Chaetomorpha Aquarium

[An Octopus Garden]

Quick video of my 20ish gallon chaeto tank. Chaeto is currently about the size of a medicine ball.

 

[Bigbadfishy]

I have limited growth on my chaeto but it’s not tumbling I like the idea of the power head. Have you had better growth with the power head tumbling it?

 

[An Octopus Garden]

I've had way better growth with tumbling it. I never have dead spots anymore, and it stays super tight and compact instead of stringy and loose. It's been such an improvement, that I've added a powerhead to all my free floating macro algae tanks.

 

[Bigbadfishy]

Awesome thank you I’ll give it a shot

 

[An Octopus Garden]

Picture of the light used. Tried various fancy lights, but it's hard to beat the growth from a $20 hardware store clamp light.

 

[lapin]

What sort of tanks are those?

 

[An Octopus Garden]

I'm pretty sure they are North American Aquatics tanks. A company that is no longer in business. I pulled them out of a couple Petsmarts during a remodel about 5 years ago. Tanks are around 20+ years old.

 

[Hermie]

do you worry about chaeto pieces getting chopped up by the impellar and then floating out?

 

[An Octopus Garden]

No, the biggest problem is that it plugs up the grating on the powerhead from time to time and I have to clean it off.