Can you buy bad Cheato?

[Bifferwine]

I run my lights 24/7 also. My fuge is so crammed with cheato that I can't even reach in there. I know I should probably trim it more often than once every six months (which is what I do now)...

[UnderwaterWorld]

what kind of light do you use?

[Bifferwine]

Just a single fluorescent strip bulb. The kind that you buy at Petco or Petsmart.

[cumminz]

So u just use a P.O.S. light for ur fuge?

[Rcpilot]

I use a little clamp-on 25w desk light that I bought from the Big Box lumber yard. It's on the refugium for my 5g nano. I started out with a piece of cheato about as big as a softball. That was 3 weeks ago. Today it is cantelope size.

Combine nutrients with light and cheato will grow about 25% per month.

I trim the cheato in my 30g tank back monthly. I have a chunk in the refugium about the size of a volleyball. I trim 25--30% of it every month and toss it in the trash.

[Bifferwine]

Originally Posted by cumminz

So u just use a P.O.S. light for ur fuge?

Yep. Algae doesn't need any special light to grow. Chaeto is just a type of algae.

[cumminz]

ok. when i go to my lfs to ask if they have it, how do i pronounce this. i always feel like a jackass cuz i read it and it sounds different in my head

[NewbReefer]

Originally Posted by Bifferwine

Yep. Algae doesn't need any special light to grow. Chaeto is just a type of algae.

cheato will do fine under almost any light but from everything i've read and heard is it likes the 6500k spectrum the best.

I always tend to pronounce it Chato-Morfa or cheto-morfa but im probably way off, lol.

[cumminz]

like cheeto's?

[NewbReefer]

lol, exactly