Is this normal xeina behavior?

[Rockedash]

Hi! this is my 3rd attempt at trying to keep xenia and i just got this frag at my local fish store around 5 hours ago. I was wondering if the part at the front was normal for it to shrink because of the lights being off or if it was melting. My parameters arent completly perfect i have an issue with high phosphates around .9 but all my other corals are doing fine. My emerald crab also managed to disslodge a rock and it feel on both the parts that are opened so i was veyr suprised to see that the part that wasnt is the one with issues lol. Thanks for the help and happy new year!

 

[mrpontiac80]

Hi! this is my 3rd attempt at trying to keep xenia and i just got this frag at my local fish store around 5 hours ago. I was wondering if the part at the front was normal for it to shrink because of the lights being off or if it was melting. My parameters arent completly perfect i have an issue with high phosphates around .9 but all my other corals are doing fine. My emerald crab also managed to disslodge a rock and it feel on both the parts that are opened so i was veyr suprised to see that the part that wasnt is the one with issues lol. Thanks for the help and happy new year!

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Looks to be just closed up to me. Be careful though, that stuff will spawn off and you’ll likely start seeing new ones all over the tank! I put some in a 30 gallon that was strictly a holding tank for odd fish, and it’s everywhere now. I’m cool with it, but I’d never put it in a tank now if I wanted it contained

 

[mrpontiac80]

 

[Rockedash]

Looks to be just closed up to me. Be careful though, that stuff will spawn off and you’ll likely start seeing new ones all over the tank! I put some in a 30 gallon that was strictly a holding tank for odd fish, and it’s everywhere now. I’m cool with it, but I’d never put it in a tank now if I wanted it contained

Sweet! I tried to keep it before twice and they just instantly melted on me so im excited that it might actually be good this time. If it worked out i was gonna put it on the overflow of my tank so i wouldnt mind a somewhat take over lol