Cheato Light Schedule Test Project

[fishbox]

I see no reason to rush crashing a ecosystem 24/7 is asking for problems. Still interested in outcome good luck look forward to posts

Any evidence to back that up?

 

[drtrash]

Chaeto will bottom out N & P results can be pale colors, Dino, cyano,.... people are not adding stumpkiller for fun

 

[drtrash]

Chaeto is no different than coral they have requirements and good things happen or not good things can happen

 

[fishbox]

Oh I got ya.

 

[drtrash]

I have had more problems with low nutrient levels than high levels so maintain ideal levels all good, let it bottom bad things happen

 

[Jdgreef24]

+1 but I also use the fuge photoperiod as a way of combating rising nutrients in that we can always change this to our systems needs. Once your system is mature enough to feed it, I just find it a matter of whether you need it 24/7 or not. Right now I'm seeing a spike in Nitrates so along with other husbandries I change my fuge to 24/7 and then it will slowly come back down to alternating as I reach the levels I want.

 

[drtrash]

Nobody thinks plants take a plan to succeed

 

[Salt1972]

We run our 'fuge light (Kessil H80) 22 hrs / day. We have chaeto and caleurpa. Growth has been slow. On the advice of R2R, we're dosing iron 2x per week, but just started late last week.