How To Care For Xenia Coral. Then you can simply grab that rock out and you will have a new frag of Xenia. When it gets used-to to the tank it will start to spread out and it will expand to those tiny rocks in the vicinity.
They are fairly tolerant of most other coral species and are fast-growing. This tends to happen more when there are large colonies of Xenia. I had a bit of success with fragging xenia after so many failed attempts.
The freshly cut pieces should be loosely rubber banded to a rock or frag plug and it will attach itself over the course of a week or two.
This tends to happen more when there are large colonies of Xenia. They can absorb dissolved organic matter some species capture microscopic food particles from the water column and they have a symbiotic relationship with a marine algae known as zooxanthellae where they also receive some of their nutrients. Setting up a lighting system for Xenia corals wont break your budget. 1022017 Place Xenia on island so that it cant reach other rock work easily and spread Place Xenia higher up in your tank as it will not typically spread down Be prepared to throw some out from time to time Try to keep phosphates and nitrates low to help control rapid growth.