Hello everyone! Finally picked up my first Chaeto order today. It is looking great in my sump. Question is should it tumble around or sit still? I put it in a Tupperware bowl and its floating at the top until I hear from the pros.
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So the million dollar question. How do I remove the bowl and not have it tumble?It doesn’t need to tumble , but it needs flow. The bowl will stop the flow.
Remove the bowl and let it be.So the million dollar question. How do I remove the bowl and not have it tumble?
Ok. So tumbling is ok? Just curious because it has a decent tumble. The copeppds are running around it like it's a ferris wheel.Remove the bowl and let it be.
Hahaha.Ok. So tumbling is ok? Just curious because it has a decent tumble. The copeppds are running around it like it's a ferris wheel.
Lol ok. See link below. Just took this.Hahaha.
Let it roll!
It looks like it breaking up a little. Not paranoid just wondering..lolLol ok. See link below. Just took this.
It’s fine. It may also be detritus build up. Stuff settles in the chambers and can’t get out.Great thread, I also got my first golf ball size Cheato for my tiny refugium today. I had the same question, I also wonder about the “flow” you guys/girls mention, my refugium is a 3 compartment one and I put it in the first chamber, where the water is pumped in to, that should be fine correct? One last question, its a new tank and right after the cycle I got brown diatom bloom, but only in the refugium, will this macro algea choke/starve out the brown or should I be worried?
Chaeto by no means is required to tumble. Tumbling tends to help with ensuring that the ultra thin layer of water on the macroalgae surface is swept away to allow for nutrient uptake and CO2 exchange. Strong flow will also do this.
You’re putting way too much thought into your macro algae my man. It’s just chaeto and eventually is going to outgrow your little contraption. Just let it float/tumble/roll etc as long as your numbers are in check no need to do all thatSo, my self always messing with things did not like it tumbling. I did this to keep it from tumbling. What do you think. Will this restrict growth? I will remove it once it is big enough to not tumble.
Yep that's me..lol. Tumbling busted a bunch of it off and I have read so many things about the Chaeto dying. Overthinking it I guess. I will let it tumble when I get home.You’re putting way too much thought into your macro algae my man. It’s just chaeto and eventually is going to outgrow your little contraption. Just let it float/tumble/roll etc as long as your numbers are in check no need to do all that
Also, you dont like my little contraption? LolYou’re putting way too much thought into your macro algae my man. It’s just chaeto and eventually is going to outgrow your little contraption. Just let it float/tumble/roll etc as long as your numbers are in check no need to do all that
Yep that's me..lol. Tumbling busted a bunch of it off and I have read so many things about the Chaeto dying. Overthinking it I guess. I will let it tumble when I get home.