Chaeto

[PowderTang]

Hi

For those who keep chaeto, how do you place it in such a way that the fine strains of hair does not travel to the return pump and get transport up to the display tank ?

Lots of hairs dropping out

[Martian]

Bro... Your lighting sufficient for the Chaeto? Sounds like your Chaeto is dying...

[PowderTang]

I just got the chaeto from a reefer but before I place in the sump, realized some strains of hair coming out and before I knew it, some already in my DT...how ?

[PowderTang]

Is this chaeto considered normal and healthy before I put in my sump tank ?

You can see there are some strands of hair coming out soils this normal ?

Don wanna the hair to end up in my display tank

[mitchell.liang.9]

Guess its normal? Since the place you got it from probably got it by cutting or tearing it out from a larger chaeto. I always get stray strands when i harvest mine

[thomas_lim]

Look normal. Very good coloration.

Those small strand is common when harvest due to the trimming/tearing from main bunch.

[PowderTang]

Ok so a small handful amount is good enough for a start right ?

[SubzeroLT]

A course mesh from Daiso can be used as a screen in the sump to minimize strands from escaping the refugium.

For me, I started with a fistful sized chaeto. It doubled in 2 weeks.

[Sherilyn91]

Sorry to hijack.. I jus added chaeto into my tank which is running for abt 6 mths.. The fishes all died in 2 days time.. Corals are fine.. Any idea why?

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[xiggie]

Fish died due to cheato??!!!

[Sherilyn91]

Ya.. I dunno too eh.. I guess I will remove it.. Tank was fine without it..

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[Edmund Koh]

Hmm... Did u happen to do a check of your tank parameters before and after u added cheato?

Usually cheato only helps to remove nitrates which is good.

The only thing I can think of is that there may be something in the ball of cheato that caused the death.

[Sherilyn91]

Possible.. I gt 2 diff tank.. Both fishes died.. Shld be the Cheato gt prob.. But the Cheato Nv died..

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[PowderTang]

Ok for chaeto, do we have to turn on the light24/7? How many watts for light should I go for ?

[Edmund Koh]

Depends on how u want to use it. Cheato work the way green plants work. They photosynthesis with sunlight and in the process use up nutrients.

Some people turn on the lights in alternate to your main tank lights. The idea is so that your cheato would not compete with your corals for nutrients during the day time. And at night it can use up all excess nutrients in the tank caused by decomposed matter or fish waste. This will ensure that the tank water in the morning is low in nutrients, ready for a brand new day.

In other systems, people run both lights together. Especially in high nutrient system where algae is blooming.

[xiggie]

U can grow cheato with those normal led light for plants . A beamwork led works great , or just any normal 6500k bulb or tube will be fine. A red and blue grow led lights will work too .

The lights does not have to be switch on 24hrs , half that would be fine. Plants need some sleep too.

I grow cheato and algae with a red grow led for 20hrs .

[sgtayc]

Use egg crate

[Powder blue Tang]

I have putting in mine for 3 months already, but it don't seem got growing , remain the same , if anyone face the same before ?

[sanjaypills55]

I have mine growing at the section of the sump with 11watt PL white lights.

Lights are on for 10-12 hrs a day

Grows like crazy

Every few weeks I need to take out a big bunch & give it off

[noobz]

I have mine growing at the section of the sump with 11watt PL white lights.

Lights are on for 10-12 hrs a day

Grows like crazy

Every few weeks I need to take out a big bunch & give it off

wah bro u chaeto grow so fast? Mine grow very slow. Just curious if chaeto grow fast does that mean there is a lot of nitrate in the water?

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[sanjaypills55]

I haven't done any nitrate testing..

I can only guess the nitrates must be high that's why my cheatos grow fast

[sgtayc]

Tks Sanjay for your chaeto today. Hope your chaeto's better gene will stop mine from dying out...ha ha ha

[sanjaypills55]

You welcome...

It will grow If there is sufficient light & flow & provided your tank has enough nutrients in the water

[joe fish]

Mr Sanjay I see your cheato grow so many can u give me same thanks

[lazer]

That's a lot of chaeto.. Where do you live bro?