Xenia

[reef123]

My mom just brought a xenia home for me last night! i don't know what kind it is though. how do i take care of it. i have the temp. at 78 and i put him in moderate water flow and they don't need to be feed right. do they just do photosynthesis and pick up elements like iodide?

[hummer]

i beleave thay do eat phyto planton

can some one conferm this

[jojo22]

They are filter feeders so yes they will eat Phyto. along with anything else they find in the water.

[reef123]

ok that's what i thought

[reef123]

i'll get a pic later today

[reef123]

What kind of lighting does it need?
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[jojo22]

They do fine in most lighting, mostly dim to medium light thou!!

[reef123]

do they like water circulation? or do they like a bit more still water so they can pulse. because it seems kind of pointless to pulse when the water is going by them faster than they can pulse it.

[jojo22]

A little flow is good, just don't want them to feel like thery are in a huricane or something.

[reef123]

are they alway's supposed to be pulseing? sometimes the ends of the tenticles are open and i think their pulsing, but sometimes there all closed and not pulsing.