Chaeto in Refugium Losing their Green

[Macateer]

Suspect they will eventually die. Using rowaphos to reduce phosphate. Could this be the reason?

[tuajia]

Bro I had the same problem with my chaeto last time. Is your light on 24/7? Mine died from overexposure to light

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[tuajia]

I also had to start dosing a little bit of iron and trace elements to maintain

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[Macateer]

Bro I had the same problem with my chaeto last time. Is your light on 24/7? Mine died from overexposure to light

 

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hi bro, i only on my lights from 10pm to about 8am everyday.

Btw, what supplements are you using for your refugium? Thanks in advance!

[chinyau]

once, mine losing green, then turned white, after a week + slowly dissolved away... 

[tuajia]

I just used the Kent line of supplements. But disclaimer, my chaeto still isn't doing great, perhaps my light isn't good enough as well. I'm just using a cheapo 3w aquazonic light.

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[kohanson]

My cheato also failed the first time. It was quite messy as it broke down and went to my pump. My lightings are from 11.30pm to 7am. Think i bought too strong par38 grow light at 21w. Lol. Now my sump have only live rocks with a coral banded shrimp and a turbo snail to clear up the algae on the glass and rocks.

[Macateer]

My cheato also failed the first time. It was quite messy as it broke down and went to my pump. My lightings are from 11.30pm to 7am. Think i bought too strong par38 grow light at 21w. Lol. Now my sump have only live rocks with a coral banded shrimp and a turbo snail to clear up the algae on the glass and rocks.

Your shrimp and snail are in your sump together with your live rocks?

Mine too, small traces of chaeto strips dislodged from "mothership" and going everywhere in my display and sump.

Some get stuck in my wavemaker and return pump. Very messy...

[kohanson]

Yes! My refugium area is around 1ft I guess. I tried using a sponge to prevent the flow of the cheato to the pump but it became a chore to remove the cheato from the sponge. So I guess I will try again when my tank is more mature. Just want to breed some copepods in the sump.

[tuajia]

Yes! My refugium area is around 1ft I guess. I tried using a sponge to prevent the flow of the cheato to the pump but it became a chore to remove the cheato from the sponge. So I guess I will try again when my tank is more mature. Just want to breed some copepods in the sump.

Hey bro if you want to breed pods, no need to specially use chaeto. My pods are currently breeding well in a small HOB refugium with a bit of caulerpa and galaxia macroalgae inside.

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[kohanson]

Hey bro if you want to breed pods, no need to specially use chaeto. My pods are currently breeding well in a small HOB refugium with a bit of caulerpa and galaxia macroalgae inside.

 

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Noted, cant seem to see any of the pods in my tank. Likely eaten by my 3 wrasse and mandarin. Thinking of growing some macro algae in the refugium since it looks quite plain with live rocks and a small bunch of chaeto.

noted.