Chaeto. To spin or not to spin?

[3000kelvin]

Running a 29g BioCube with an inTank media and fuge basket with chaeto in chamber 2. My chaeto doesn’t spin, so I’ve been rotating it manually. Is this fine? Does chaeto need to spin?

 

[diverjm]

Running a 29g BioCube with an inTank media and fuge basket with chaeto in chamber 2. My chaeto doesn’t spin, so I’ve been rotating it manually. Is this fine? Does chaeto need to spin?

I’m in the same boat in my 32g Biocube. I noticed if I don’t spin it once a week I get some algae growth on it. The Chaeto grows like a mad man though. I’m removing 50%-75% weekly!

 

[Dburr1014]

Mine never has spun.
When I remember I flip it over.

 

[doubleshot00]

Mine doesn’t spin.

 

[besskurz]

I believe the spinning is just an aesthetical thing.
I don't believe you increase the surface area or performance by doing this.

 

[geeked]

I elevate mine with egg crate and have a power head blow under to keep detritus from settling. too much breakage to tumble. caused my skimmer and return pump to clog

 

[Wiskey]

If it spins then it gets light all the way around it, effectively increasing it's light intake and growth. That's great in theory, but in practice it's actually really hard to pull off reliably. On my nano tank I used a submersible little LED light to try and get more light around the Cheato to have the same effect.

Whiskey

 

[nothing_fancy]

It doesn't need to spin. I have a little sicce nano in my HOB fuge thats setup to spin the chaeto ball, which it does. However, sometimes it doesn't and it'll be stuck in place for a week before I notice. Hasn't made much of a difference. I trim the parts off where the other algae builds up

 

[Lavey29]

Mine doesn't spin but spinning might keep detritus from building up on it. I just manually rotate and it has grown fine for almost 2 years.

 

[Gtinnel]

Mine doesn’t turn either and still grows just fine.

 

[exnisstech]

I have 3 sumps all with chaeto and none of it spins.