How to keep cheato algee in place?

klavmaister · Sep 13, 2023

have a red sea 250 aquarium, with a separate chamber for skimmer/fuge, but when I put in the chetomorpha, it only drifted towards the bubble trap and partly over to the return chamber. Adding a picture, in the first chamber, i have swapped out the filter cup with a fleeace roller. Chamber two is where i added the algee

Spare time · Sep 13, 2023

I am pretty sure the first chamber after the socks is where the macroalgae is supposed to go, hence the guard

TokenReefer · Sep 13, 2023

I use a rigid airline tube (acrylic) to haphazardly move it and sort of pin it in place. I just stick it through the mass and wedge it in place

exnisstech · Sep 13, 2023

My reefer 300. Very similar sump layout. Egg crate with some plastic mesh like used in some acrylic tops. Been running since February and I've never had a strand of chaeto in the return chamber. I had it where the skimmer was for a while but when I decided to add the skimmer I didn't feel like trying to pull the cup without dumping skimmate into the tank so I swapped them.