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Local is the way to go if possible. Shipping is always a gamble, no matter how good the seller is.

One more thing: if you're using superglue, make sure it's the gel kind. The liquid stuff just makes a mess and doesn't hold as well.

Yep, I've done it a few times. Gotta use super sharp scissors, like the Coralife ones. Also, dip the frags in iodine right after cutting. My tank's a 40 breeder with T5s, and they bounce back in a week or two.


That's solid advice. I'd add that flow matters too. Keep the frags in low to medium ...

coralio wrote: ↑Mon May 05, 2025 6:52 pm Xenia are weird like that. Sometimes they just stop for no obvious reason and start again. As long as they're not melting, I wouldn't stress.

True, but it's worth checking alk too. If it's swinging, they might react. What's your alk at?

Xenia can stop pulsing for a few reasons. Check your flow first, they like moderate movement. Also, what's your salinity? I've seen them act weird if it's below 1.023. Temp stable around 78?

Also, I forgot to mention - I've got an API saltwater test kit that I use to test my water pretty frequently, at least every other day. I'm also adding beneficial bacteria to the water to counteract excessive ammonia and nitrites, as well as even nitrates. I do water changes every 2 to 3 days too ...

I don't have a whole lot of fish in the 20 gallon quarantine, just a handful really. There's a valentini puffer, a huma huma trigger, a coflake beauty angelfish, a gold blotch rabbitfish, a clownfish, and a purple firefish goby - all small, between two and three inches except the rabbit and the ...

I'd really appreciate it if someone could chime in here.

I've been dealing with a marine velvet outbreak in my '72 Marine display tank since mid-October. I let the tank run fallow, keeping everyone's hands out of it. There's a 20-gallon quarantine tank in the same room, about 6 feet away. I figured parasites aren't airborne, so that's not the issue, right ...

I've got mostly blue LEDs in my setup, same as the vendor's display.