Blobs on Chaeto

[Djturna4thakidz]

The chaeto in my sump, which has never grown very well, has these almost translucent blobs at various intervals wrapped around the algae. They were not there when I got the algae. Are they bad or part of the plants growing cycle?

 

[Smitty]

Sounds like slime algae...which is bad...but as long as it stays in the cheato area, it's ok to leave it there, instead of it going in your dt.

 

[Djturna4thakidz]

Should I just remove the chaeto? It has not grown much, but it may being doing whatever it does

 

[Smitty]

What type of lighting do you have over it, and do you turn it every once in a while and give it a good flow?

 

[wontonflip]

+1 smitty....one of the problems with chaeto growth is not just the bulb's wattage, it's the kelvin. I found best growth if the bulb is around 5500-6500k (I go more towards 6500K).