Pulsing xenia

[Steo the great]

I got some pulsing Xenia about 2 months ago and they had been full of life and really extended.

Then I moved a torch coral close by and suddenly everything change and the retracted and stayed closed. So I moved the Xenia to the opposite end of the tank and still it seems to struggle to open up. Does it just take time?
Or should I be checking my ph or other parameters.
Any help would be great thanks.

 

[furrymurray]

Did the torch sting the xenia? I put a torch near my xenia just to settle them down so they dont tank over the tank. If they did get stung it may take a few days to recover

 

[Steo the great]

No they weren't in contact probably about 3 inches or so away from one another. Not sure if at night time this would be too short of a distance apart?

 

[furrymurray]

Its hard to say if that was enough distance without seeing the coral. My torch gets about 1/4 of my 75 gallon. Each tentacle is about 4-5 inches long so it has a very good reach. I dont put anything near it unless its a frog spawn or hammer coral. Anything else probably cant handle the sting.

 

[Steo the great]

And do you think they will recover. They open and close but just not as much as they had done before I moved the other. I hate that torch coral kills everything in site. Lol

 

[furrymurray]

Yeah they should recover. They are pretty hard to kill. I scrap mine of with a razor every couple of months and they still come back. I really enjoy torch coral. They just have a good sting. And a lot of other corals can be pretty aggressive also so you just have to really watch what you put where.