Cheato algae in a new tank?

marktea · Sep 19, 2017

Hey everyone, I have the fluval 12. I added a large clump of filter floss, a sponge, and additional bio balls to my already existing stock filtration setup. I also added a 210gph wave maker and run a protein skimmer. I have been cycled number wise for about three weeks with consistent 0 readings on am. ni. and n.a.'s. Phosphates between 0-.25 (lowered my feeding habits when I started not getting 0 across the bored). I have 18 pounds of rock in my tank and I plan to cover it all in coral. I already have a few frags in there. My diatom bloom has come to an end and I want to prevent any algae I can now that it's open season. My question is, will Cheato algae give me some sort of advertise affects? Such as competing for nutrients in the water with my frags at this early stage? Compete with necessary algeas?
Also, thoughts on Cheato moss doing the job I'm looking for in general? I would plan to get two clumps and put them into breeder boxes that fit under my skimmer

Mark Gray · Sep 19, 2017

marktea said:
Hey everyone, I have the fluval 12. I added a large clump of filter floss, a sponge, and additional bio balls to my already existing stock filtration setup. I also added a 210gph wave maker and run a protein skimmer. I have been cycled number wise for about three weeks with consistent 0 readings on am. ni. and n.a.'s. Phosphates between 0-.25 (lowered my feeding habits when I started not getting 0 across the bored). I have 18 pounds of rock in my tank and I plan to cover it all in coral. I already have a few frags in there. My diatom bloom has come to an end and I want to prevent any algae I can now that it's open season. My question is, will Cheato algae give me some sort of advertise affects? Such as competing for nutrients in the water with my frags at this early stage? Compete with necessary algeas?
Also, thoughts on Cheato moss doing the job I'm looking for in general? I would plan to get two clumps and put them into breeder boxes that fit under my skimmer

Where are you at I would give you some I throw out a good bit every week just dumped some yesterday I guess I could put it in an envelope and ,ail it to you

marktea · Sep 19, 2017

Ha that's funny, nice to meet you mark, I'm Mark. I'm located in New York 11375, if it isn't to big a problem

Mark Gray · Sep 19, 2017

marktea said:
Ha that's funny, nice to meet you mark, I'm Mark. I'm located in New York 11375, if it isn't to big a problem

PM me your address I will stick some in the mail tomorrow I had to buy mine and now it bothers me as much as I throw out lol

keddre · Sep 19, 2017

I don't know what corals you want to keep but here's my opinion. Some corals like nitrates that are around 5 ppm, if you added cheato now then I'd be worried about the corals not getting enough Nutrients. But that's just my two pennies

mcarroll · Sep 19, 2017

I might wait on the macro algae until more of the bio-load is established.

phillygeeks · Sep 20, 2017

+1 on @mcarroll A little algae in a new tank is probably healthier than a nutrient starved tank. There is still a good bit of maturation that occurs after a diatom bloom. There is a decent chance the if you added Chaeto at this point it would fade and die after further stripping your tank of nutrients.