How much chaeto

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How much chaeto should I start with in my refugium? I have a 90 gallon tank with a 25 gallon sump
The refugium is going to be in a basket in my sump
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One other question how long do I run the refugium light and do I run it when the display is off ?
8 hours is probably a good starting point. Many refugium owners run their lights off-peak when they're aleeping.
 

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Buy some from reefpro(pest free) Mine went from a tennis ball to a brick in a month, my chaeto light is on for 24 hours
 
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Have you tried to contact fellow reefers around your city? Maybe some LFS, they sometimes have for their tanks and are willing to give you some from their own tanks, that's how I got mine.
Not yet, I only began looking and am hoping the algae barn will have more soon
 

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Not yet, I only began looking and am hoping the algae barn will have more soon
Algae barn had some in stock today, just bought it. You can get on there email list for a notification when in stock if they sold out again. that's how I got mine.
 

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I went online abd was able to purchase a softball size, I’m guessing that’s a good amount to start with ‍♀️
Great, glad you got some. My email was being sent to my promotion emails in gmail, not my primary. So that may be why you missed seeing it.
 

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Check your promotional folder if you have gmail. Sometimes our emails get sorted there by google :) Let us know if we can help you with anything else!


Hey, since you chimed in maybe I can ask a question. My chaeto is coming Thursday and just did a large water change to get my nitrates down to around 12 ppm and phosphate around 0.25 ppm. That's a good level to add it at right? I saw in another thread someone having issues cause their nitrates were pretty high.


Thanks!
 
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That should be just fine! Ideally you want a reoccurring 5-10ppm on nitrates depending on your tank's bioload/amount of chaeto :)
 
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