pulsing xenia

[54seaweed]

I don't get it It was fine this morning all nice and bushy , now it looks like a small pile of snot
every thing else is doing just fine
Salinity 1.025
nitrite 0 ppm
nitrate 5.0 ppm actually it's more like 2.0
ammonia 0 ppm
ph 8.0 ppm
80 deg f
here it is a few days ago don't have one of it now yet

for your help

 

[54seaweed]

this is what looks like now

 

[Flreefer]

Xenia is a really fickle coral. Some tanks can't grow it at all, some tanks grow it like a bad weed. It seems like it needs a perfect niche of light, flow, and parameters to thrive. It does like high light and some flow, but not sure what exact params it prefers better than others.
When I started I had a few different bunches of it that did well for about 3-4 months and then shrunk back till it was gone. I now have a patch of blue Xenia that I've had for about 6 months and it is spreading pretty well. I avoided it for years, and the only reason I got the blue was because it was attached to a piece with some GSP'S and an SPS frag.
Only thing I could suggest is to make sure it's in a high light area, with a little flow, and keep your params in good shape.
Good luck with it.

 

[54seaweed]

I lost my xenia

well I found the culprit
water got hot , chiller was unplugged stupid cat

 

[Flreefer]

Sorry you lost it Seaweed.

 

[bskerrichard27]

How hot did it get

 

[54seaweed]

hit about 93 got lucky didn't lose everything

 

[bskerrichard27]

Yea 93 is pretty high

 

[crister13]

Pretty high? 93 is ridiculous!!!!!!!

 

[54seaweed]

Pretty high? 93 is ridiculous!!!!!!!

more like insane thought I lost it all