Pulsing Xenia Questions ~

[therunyans]

So, I am a salt water beginner .... Fresh water expert My first tank is a 90 long. Have had it set up about 3 mths. The fish are doing great but really what interests me is coral! So, everything was great, have a few frags but nothing seems to be really growing, after loosing a big beautiful leather, I took my water in to my favorite salt water store and find that everything is great... except my salinity! I totally feel like a dork not to even check the salt! WAY TOOOOOO HIGH! So I did a water change, 15 gal of fresh RO and 8 Gal of Salt RO got me down to a safer level. Anyway, my pulsing xenia was doing great with the "off the chart" salt, but now its all balled up and not pulsing! I don't want to loose them like the first batch... could it be the big water change? Its the only coral that is unhappy! How much circulation do they really like? I have it half way down from the lights in a quite a bit of circulation... should I just leave it? I have supplements I add every 10 days and I do oyster feed... Any suggestions?

[Reefing Madness]

So, I am a salt water beginner .... Fresh water expert My first tank is a 90 long. Have had it set up about 3 mths. The fish are doing great but really what interests me is coral! So, everything was great, have a few frags but nothing seems to be really growing, after loosing a big beautiful leather, I took my water in to my favorite salt water store and find that everything is great... except my salinity! I totally feel like a dork not to even check the salt! WAY TOOOOOO HIGH! So I did a water change, 15 gal of fresh RO and 8 Gal of Salt RO got me down to a safer level. Anyway, my pulsing xenia was doing great with the "off the chart" salt, but now its all balled up and not pulsing! I don't want to loose them like the first batch... could it be the big water change? Its the only coral that is unhappy! How much circulation do they really like? I have it half way down from the lights in a quite a bit of circulation... should I just leave it? I have supplements I add every 10 days and I do oyster feed... Any suggestions?

If the only thing you have done is change the water, that it was usesd to, yes, it did not like the drastic change. But, for only changing at total of 23 gallons out of 90, that was not a big water change. The big change was the salinity. He should acclimate. don't mess with him, if thats the spot he was in before and was doing fine, moving him won't help.
But i don't like what the LFS thinks is good water. So, could you show what those numbers are? And Xenia like alittle bit of the dirty water so to speak, some trates and some phosphates.