Cheato grow out!

heathd.hd · Feb 20, 2015

So there's been a bit of debate on who's methods are working with there refugium's so I'll put out a macro challenge!

1st of the month trim up your cheato and post a picture or video and than post maybe weekly or biweekly.

Maybe post a description of how your sump and refugium works and what lighting / hardware your using.

Timming and updates Need not really matter as long as you post a picture within the first 3 days of the month and your end picture before the 3rd of the next month.

Let's see who can grow what in a months time! When you trim give yourself maybe half your sump for room to grow!

Might even get a prize if revhtree has something he can donate! Lol.

heathd.hd · Feb 20, 2015

mdbannister
wanna play with your new lighting? Lol

heathd.hd · Feb 20, 2015

Maybe Keithcorals or TJ's Reef

heathd.hd · Feb 20, 2015

Or KoleTang

Daniel@R2R · Feb 20, 2015

heathd.hd said:
@mdbannister
wanna play with your new lighting? Lol

I'm in as soon as my new fuge lights come in. :)

KoleTang · Feb 20, 2015

heathd.hd said:
Or KoleTang

Sure thing. My tank is in a crate on a truck somewhere at the moment. After that I still have a fair amount of work to do. Even if I'm late to the party I'll post my results!

TJ's Reef · Feb 20, 2015

Heath, I think a fun and interesting challenge but.... this month will have to pass. Hopefully will be upgrading to the new 187g DT and possibly even be building a new sump/fuge since there will not be a better time to do so for some time. Annnnnnnd currently it is a Nursery for some Banggai Cardinal babies. I will follow along though as I certainly am a huge proponent of Refugiums, high flow and the bigger the better.

For info sake, my current setup is a 75g with a 36" x 18" refugium section and only a 12" x 18" area for Skimmer, heaters, probes and two small Eheim pumps for GFO Reactor and Frag Tank. I run a mix of mostly Caulerpa mexicana and Chaetomorpha but have a couple small pieces of surviving macro from Hawaii. Also have a 2"+ sand/mud bed and maybe 15# of LR. Huge bio-diversity with a variety of Stars, Snails, Limpets, Worms, Mysid Shrimp, Pods, a few small Hawaiian Hermits and a pair of Pistol Shrimp I also brought back from Kauai. For flow I have approx 1050+- gph going through plus an old Koralia 3? to keep macro healthy.

Cheers, Todd

heathd.hd · Feb 20, 2015

Okey day we'll let's hold off for this month and come back to this. Let a few more people get setup to play! We can try to do April. Kinda silly but should be interesting a tiny bit!

heathd.hd · Feb 20, 2015

Todd your fuge sounds outstanding!

Keithcorals · Feb 20, 2015

I'm in the middle of an upgrade but I'll be happy to post pics of growth in a few weeks. I know I have grown it from the size of an orange to the width of a 5 gal bucket in a few weeks before. Would love to see what growth others get. Great idea looking forward to being a part of the growout and seeing the results.

heathd.hd · Feb 24, 2015

Well guys I couldn't wait anymore on cutting mine. It wouldn't spin anymore and had my wp 10 smashed and stopped. Ha. So I chopped about half out. Was enough that the lfs gave me a 50 dollar credit.

Wiz · Feb 24, 2015

$50 credit!!!!!! Geeez how big is your fuge??? Lol

heathd.hd · Feb 24, 2015

Uh it's like a 15" cube. I had a 1 gallon ice cream container stuffed. Like crammed in there. Lid barely went on.

Wiz · Feb 24, 2015

Wow. Your lfs is generous. Mine would have given $20 or less. :-( good for you:-D

heathd.hd · Feb 24, 2015

Supply and demand. I guess he's having a hard time getting it. He also knows my tank is clean so he doesn't have to worry about it carrying apistasia or ich. Plus I spend a lot there. I try not to order online. It's important to me that they stay open.

heathd.hd · Mar 15, 2015

So yah fellas I really chopped mine down on the 24th of last month and my fuge is bursting at the seems again. I'll be cutting again tomorrow or monday at the latest.

maroun.c · Mar 15, 2015

I'm in for April,
My fuge is a mix of cheato, prolifera, grape and just added fern...

d2mini · Mar 15, 2015

I'm in for April.

Rjramos · Mar 15, 2015

I'll be in for April too and with my chaeto sandwich idea, it will be easier to show results! I don't know if I'll make the entire month without harvest though.lol.

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heathd.hd · Mar 15, 2015

I hear yah on the not make it a month. More than anything I'm just looking for people to show how much there growing and how there doing it! With a time line.