Thanks for the infoI use simple Marineland blue LED on my cube tank and chaeto out of control
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Thanks for the infoI use simple Marineland blue LED on my cube tank and chaeto out of control
Hey, no problem. One has to think of cheato as a complex marine organism.. maybe not quite as complex as a coral but it certainly has the same needs as any type of plant.. salt or fresh.. look at what those freshwater planted tanks require.. they have all sorts of supplements to keep the aquatic plants thriving .. iron, potassium, No3, Po4 and CO2 being the most important...The more info we have the better. Thanks
Yep, Not enough space. ThanksI use the TaoTronics LED on both of our sumps and the chaeto grows like crazy. The only bad thing is that if you don't have a a lot head room you wont get a great spread but it still grows the chaeto crazy.
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I’ve used t5 and or Home Depot white led strips. I used to use the older twisted compact fluorescent bulbs.. even used mh a couple times.. currently, I’m using a pair of the waterproof Tunze fuge lights. They are full spectrum. Red/green/blue and white leds..I use them because when/if there is a power failure they can be submerged without issues..
I find that the health and growth of cheato is more dependant on it getting adequate amounts of iron, iodine, potassium, and other trace like zinc and manganese...and of course ulns will have trouble growing cheato as well.. proper light will play a role but without the proper nutrients and trace in the water, the stuff just will not grow.
Over the years, I have found that -most of the time, it only grows consistently and long term with trace element dosing. This will not be everyone’s experience but I think it is most often the case. If your cheato suddenly stalls, I think the first course of action should be to supplement it with proper trace rather than change the light.. but again, I’m sure some will say that as soon as they changed from one light to another, their cheato took off.. but for how long...
It’s also been my experience, in one system, that the cheato would grow extremely well but if cyano began to appear and then thrive, the cheato would suddenly stop but with a dose of cyano killer, the cheato would rebound soon after a treatment.. this also leads me to believe its nutrient and trace that are really key..
Sorry for the novel.. been using cheato fuges in my reefs for decades.
Do you have Nitrate as well as phosphate? Cheato needs bothI have one of the cheaper grow lights from amazon per a recommendation on the forum but it doesn't seem to work for me.
I find that the health and growth of cheato is more dependant on it getting adequate amounts of iron, iodine, potassium, and other trace like zinc and manganese...and of course ulns will have trouble growing cheato as well.. proper light will play a role but without the proper nutrients and trace in the water, the stuff just will not grow.
Over the years, I have found that -most of the time, it only grows consistently and long term with trace element dosing. This will not be everyone’s experience but I think it is most often the case. If your cheato suddenly stalls, I think the first course of action should be to supplement it with proper trace rather than change the light.. but again, I’m sure some will say that as soon as they changed from one light to another, their cheato took off.. but for how long...
It’s also been my experience, in one system, that the cheato would grow extremely well but if cyano began to appear and then thrive, the cheato would suddenly stop but with a dose of cyano killer, the cheato would rebound soon after a treatment.. this also leads me to believe its nutrient and trace that are really key..
Yes I doDo you have Nitrate as well as phosphate? Cheato needs both