Saved my tank from crash! I hope!

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

I don't use carbon at all. Recently all my xenias melted away (skimmer skimm too well) and none of my SPS were affected, even without using carbon.

Many people lose corals due to biopellets. Could it be related to the biopellets rotting or wating going bad inside your reactor?

I don't think so. I use very low amount of pellet (about 50ml for my 60gallon+ water) in the reactor and the water runs clean through it. Plus I keep the outlet near the inlet so most of the bacteria going out can get sucked up in the skimmer. Haven't seen any cloudy water but my nitrate is in check (I keep it below 5ppm but not ULNS). The water was sticking real bad when the xenia started melting. Don't know the cause but there was brown jelly like thing (I doubt its algae) on the stem of the xenia. Sometimes, weird things just happen I guess............