lifereef sump with 9 gallon fudge.i,m running 150 gallons an hour thru the fudge, plus a maxi 400 powerhead pump in it. 6500 cf lighting. the chaeto doesn.t rotate much because it gets caught on some bottom rubble[there"s a mantis living in the rubble] I have some other algea in there that grow fine, but the cheato just slowly melts away. what am I doing wrong?
help, can't grow cheato
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JoshH
Tank Status: Wet...ish, growing things....
Could just not be enough nutrients in the water to support growth. Size of system? Water parameters? feed schedule? other forms of nutrient export? all play a huge role, also your other forms of algae could be out competing the cheato for food.
TbyZ
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Hi RT; from the spectrum graphs I've looked at for cfl 6500 K, the following seem typical -
you need plenty in the RED spectrum to grow algae, 660nm to be exact.
A warmer cfl would help -
and don't scringe on the watts...
cracker
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Hello RT, I kinda have the same thing going. My refugium is growing good hair algae .There is a sorry looking little piece of chaeto also that just wont grow. I think The HA is taking up all the nutrients faster than the cheato can.
Ocean Lotion
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Yep. Kill your ha with fluconazole and then your chaeto will grow.
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more info. the tank set up is 6 weeks old. nitrate was just checked at around 50. guess it's time for a water change as well. cheato continues to break up. the rest of the algeas growing.. lots of critters in the tank, a few corals and 1 fish
