mennazeher04
Reefing newb
Whats better to use? Is it the "CHAETOMORPHA ALGAE" or "GRACILARIA ALGAE" better used to get rid of nitrates. I have a tang so I was wondering if the gracilaria would be better. Any help would be great thanks.:mrgreen:
Whats better to use.......?
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wontonflip
I failed Kobayashi Maru
Do you have a fuge? Or just going to put it in the tank? The Chaeto, if in the main tank, might have pieces break loose and just go floating around the tank (even if you put a net around it).
sen5241b
Reef enthusiast
CHEATO ! Other types such as caulerpa may shoot out a mass of spores that will then cause a die-off and ammonia spike. I've had tons of cheato get into the main display and it has never taken hold and grown in there.
mennazeher04
Reefing newb
I dont have a fuge at the moment but i have a sump and i was thinking about growing the chaeto in the INLET section. Do you think maybe thats too much flow in that section or would i be ok?
daugherty
part time reefer
Bifferwine
I am a girl
Chaeto is superior.
BL1
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hmmmm ... possibly biased ;-)
Bifferwine
I am a girl
If I was biased, I would have said "Biff's chaeto is superior..." ;)
BL1
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DONE and ................biased :rofl:
yote
In Memoriam
You wont have to worry about chaeto going asexual and causing water problems either.
mennazeher04
Reefing newb
Ok thanks on all the replys but just one question im still not sure about. Would it be ok to put the chaeto in the section of my sump that the water comes from the DT? Is that too much flow? Thanks again.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
I think that'd be fine, but you want to make sure the chaeto gets light and it's not torn apart by the flow.
wontonflip
I failed Kobayashi Maru
Yeah, I use chaeto (even some of Biff's superior chaeto ;) ) They're in my sump and fuge, surrounded by netting so I don't get pieces floating around. But +1 biff -- as long as they're not getting tossed around to the point of breaking apart, and that you have a light in there, you should be fine.
mennazeher04
Reefing newb
ok thanks alot guys/girls. Hey Wonton, what kind of netting would be good or ok to use? Also wouldnt the netting be kind of restrictive to the chaeto?
Ulta
REEFER
I'm guessing netting like citrus net bag (The kind of bags that oranges come in at the grocery store). I have also seen this netting be used in other applications like recently reading on how to use it to attach Ricordea to a piece of LR.
