Bio pellets are peeling and clumpy

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Originally Posted by kien

It is possible that you are starving your corals to the point where they have stopped growing. Perhaps with the pellets your water is way too clean? Same thing can happen with any nutrient export method.

Kien is on to something here.... I recently removed all my pellets. Yes, believe it or not I did! But I am now seeing white tipes/growth on most of my corals, and corals that had no polyp extension, now are showing small polyps.

BUT... I also have some algae growing on my powerheads. Just noticed this last night, not much... but it is there. I have recently put a refuge back in with live rock and chaeto. Seeing great results, but will see where it takes me.

If algae comes back, maybe put pellets back in but at a much smaller amount, as I think maybe I was starving all my coral? Just don't know.

FYI, also my skimmer has changed. very green, so this is indicating a much higher nutrient level in my tank prior to the pellets.

Was running about 2-3 litres of pellets before... Maybe I should just use 150-250ml of them after the refuge? Any thoughts?