Is my cheato algae dying?

[USMC 4 LIFE]

I have a baseball amount of cheato algae in my refugium. The tips of some hairs of the algae are turning black. What does this mean?

My tank is new. 90 gallons with 40 gallon sump/refugium. 0 ammonia and nitrite and 0-5 nitrate. Refugium light is on 20 hours a day. Light is an LED 5k. Nothing fancy.

 

[Bbaz123456]

I don't think it's dying, just hungry. Needs some nutrients in there.

 

[Pruett-nc]

Try rolling it also so all sides can share the light .

 

[USMC 4 LIFE]

Just turned it over. It's very brittle. A lot of pieces broke off. There isn't much flow in the refugium by the way.

 

[Pruett-nc]

It is possible like Bbaz said that it needs fertilizer ( nutrients ) being the tank is new . Might be a little early for chateo.

 

[USMC 4 LIFE]

Ok. Make sense since its new and only have two very small fish in there. I'll throw it out. Thanks.

 

[ant203]

your going to need it sooner than later add some flow to the refuge. had the same issue no flow added flow then started adding iron to my tank and it came back using aqua forest iron 1 drop every other day and its bin growing nice and green started my tank end of june.

 

[USMC 4 LIFE]

How did you add flow in a refugium? I have miracle mud in the refugium. Don't think I wanna add flow in that section because it easily will cloud up the water. There's plenty of flow in the previous chamber

Isn't it pointless to dose for it if it has no purpose? I don't plan on expanding the bioload anytime soon and I will be adding another 40 lbs of rock soon so I might not need it.

 

[ant203]

How did you add flow in a refugium? I have miracle mud in the refugium. Don't think I wanna add flow in that section because it easily will cloud up the water. There's plenty of flow in the previous chamber

Isn't it pointless to dose for it if it has no purpose? I don't plan on expanding the bioload anytime soon and I will be adding another 40 lbs of rock soon so I might not need it.

Yes so they say it's point less but I tried what I could because I am determine to have one of tanks when you see it you say WOW in a good way of course you can see how I added flow in the pic if I uploaded right

 

[USMC 4 LIFE]

Ok. Well Ill remove it from the refugium and throw it in the previous chamber and see how that works.

 

[USMC 4 LIFE]

Cool sump. Are those mangroves?

 

[ant203]

Cool sump. Are those mangroves?

Thanks. Yes they are.