Where to buy Chaeto?

[Lylelovett]

Hi all,

I'm building my first mixed reef aquarium and am on the tail end of cycling, no livestock. I'm getting ready to stock the refugium with Chaeto.

Where is a good place to purchase chaeto?

And do I need to quarantine the chaeto somehow? I currently have not livestock in the tank.

Thanks for your help!

 

[cromag27 Verified Sponsor]

Hi all,

I'm building my first mixed reef aquarium and am on the tail end of cycling, no livestock. I'm getting ready to stock the refugium with Chaeto.

Where is a good place to purchase chaeto?

And do I need to quarantine the chaeto somehow? I currently have not livestock in the tank.

Thanks for your help!

discount aquarium has a ton of it. no need to qt.

 

[theMeat]

Would rather get it from a known good tank. No reefers in your area?

 

[MaMe]

I have some that I just took out of my tank. I’m in Gilbert.

 

[lariat8099]

Does discount aquarium have a website to order from ?

 

[cromag27 Verified Sponsor]

Does discount aquarium have a website to order from ?

sorry, local only.

 

[lariat8099]

Okay

 

[Lylelovett]

I am in Scottsdale.

 

[Jcat2k]

Hi all,

I'm building my first mixed reef aquarium and am on the tail end of cycling, no livestock. I'm getting ready to stock the refugium with Chaeto.

Where is a good place to purchase chaeto?

And do I need to quarantine the chaeto somehow? I currently have not livestock in the tank.

Thanks for your help!

I havent ever ordered from Algae Barn, but I have seen videos and read reviews of people that were happy with them. https://www.algaebarn.com/

 

[cooltowncorals]

Algae barn is good got other things then cheato from them

 

[Lylelovett]

Just a bump - looking for chaeto in the Phoenix area! Happy holidays!

 

[73_Travelall]

2 posts below yours there's a member that says he will have Free chaeto pretty soon. I'm not a fan of hitchhikers so I'd pull it apart somewhat and spread it across a plastic bag make sure no aiptasia or other unwanted pests are in it. Of theres no aiptasia in it I'd even let it sit a few minutes fully submerged in RODI

 

[Lylelovett]

2 posts below yours there's a member that says he will have Free chaeto pretty soon. I'm not a fan of hitchhikers so I'd pull it apart somewhat and spread it across a plastic bag make sure no aiptasia or other unwanted pests are in it. Of theres no aiptasia in it I'd even let it sit a few minutes fully submerged in RODI

Copy that. Will do. Thanks for the tip!

 

[73_Travelall]

No

Copy that. Will do. Thanks for the tip!

No problem, if it has aiptaisia I'd probably boil some water and poor it on a small amount outside to kill the aiptaisia, Ive never heard of anyone doing this so it would be an experiment and not sure if it would harm the chaeto. I will say that I have had aiptasia on chaeto and did a hypo salinity (don't remember but was very low) and did not kill the aiptasia.

 

[Javamahn]

Algae barn is good got other things then cheato from them

anyone get any pods from them I am considering the Posidons feast to seed a 3 month old tank just to diversify

 

[cooltowncorals]

Yes they were alive I had a broken bottle of Phyto from them and they replaced with no issues as well.

 

[ajtomase]

2 posts below yours there's a member that says he will have Free chaeto pretty soon. I'm not a fan of hitchhikers so I'd pull it apart somewhat and spread it across a plastic bag make sure no aiptasia or other unwanted pests are in it. Of theres no aiptasia in it I'd even let it sit a few minutes fully submerged in RODI

When you soaked it in RODI, was it the same temp as the tank?

 

[subzero]

I’m ready to trim mine... sandwich bag filled for $25 located north Scottsdale. Clean parasite free