Chaeto turning white - fast

[RaymondL]

I purchased a ball of chaeto from LFS yesterday - I dipped it in Coral Revive - got a few bristle warms out from that on a 15 minute soak. I followed that with a 15 min RODI soak, and then put it in a fresh bucket of saltwater and gave it 12 hours of light. Today, I inspected it under bright light, and it looked pest free ,but Irepeated the process - as a safeguard, and then went to put it in the tank. I stuck a plant light to the side of the refugium. After 3 hours, the Chaeto is turning white along the outer perimeter.

I dosed it with Brightwell Chaetogro in hopes that it'll help just now.

What does this mean - too much light, or too strong lighting? The light is against the glass of the refuge.

Thanks

 

[Eatfrenchfries]

Could just be the shock of acclimating. When transplanted macros can take a few days to settle in.

If it continues to go translucent the RODI dip might have been too long and the cells broke down a bit.

TLC and it'll bounce back.

 

[ihateSpirorbids]

RaymondL How is the macro doing?​

 

[RaymondL]

RaymondL How is the macro doing?​

Growing like a snowball - I'm thinking however of getting of the refugium - a bit of some maintenance and besides my Nitrates weren't that high to begin with.

 

[bryan3536]

So I melted a ball of chaeto and saw the algaebarn guys a few weeks later at reefapalooza. As soon as I told him I did a freshwater dip he stopped me and said that’ll pretty much kill it every time.

 

[bryan3536]

So I melted a ball of chaeto and saw the algaebarn guys a few weeks later at reefapalooza. As soon as I told him I did a freshwater dip he stopped me and said that’ll pretty much kill it every time.

This guy said same thing:

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