Chaeto delivery smells awful…

[LMSquire]

I got a delivery of 1lb chaeto for my new refugium I’m setting up in my sump, I won’t say from where because I want to give them the chance to make it right.

It smells like rotten eggs and is full of dead amphipods and ceriths. It is a little darker green than I would like to see. Cost $155 lol. Pitch it? Or rinse it and put it in?

 

[anthonymckay]

You can honestly probably just rinse it and put it in.

My advice in the future, would be to just find a local reefer with some chaeto they'd be willing to hook you up with or sell you a bit of. You live in Santa Cruz, the reefing community is pretty big in the Bay Area.

 

[LMSquire]

You can honestly probably just rinse it and put it in.

My advice in the future, would be to just find a local reefer with some chaeto they'd be willing to hook you up with or sell you a bit of. You live in Santa Cruz, the reefing community is pretty big in the Bay Area.

Yeah the more I think about it I’m just gonna ask for a credit on it. It’s a new tank and I dont want to start with rotten algae which it appears to be. Kinda dark green and the dead pods and ceriths are a warning sign lol

 

[LMSquire]

Yeah the more I think about it I’m just gonna ask for a credit on it. It’s a new tank and I dont want to start with rotten algae which it appears to be. Kinda dark green and the dead pods and ceriths are a warning sign lol

And yes there is a great community up here!

 

[Lavey29]

Yeah the more I think about it I’m just gonna ask for a credit on it. It’s a new tank and I dont want to start with rotten algae which it appears to be. Kinda dark green and the dead pods and ceriths are a warning sign lol

I take chaeto to my LFS in dry bucket, no water. I've had that stuff out of water over 24 hours with no issue getting it to grow. Just get a little salt water or rodi and rinse it off.

And this is not an emergency.

 

[LMSquire]

Guys so sorry this posted as an emergency it def isn’t and I don’t know how to change it

 

[Lavey29]

Guys so sorry this posted as an emergency it def isn’t and I don’t know how to change it

It's ok, no biggee

 

[Merge_595]

I always rinse new Cheato in freshwater. Sometimes even soak it for an hour or 2..Can take a water hose & rinse it clean..I do this to avoid introducing anything to my tank ESPECIALLY bristleworms..

 

[gkprevite]

I had the same experience. And from a great vendor so I don’t think it’s too uncommon. It smelt god awe full. I rinsed the crap out of it with a few different runs of tank water and ro. After that it was a little better smell wise so I discarded any loose stuff and reluctantly put it in my fuge. It’s been fine.