What type of corals?
my tank is a mixed reef, have everything from sps to softies, i noticed a great amount of color improvement in about all the corals.
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What type of corals?
my tank is a mixed reef, have everything from sps to softies, i noticed a great amount of color improvement in about all the corals.
Could have just been the big water change i did that day,
Yes, that may help.
With added iron and a full spectrum bulb, if it doesn't survive, it is either a bad batch that got killed in transit, there are not adequate nutrients available, or there is something in the water that is harming the chaeto. I don't see many other alternatives.
Also what size tank is this and how many fish do you have? How often do you feed them and how much? Have you dosed any algae killer medicines? Do you have algae growing in the tank?
Your sump looks really clean, you may not have enough nutrients. Also I see corraline algae in the sump, this is a sighn you don't need to grow chaeto. Chaeto grows in higher nutrient areas, corraline generally doesn't.
Another update to this thread * The last batch of cheato finally died out today, even with the full spectrum bulb i had put over it, but maybe it was too far gone for the upgraded lighting to fix . So today i added another baseball size batch of cheato , lets see how it goes.
Sump, has a small pump for flow, adding about 3 drops of iron once a week, and a par38 full spectrum bulb
crazy that you cant grow chaeto! I would suspect postassium or just not enought nutrients. Cyanobacteria show up when youve got nitrates higher than phosphates in my experience.
Thats a lot of fish, i dont think it should be nutrient limited. I feed my fish 3-4 times a day either pellets or flakes. Maybe your not feeding enough. I would suggest making new saltwater, add some miricle grow and the same light, put an air bubbler and see if it grows. If it doesnt, there is something really wrong. of course dont add miracle grow to your tank, but to a 5 gallon bucket. You can even use your own tank water to see if its just po4, no3 or potassium limimted.
What are all your parameters? alk, phosphate, nitrate, salinity, ph, magnesium, calcium, etcetera.
Tell me about it. I grow it perfectly fine in my bio cubes refugium, and both tanks use the same water source for water changes. I was thinking of going to feeding fish every day. I am currently feeding fish every other day and corals 3 days a week. I was thinking of trying the 5 gallon bucket idea, but then again i want it to grow in my refugium and not in a bucket lol
My water parameters are as follows: Alk: 9dkh Phosphate:0 Nitrate:0 Salinity: 1.024 Ph:8.2 Magnesium:1380 Calcium: 480 tested with API kit
Magnesium tested with Red sea kit
Water temp: 81 degrees