Xenia laying down all of the sudden!

[jimmysix]

So I have about a 10 inch wide rock full of xenia I accumulated from a buddy a few months ago for the first week I had him he was laying down and looked darker in color afther the first week he stood up and has been fine since (about 4 months) now all of the sudden I came home from wrk today and he's laying down dark in color again
Only thing that changedwas that I added a bag of phosban to the sump yesterday but dont see how that would affect it all parameters are ok
Just seeing if anyone else has had this problem thanks

 

[planedoc]

Xenia don't like phosban especially sea Chem phosban. I don't know why but remove it and they will back to normal in 3 to 5 days.
I've gotten away with BRS Gfo to control phosphates but I only run it for a few days at a time.

 

[jimmysix]

Yea I have some GFO coming in the mail it should be here tomorrow
Didn't know they would not like it :-( just trying to control my phosphates thanks

 

[Gandolfe]

My xenia

My xenia

I run bulk reef GFO H/O in my reactor and my xenias are full and multiplying. I have a colony that is over 18" by 6" spread out over 3 rocks all from one frag with 3 heads on it, bought 16 months ago. I have already traded a bunch of heads back to one of my LFS for store credit! all my zoas, frogspawns and mushrooms are getting bigger and splitting. My phosphates are low but my nitrates run around 80. I also have 5 GSP colonies also growing all from one frag less then 2 years ago. Pics are from a few months ago!