macroalgae refugium

[Fastf1-chuck]

I have sea lettuce and chaeto growing in my refugium and after 4 months it seems to be building up a lot of debris and I was wondering if I should be stirring it up with my hand to free the debris or if this is part of the process the algae is doing well?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Is the debris on the macro or just on the bottom of the fuge? When I do my water changes I just siphon the detritus on the bottom of the fuge

 

[ZoWhat]

Chaeto needs a good flow thru it. My grows like crazy but always has a good strong flow but it's in the sump and not in a low flow stagnic fuge

 

[Grsfish]

I was worried about that also when I started using chaeto Between using chaeto skimmer and vodka dosing my levels are really good now. I just clean the sump out maybe every few months. I think between all the pods that build up in the refugium and bacteria that build up it seems to not be as much of a problem at least in my case

 

[Fastf1-chuck]

its mostly on the lettuce and the bottom I will increase the flow thanks