Growing Chaeto problem solved !

[jhoop]

I have been trying to grow chaeto in three different sumps. It would just slowly disappear. I tried all kind of lights cfl's, leds with no luck. I was at a frag show and ran into another member told him I was looking for some chaeto.... He said he was throwing away a bunch each month. I told him my issue. " You need these lights from E-Bay. I got three of them for each sump. It is growing so fast now I am thinning it out. Grows like crazy.

I just thought I would share.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/120W-UFO-L...4bfb9d1c:m:m4xfeZLwP15i-GB9tndw2BA:rk:10:pf:0

https://www.ebay.com/itm/150W-UFO-L...h=item1a2118bb36:g:y~AAAOSwo4pYQnbZ:rk:7:pf:0

jhoop

 

[Flippers4pups]

My first reaction was "what's your water pramameters"?, But it sounds like you have found the answer and have enough nutrients in your system.

 

[stevef22]

amazon has a bunch with red/blue too, i bought this one a few months ago

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HGR18ST/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Reeferx]

Definitely going to try this out. Been having issues as well on my 40g

 

[B-ridge]

I bought the hydro300 watt and I still can’t grow chaeto for anything. Tried no flow. Tried some flow. Can’t get it to grow for anything

 

[Terry Brown]

I am using the UFO light from amazon and chaeto was growing extremmly well. A couple of months ago, it stopped growing and I could not figure out why. About that time I started carbon dosing with NoPox. After talking to someone at Bulk Reef Supply, they suggested that I slowly ease off the carbon dosing. I started easing back on the amount of NoPox and my chaeto is growing again. I plan to slowly stop using NoPox and let my chaeto take care of nutrients.

 

[Potatohead]

I switched from a regular CFL bulb to a blue/red Amazon bulb (24w) about six months ago. My growth literally quadrupled.

 

[garbled]

I run a few 15w red/blue grow lights, and then a big "300W" (115 actual watts) chinese grow LED on my two sumps. On one of my other sumps I'm running a 45w LED grow light. So far happy with all of them, and they put out tons of power. Great growth.

It really is easy to under-power grow lights, and then you get kinda meh growth. I agree with the BRS video on this, go heavy on lights and grow like mad.