I've read several posts where reefers have had a terrible time growing Chaeto only to find adding a little Iron supplementation will do the trick. Anybody have this type of results? Any other tips for growing it?
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I use Red Sea trace elements iron, my chaeto grows like crazy. I haven’t tried anything else though.What proprietary brands of Iron have Reefers found to work well? Has anyone compared brands?
What proprietary brands of Iron have Reefers found to work well? Has anyone compared brands?
I use Red Sea trace elements iron, my
chaeto grows like crazy. I haven’t tried anything else though.
Anyone ever test their PAR shining on their macro-algae?
Using kessil h380 the top center of the chaeto is around 1500 PAR dropping to around 300-500 par on the edges of my 10g fuge.
Are you saying sensor 5" above water or light 5" above water??What did you use to measure that and at what depth? An A360WE cant produce 500 PAR 5" off the water with an Apogee MQ500/Full spectrum sensor just under the water. No way 1500 is getting measured under the water or 500 more than a millimeter under the water surface.
Are you saying sensor 5" above water or light 5" above water??
Have used a senseye and clubs apogee but don't know the model. Readings are just under surface where the ball sits and light it around 10-12" away. 1500 is consistent with what BRS tested and a few other growers too. I didn't test various depths because I didn't really care that much. Was just for fun. The h380 has narrow optics like the 360N so the spot intensity is much higher than 360we but less coverage.What did you use to measure that and at what depth? An A360WE cant produce 500 PAR 5" off the water with an Apogee MQ500/Full spectrum sensor just under the water. No way 1500 is getting measured under the water or 500 more than a millimeter under the water surface.