Guess im one of the few who cant grow chaeto !
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Here are my thoughts if anyone else wants to weigh in. Based on your nitrate/phosphate levels, I don't think it's a nutrient issue. Based on your WC schedule, I doubt it's a lack of iron, manganese, or any of the other trace elements (I doubt it will harm anything if you would like to dose a commerical mix of trace elements to see if you notice any improvement, but I wouldn't necessarily go out of my way to buy a new bottle).
Therefore, I'm going to guess it's one of three possibilities. 1) Your starting ball of cheato is too small (this is possible and will contribute, but isn't what I would start with), 2) Your light isn't adequate (Probably where I would start), or 3) your cheato doesn't like your flow (least likely in my opinion, cheato will tolerate a WIDE range of flows).
Therefore, I would probably look at upgrading your light and seeing if you notice an improvement there. There are a wide variety of lights that will grow cheato. I'm not familiar with your particular light, so I can't comment on whether it's good enough or not, but it seems the least expensive to swap out and see if that works. There are quite a few lights people have had success with in the $15-25 range or you could go with any of the nicer fuge lights like the cheatomax or the kessils. It's also possible it's a combination of cheato ball size and light.
Those are my thoughts in case anyone wants to add anything
Therefore, I'm going to guess it's one of three possibilities. 1) Your starting ball of cheato is too small (this is possible and will contribute, but isn't what I would start with), 2) Your light isn't adequate (Probably where I would start), or 3) your cheato doesn't like your flow (least likely in my opinion, cheato will tolerate a WIDE range of flows).
Therefore, I would probably look at upgrading your light and seeing if you notice an improvement there. There are a wide variety of lights that will grow cheato. I'm not familiar with your particular light, so I can't comment on whether it's good enough or not, but it seems the least expensive to swap out and see if that works. There are quite a few lights people have had success with in the $15-25 range or you could go with any of the nicer fuge lights like the cheatomax or the kessils. It's also possible it's a combination of cheato ball size and light.
Those are my thoughts in case anyone wants to add anything
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