Thank you everyone for the input. Well HPS lamps are out for me because im trying to run as cost efficient in electricity as possible. So LED all the way. I will be experimenting with both 3300k and 5000k LED's.
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Chaeto Factory.
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Here it is when I put it in, with zero nitrates registering on my test kit.
And yes, the pic is color accurate.
Here's the Death Star of chaeto 19 days later.
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Well here is the direct link for everyone else.
HTG Supply - FLORALUX 150w HPS Mini Grow Light
SPotter on RC just mentioned he got one too, and his chaeto went from golf ball size to soccer ball size in two weeks.
Puts everything else to shame!
It's actually not mine but just positioning of the powerhead will make it spin.How do you make it spin like that?
The 150 watt HPS is 2,000 Kelvin. JFYI
Yep, i figured it wasn't more than 2400k.
Whatever it is, it's a chaeto growing monster!
How much chaeto should be used as starter, as it grows I under you remove but at what point when its double, so many days what are some thoughts out there? Any one used a sub floor to keep off the floor of refugium?
Fortunately there are other cheaper options that grow macro algae.
Cheaper options that keep it alive, or that make it quadruple in mass every few weeks. It is hard to out-compete algae in your display when it has much stronger light than what is over your fuge.
To me, $67 for a fixture that includes the bulb is cheap!
I did not say that the light you picked was not a good one.
I simply pointed out it's not necessary to spend that much if you don't want to.