Does chaeto still consume nutrients If you don't harvest?

[kboogie]

I just picked up a pound of chaeto from ORA. If they used Algae Barns method for measure they would have to call it five pounds. Sidebar, I've made two very expensive and disappointing purchases from Algae barn. They grossly overestimate the size of their chaeto balls. Back to the topic, I was pleasantly surprised by the massive amount of chaeto I got from ORA listed as one pound. I was expecting a third of what I actually got. I dropped it into my Algae Reactor which made it 80% full. That made me wonder, is the primary nutrient uptake vehicle of the chaeto from growth or is there a decent amount of uptake from normal photosynthesis tied to sustaining the chaeto? So, if it runs out of space to grow, will it still take up nutrients? I plan on harvesting a 1/3 of the chaeto at a time but I was just wondering.

 

[MarineandReef Jaron]

The Chaeto uses the Nitrate and Phosphate for growth and cellular maintenance but primarily for growth. You don't have to harvest but once the chamber is filled and the Chaeto can't grow you will be limiting your filtration capacity

 

[nuxx]

The Chaeto uses the Nitrate and Phosphate for growth and cellular maintenance but primarily for growth. You don't have to harvest but once the chamber is filled and the Chaeto can't grow you will be limiting your filtration capacity

What he said

 

[Eagle_Steve]

The Chaeto uses the Nitrate and Phosphate for growth and cellular maintenance but primarily for growth. You don't have to harvest but once the chamber is filled and the Chaeto can't grow you will be limiting your filtration capacity

In addition, you will cause the cheato to become very dense, allow it to trap detritus and then possibly have it melt and release absorbed nutrients back into the water.

 

[AlgaeBarn]

I just picked up a pound of chaeto from ORA. If they used Algae Barns method for measure they would have to call it five pounds. Sidebar, I've made two very expensive and disappointing purchases from Algae barn. They grossly overestimate the size of their chaeto balls. Back to the topic, I was pleasantly surprised by the massive amount of chaeto I got from ORA listed as one pound. I was expecting a third of what I actually got. I dropped it into my Algae Reactor which made it 80% full. That made me wonder, is the primary nutrient uptake vehicle of the chaeto from growth or is there a decent amount of uptake from normal photosynthesis tied to sustaining the chaeto? So, if it runs out of space to grow, will it still take up nutrients? I plan on harvesting a 1/3 of the chaeto at a time but I was just wondering.

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[GARRIGA]

I just picked up a pound of chaeto from ORA. If they used Algae Barns method for measure they would have to call it five pounds. Sidebar, I've made two very expensive and disappointing purchases from Algae barn. They grossly overestimate the size of their chaeto balls. Back to the topic, I was pleasantly surprised by the massive amount of chaeto I got from ORA listed as one pound. I was expecting a third of what I actually got. I dropped it into my Algae Reactor which made it 80% full. That made me wonder, is the primary nutrient uptake vehicle of the chaeto from growth or is there a decent amount of uptake from normal photosynthesis tied to sustaining the chaeto? So, if it runs out of space to grow, will it still take up nutrients? I plan on harvesting a 1/3 of the chaeto at a time but I was just wondering.

You bought from ORA direct. They are in my backyard but tell me to go through the LFS.