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Bifferwine
I am a girl
Do you have enough nutrients to feed it? It will shrink if your water is "too clean". Is it tumbling gently in the fuge?
chichimom79
reef junkie
Hmmm, I wonder if that's why the chaeto in my cube isn't doing so hot....
wontonflip
I failed Kobayashi Maru
My chaeto in my 45g doubled in size in very little time, and my nitrates went from 80ppm to 0....then my chaeto stopped growing, and eventually died off, and at the same time, keeping my nitrates at 0 even w/o water changes. I also had a low bioload and I fed sparingly once a day. It was definitely dying from lack of nutrients.
chichimom79
reef junkie
Good to know.
first_time_reefer
Reefing newb
it consumes nitrates, so if there are no nitrates in your tank it will die off.
ph33nyx
Reefing newb
My chaeto looks like it's fading away...almost rotting!
I'm running a 6500k CF bulb 10hr/day NH4 is 0, N02 is 0, N03 has been climbing from 20 (2 weeks ago) to 80 (today)!
What's going on?
I'm running a 6500k CF bulb 10hr/day NH4 is 0, N02 is 0, N03 has been climbing from 20 (2 weeks ago) to 80 (today)!
What's going on?
Bifferwine
I am a girl
Do you have enough flow where you keep it? It should be gently tumbling or rolling around -- you don't want it all in a giant, thick clump. If it's rotting away, the nitrates are going up because the algae is releasing its nutrients back into the water as it dies.
ph33nyx
Reefing newb
I just cleaned it all out. I thought there was enough flow. I'm running around 550gph through my refugium on a 37g tank (10g fug). It never did roll when in there. I'd always have to turn it every day. If I didn't it would just sink to the bottom. Since I've got no fish in the tank. I'm going to do some 20% weekly changes until I get it back to a safe level, then try some more.
marcah
Reef enthusiast
without any fish in the tank you will be hard pressed to keep chaeto alive.. It relies on the nutrients in the tank to survive, without feeding the tank on a regular basis( seeing there is no fish waste either) it wont get the nutrients it needs, And like Sarah said it will release what it took in as it dies...
AmberSunrise
Reef enthusiast
I killed several batches until I put it in the display tank right under the return from my skimmer now I cant cut it fast enough it grows like an afro
LOL
LOL
NaCIfishman
Reefing newb
i bought one of these the about two weeks ago thinking it would help out with the nitrates but it's shrinking and i still have like 20-30ppm nitrates. i figured it was my fail lighting...
