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can anyone tell me what the heck this is on my cheato? They are firm almost pod like/ bulb like and if you squeeze it, this smelly grey matter comes out!
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or maybe im an idiot and thats how the strands fuse together? basically im wondering if I should leave it or pull it out. could someone please let me know?
 
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Smelly grey matter does not sound quite right..

thats what im saying! never seen it on any other cheato so thats why im concerned... think i should just prune it off?
 
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no, everything is good. its only been in the fuge for a day though. i pulled any strand off that had one of these guys on it. can you damage cheato by pruning too much?
 

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Your not gonna damage the cheato I rip out a handful of it out of my hob fuge every other week. Your not gonna hurt it
 
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i didnt think so but I dont know a ton about cheato first time trying it in a fuge. any thoughts on the weird bulb like grey clumps on it?
 
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that would be one solution lol. I couldnt help myself, ive never seen anything like it on cheato and didnt know if it could be some pest larvae of some kind so i plucked one off and popped it in a bucket. nasty...so i just plucked the rest off. just wondering if anyone had seen/heard of this
 

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I agree... I would get it out too...it might be that the grey stinky matter is trapped detritus where the chaeto is fusing together and just got trapped there.... Might help explain it... But just a guess
 
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it might be that the grey stinky matter is trapped detritus where the chaeto is fusing together and just got trapped there....

thats a good thought...whether its detritus or some kind of bulb or larvae i dont know, hard to tell in person let alone on screen. either way its done-zo. thanks for the input, very appreciated!
 

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