What do you all do with excess chaeto?

[Trooper182]

I seem to be growing a lot of it and having to harvest. What do you all do with your excess? Throw it away? Seems kinds like a waste to just toss it.

 

[bpbonds]

Toss it out or give it to a fellow reefer, some folks sell it too!

 

[anthonymckay]

Back when I ran a refugium I'd just throw out the excess chaeto. If you're worried about wasting it you can offer it up for free in whatever local reefing/saltwater groups you're part of.

 

[nuxx Verified Sponsor]

Would give tons away each week or two to local reefers.

 

[JZ199]

If you don't want to throw it away, join some local reef groups online or on social media and give it away to locals... or even charge a couple bucks. Some LFS will also take it and give you a couple bucks or store credit.

 

[Reefer Reboot]

Mulch pile.

 

[AtlantiCat]

Salad.

 

[EugeneVan]

Give them to my power blue, power brown and foxface. They love eating them.

 

[rtparty]

In the trash

 

[aquaman67]

Ranch dressing

 

[jmichaelh7]

Give them to my power blue, power brown and foxface. They love eating them.

I thought Chaeto was bad for their digestive

 

[Rmckoy]

Toss it .
I have tried feeding it to the tangs and foxface but takes forever for them to eat a small amount .
some lfs will take it and offer a small credit but barely worth bagging it up and driving 1.5 hours to the lfs .

 

[EugeneVan]

I thought Chaeto was bad for their digestive

My fish seem to be fine. Their bodies are so thick with good shape. I think they are good with eating Chaeto. However mileage may vary on different fish

 

[Gp!]

I thought Chaeto was bad for their digestive

You must be thinking Cheetos

 

[jmichaelh7]

Yeah I read it doesn’t digest good

In that case I have a sump full of it !!

 

[stovenut]

I give away all I can, and I compost the rest in my garden. Your plants will enjoy the phosphorus and nitrogen that chaeto sucked in from your reef.

 

[exnisstech]

I'm trying to create a look like the moss that hangs from the Cyprus trees in the swamps. When it was clean I used to sell it but now it's is so full of life I hate to even harvest it. The chaeto in one of my sumps is full of micro Brittle stars.