Xenia and Acropora

[leakyfaucet]

I just added two frags, the first residents of my tank :bounc:
1. Xenia
2. A baby acropora (1 inch tall)


Anyone with experience caring for these dudes?
What should I feed these guys and how often?
Any other tips you can give me would be great too

I have them placed on the top of my rock, about midway from the top of my 10 gallon tank which employs two 20 W Power Compacts.

It looks like they both receive a decent amount of indirect current.

Picture shows them relatively close to each other, but I just moved the Acropora further away in case the xenia can reach it and they start rumbling :argue : :tank:

They've been in there for about... 11 hours now, I think. The acropora looks great, and is standing upright. The xenia, still looks a little limp... so I don't know what his deal is... lol

 

[sadielynn]

very nice xenia can take awhile to stand up and pump I never was sucessful with xenia :mrgreen:

 

[shaggydoo541]

I see the xenia but that other frag next to it is not an acro. Acros are SPS. For the care of xenia just give it lots of light and moderate flow. Pretty soon you will have more xenia than you know what to do with.

 

[leakyfaucet]

Can anyone ID the lil guy on the right? I thought it was acropora

 

[shaggydoo541]

Looks like some kind of leather to me. It is soft right? Like the xenia?

 

[Jennie]

I'm thinking leather as well (now that I'm looking this time) from the look of the base. Can you get another picture?

 

[skipm]

It looks alot like a Colt to me. My comp. sucks on pics though, they are usually shadowy.

 

[leakyfaucet]

Yeah. It is soft, like the xenia. I'll try to get more pics soon

 

[leakyfaucet]

I think it might be a Nepthea Tree coral, but I am not sure: the scientific name is Litophyton arboreum

 

[drty811]

chapnella or a colt coral....maybe kenya tree????????? :roll:

 

[leakyfaucet]

maybe kenya? lol i dunno.

 

[Semo]

Did the xenia ever perk up? How long did it take, if so??