. I guess I'll take the wait and see approach.