Quote Originally Posted by Troy Valentine View Post
I have experenced this myself, except without the Xenia crash. I notice my SPS loose their color, and all visible algae in the tank dissappears. It starts a chain reation, a total biological breakdown in the system..... As long as algae is present on top of my rock I know the tank is healthy. Once it disappears is when I start getting nervous. I am experiencing this right now, so I've been dosing nitrates from a new system I am trying to establish. From my experience a traditional system can become to efficient for its own good.
Agree which is why i started only using half dosage of bio pellets to about 3/4, my macro still grows nicely and algaes cycle in out. when i was double amount of bio pellets in my 70g tank it looked very bland, sps was pastel, but that dang bryopsis didnt mind it lol.