First time harvesting Chaeto algea.

[Rafaelpadro24]

Hello fellow reefers, I have a question and maybe I can Fer some feedback on what it is. Today I harvested my chaeto due to my nitrates being 0.0 and phosphates at 0.04. This is the first time I have removed the Cheato out of my refigium since I first put in my refigium on November 5 2022. When I took it apart to check for worms I noticed a slimy beige substance in the middle of the Cheato ball. Looks like fatty deposits. Has anyone seen this before. I took apart the Cheato and picked the clean portion to create a new ball for my refigium.

 

[Rafaelpadro24]

Hello fellow reefers, I have a question and maybe I can Fer some feedback on what it is. Today I harvested my chaeto due to my nitrates being 0.0 and phosphates at 0.04. This is the first time I have removed the Cheato out of my refigium since I first put in my refigium on November 5 2022. When I took it apart to check for worms I noticed a slimy beige substance in the middle of the Cheato ball. Looks like fatty deposits. Has anyone seen this before. I took apart the Cheato and picked the clean portion to create a new ball for my refigium.

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[Lavey29]

It's probably just trapping detritus. I get some black slime in mine here and there but I trim it back weekly.

 

[Dburr1014]

Yup, pull out The bad spots, flip it over and done.

 

[RedoubtReef]

I never worried about that stuff and never saw it do anything negative. Probably just trapped detritus as the flow is less in the center of the mass.