Exposing Xenia to air?

[viper357]

Has anyone ever exposed Pulsing Xenia to air for a few minutes? I need to move my nano tank into a different room so have to remove about 50 litres of water so that it can be carried. But the problem I have is my Xenia has grown onto the back glass and spread right up to the water surface, see pic. A lot of Xenia is going to be exposed to the air for about 30 minutes and I'm worried if I need to be prepared for a lot of die off? Thanks.

 

[Jaun_marine]

I have had softies out of the water for 30 minutes and they were fine.

 

[Premium Aquatics]

Yeah they are good outside of the water for a while.

 

[r0ckf1re]

Had mine out for a while, no issues

 

[459b]

I don't think it's possible to kill Xenia. A day or two in the air will probably encourage growth.
When are you moving them? I can expose some of mine to air for 30 minutes and let you know how they cope.

 

[viper357]

Thanks everyone, I'm fairly confident they'll be ok as well as it's just the same as taking a coral out to frag it basically. I was just concerned about the extended time out of the water, don't want to risk having mass die-off in a little nano.

When are you moving them? I can expose some of mine to air for 30 minutes and let you know how they cope.

Possibly this weekend if all goes well.

 

[wsuper]

sell me some before it dies

 

[Mischif93]

I don't think it's possible to kill Xenia.

Wish I could say that... I once had Xenia just randomly die while other corals were perfect.