Keeping cheato alive out of the system?

[prsnlty]

I'm dosing vibrant as well as nopox and about to do a chemiclean treatment. I would like to take my gigantic ball of Cheato and place it in a 5 gallon bucket with a powerhead and light over it part time. In hopes of salvaging it while my system is receiving these treatments. Has anyone done this and if so can you do this for a couple of months? Is there anything else I need to know?

 

[bios]

Any problems also fore a couple of months

 

[prsnlty]

I can't help but feel like it should need flow and light. At least a little. And what if the water gets cold?

 

[bios]

Light 6000k power head 200-400 lt/hr temp 20 centigrade min
And once a week add few very few pellets of fish food
Ahh.. very important use the water of the system before treatment to fill the recipe of the chaeto and a sponge in the recipe

 

[prsnlty]

Light 6000k power head 200-400 lt/hr temp 20 centigrade min
And once a week add few very few pellets of fish food
Ahh.. very important use the water of the system before treatment to fill the recipe of the chaeto and a sponge in the recipe

Thank you!

I was told to just put it in a bucket of tank water. That didn't seem correct to me because in the sump it needed light, flow and nutrients to grow. If my other system was fully cycled I would add it to that sump but it is not ready yet.

 

[Bdog4u2]

I have had a 10 gallon tank completely filled with it for the past 4 months i just add food every once in awhile and it

 

[prsnlty]

I have had a 10 gallon tank completely filled with it for the past 4 months i just add food every once in awhile and it

Does it have flow or any light at all?

 

[Bdog4u2]

Does it have flow or any light at all?

Flow is from a hob filter and a 10k led light. i flip it around twice a week when i flip my sump chaeto

 

[Larry Stewart]

In your case, your chaetomorpha would be fine in your system with all the treatments going on. I don't see there being any reason to remove it. Good Luck.

- Larry

 

[Davinci]

Yeah should be fine with flow, light, and just add food every week and you should be ok. I am temped to say to also do water changes since it might deplete other nutrients such as iron in the 5 gallon bucket.

 

[prsnlty]

In your case, your chaetomorpha would be fine in your system with all the treatments going on. I don't see there being any reason to remove it. Good Luck.

- Larry

Vibrant began attacking it. It was becoming white around the outside of the ball so to keep it from dieing and for vibrant to move on to my main issue I am removing it.

I have a portable daylight led and powerhead that I'll add to the bucket and add more tank water from tonight's wc.

Thank you everyone

 

[Rob77]

Vibrant began attacking it. It was becoming white around the outside of the ball so to keep it from dieing and for vibrant to move on to my main issue I am removing it.

I have a portable daylight led and powerhead that I'll add to the bucket and add more tank water from tonight's wc.

Thank you everyone

I know this is an older thread .......but what did you end up doing ?and how did go?