Lighing for Cheato

[chaniz]

Please advise me on how long do I have to on the light for my cheato?

Have been running with 24hrs of lighting for the past 3 days.

Is this necessary? (Waste of electricity!!)

If not require, kindly advise on the hours that the cheato need.

[vt_snowman87]

i think chaeto dun need 24 hrs ba.. me not expert so not sure also.. i'll be interested to find out as well.. my chaeto not spreading fast enough..

[Gouldian]

Hi bro,

Reason why some reefers run their refugium 24hrs is that they wanted to prevented single cell algae from going asexual. Cheato is supposed to be multi-cellular and thus you need not keep your refugium lighted 24/7.

However, most who keep Cheato will light the refugium on a reverse cycle - which means that the lights will turn on when the main tank light are off and off when the main tank lights are on. This is supposed to stablize the pH of your system - for having too many organism respirating in your system without photosynthesis may drive the pH down.

HTH

[chaniz]

So any suggestion on the number of hours require??

[Gouldian]

Hi bro,

If you intend to go for "reverse photo-period" most will usually peg the timing to the main tank lighting cycle.

e.g.

Main Tank Lights On - 10am, Main Tank Lights Off - 8pm = 10 Hours

Refugium Lights On - 8pm, Refugium Lights Off - 10am = 14 Hours

HTH

So any suggestion on the number of hours require??

[Ah-lim]

Hi bro,

If you intend to go for "reverse photo-period" most will usually peg the timing to the main tank lighting cycle.

e.g.

Main Tank Lights On - 10am, Main Tank Lights Off - 8pm = 10 Hours

Refugium Lights On - 8pm, Refugium Lights Off - 10am = 14 Hours

HTH

Nice advice dude.

Increasing the light intensity might help.