Trial by Fire
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I cannot get chaeto to grow in my Refugium anymore despite nitrates around 40 and phosphate at 0.1-0.3.
It used to grow like wildfire. I have a Neptune grow light that runs opposite of my display lights. I’ve changed nothing regarding the set up from good growth to no growth.
The only thing that’s changed is my ph runs consistently higher than it was. It now runs from 8.2 to 8.5 daily. My suspicion is the lower co2 is impacting my chaeto growth. This came from talking to a LFS that uses co2 diffusers in his freshwater plant tanks to get them to grow . Am I correct in thinking if I add co2 directly to my tank to drop ph it may allow my chaeto to grow better ?
It used to grow like wildfire. I have a Neptune grow light that runs opposite of my display lights. I’ve changed nothing regarding the set up from good growth to no growth.
The only thing that’s changed is my ph runs consistently higher than it was. It now runs from 8.2 to 8.5 daily. My suspicion is the lower co2 is impacting my chaeto growth. This came from talking to a LFS that uses co2 diffusers in his freshwater plant tanks to get them to grow . Am I correct in thinking if I add co2 directly to my tank to drop ph it may allow my chaeto to grow better ?
