I have chaeto....and need to trim periodically.

Engloid · Dec 27, 2017

I can only keep maybe a couple gallons of it in my sump, so I will be trimming it back periodically. I should trim about a sandwich bag at a time. I'm open to any trades. Of course I don't expect to get a $50 frag for it. Let me know if you need some chaeto and we'll see what we can work out. If you're new to the hobby and have nothing to trade, maybe a couple bucks. If you're poor and don't have crap to pay or trade, maybe I'm at a time I have to get rid of some one way or another.

Katrina71 · Dec 27, 2017

I think @seaplane was looking for some.

Reefrookie220 · Dec 28, 2017

Aquarium on Papermill always takes it in for trade, food for thought

Engloid · Jan 2, 2018

Reefrookie220 said:
Aquarium on Papermill always takes it in for trade, food for thought

Wonder what they give for it. I'm going to trim some in the next few days to take to Parrott Aquatics. I'm also rehoming my copperband butterfly there also. He's a great one, but seems to really like anemones.

Pinback · Jan 3, 2018

i'm new and looking to try this chaeto thing.

and ... maybe text me 4236163003 ...curious about the copper band butterfly price??

Jeeper · Jan 6, 2018

I could use some chaeto. I don't really have anything to trade, but would buy some.

Engloid · Jan 6, 2018

I just trimmed some today for somebody else. It may be a couple weeks and I will have more. Hit me up on a couple weeks and we'll see what I've got. It seems to be growing pretty fast. I grew about a 1 gallon Ziploc bag in about 6 weeks.

Engloid · Jan 11, 2018

Jeeper said:
I could use some chaeto. I don't really have anything to trade, but would buy some.

@Jeeper How much chaeto do you need?

Jeeper · Jan 11, 2018

Just enough to get an hob fuge started.

Engloid · Jan 11, 2018

You're talking less than a sandwich bag, right? If so, I can spare that anytime.

Jeeper · Jan 11, 2018

Yeah, it wouldn't take much. I'm getting a hob fuge from a guy in middle Tennessee in the next day or two and I have to rig some plant grow led strips from amazon up to the fuge and hopefully start growing chaeto.

I got a different bulb for my 75 gallon refuge that's a red plant grow light and a set of 4 red led strip lights, probably going to have the police show up thinking I'm growing pot or something. My old fuge light only grew coralline and hair algae, hoping these plant grow leds do the trick.

Engloid · Jan 11, 2018

I bought a BR30 bulb from Lowes and it's growing the chaeto like mad. I have never been able to grow it before I got this light. Let me know when you get set up and I can trim some for you. If you want the specifics on the bulb I got, I can get a pic of the box or an item number.

LadyMac · Jan 11, 2018

Next time, if you’re interested I can trade some art for some? It’s really all I have lol. I work on pastel and charcoal, sometimes acrylic depending on the pic wanted.

Engloid · Jan 11, 2018

LadyMac said:
Next time, if you’re interested I can trade some art for some? It’s really all I have lol. I work on pastel and charcoal, sometimes acrylic depending on the pic wanted.

How much do you need? I'm sure I will have more before long.

LadyMac · Jan 11, 2018

I dunno. I am building my sump this week, so enough for that. I would say the refugium will be about maybe the size of a 2 gallon? So not a whole lot. Maybe a sandwich bag full. Should get me started. What do you think?

Engloid · Jan 11, 2018

I looked at the bulb I have. Here it is, on sale for $5.38 now. That's a lot cheaper than other lights marketed in the aquarium industry.

Engloid · Jan 11, 2018

LadyMac said:
I dunno. I am building my sump this week, so enough for that. I would say the refugium will be about maybe the size of a 2 gallon? So not a whole lot. Maybe a sandwich bag full. Should get me started. What do you think?

It should be more than enough. If your lighting and water conditions are right, it doesn't take much at all to get started.

Solis Reef · Jan 11, 2018

I will buy some in a few weeks. How much?

Engloid · Jan 11, 2018

Solis Reef said:
I will buy some in a few weeks. How much?

Not sure. I may come up with some kind of price, but I can't see it being much.

Jeeper · Jan 11, 2018

I believe I found this bulb in the DIY forum and it's got almost 2k reviews. I had a compact fluorescent in there at first and I think my tank was too clean. I switched to a magnet led that was designed for a bio cube when I gave my biocube to my cousin and had no success with it either.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0748D2SMB/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1