Hello eveybody i just got back from the fish store and brought home a Blue pumping Xenia. Seems kind of wilted it was OK at the LFS, I aclimated it for about an hour was that to long .Maybe it was because i didnt turn down the lights?
Xenia can be tricky. Some people can not keep xenia alive at all. Other people can not trim it back fast enough. There usually is not a happy medium. Either it grows like a weed or it doesn't grow at all.
I've never kept the blue kind before but I have kept the pink xenia elongotta years ago when I kept mostly softies and it quickly overtook the tank growing at a phenomenal rate.
I try to keep my acclimation time between 15-30 minutes. I do not think it is beneficial to go any longer than that.
Good luck with your xenia. Xenia usually needs good flow, high PH, elevated nitrates and iodide supplements.
Xenia doesnt seem to be ok, I talked to the LFS and the owner asked the salesman if my Xenia came from the same shipment as another Xenia (made me think) he told me to give it a couple of days if it didnt improve i could get store credit.Ill post a pic
Blue pumping Xenia
.Maybe it was because i didnt turn down the lights?
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