Hello! So I have been trying to grow Chaeto, and to not avail, it ends up going clear and brown. My nutrients are 15-20 ppm for nitrates and between .1-.003 ppm for nitrates. I have my lights on for an 8-10 hour photo period, with a 60% intensity at 7 inches above the surface, Chaeto being down at the bottom of the chamber. To no avail, problems. I do suspect that it is a flow issue as my sump is not exactly designed for a refugium, so I installed a flow pump just after my filter floss in order to create a sense of turbulence, I haven’t given that test much of a chance to show results as of yet.
I do worry that it might be an iron issues, but the rest of the Chaeto looks pretty healthy, which makes me think twice about this. Even if I had to dose iron, I wouldn’t know how to safely test or dose iron. I do not want to hurt my fish or lifestock by foolishly dosing an element that I have little to no knowledge about. In an effort to combat these problems, I have opted to try ULVA.. Yes. I know. There is the potential for this algae to reproduce in an explosive manner. I am fine with this due to the herbivores that I have in the DT. I have heard this algae is not a picky one in terms of flow and it grows insanely quick.
I would appreciate some answers and some input. I’m kind of handling a mystery here.
I do worry that it might be an iron issues, but the rest of the Chaeto looks pretty healthy, which makes me think twice about this. Even if I had to dose iron, I wouldn’t know how to safely test or dose iron. I do not want to hurt my fish or lifestock by foolishly dosing an element that I have little to no knowledge about. In an effort to combat these problems, I have opted to try ULVA.. Yes. I know. There is the potential for this algae to reproduce in an explosive manner. I am fine with this due to the herbivores that I have in the DT. I have heard this algae is not a picky one in terms of flow and it grows insanely quick.
I would appreciate some answers and some input. I’m kind of handling a mystery here.
