Xenia And Polyps

[jeasko]

Just managed to get my hand on some green xenia and some polyps but never asked the LFS what the best location for them are ie if they like a lot of flow/ light, anyone able to give me the info im looking for?

 

[Lynden]

Medium to high flow is best, and high light.

 

[sophos9]

In my experience, high light is not needed for green xenia. I've had mine under 90w of T5 and its thriving, growing like mad. It also does not like high flow, the polyps retract, medium to low works well

 

[SkiFletch]

Lol, a tank with watermovement that is not a toxic mess... Xenia doesn't always ship well (cause it has a very high metabolism) but once established, nothing short of nuclear winter usually kills it

 

[jeasko]

Lol, a tank with watermovement that is not a toxic mess... Xenia doesn't always ship well (cause it has a very high metabolism) but once established, nothing short of nuclear winter usually kills it

Ski that would explain why the green xenia has not come out since i got it 3 days ago, as the water parameters are all well within the limits plus all the other inverts/corals are doing fine, how long should i leave it before starting to worry? is there anything i can do to help in on its way?