super awesome!
The wild chaeto looks sloppy imo, this gives it a visual purpose lol
Tumbling chaeto always gets stuck and stops.
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super awesome!
The wild chaeto looks sloppy imo, this gives it a visual purpose lol
Hey no dumb questions here we all learn through one another.[emoji848][emoji106][emoji4]This may be a dumb question, but I would rather ask than possibly continue doing it wrong without knowing.
I have turned the auto top off container that comes with the Red Sea reefer 250 into a mini refugium that holds a Chaeto ball and some pond matrix. I have a mj1200 pump that feeds water through a reactor with carbon and GFO that supply's water to the Mini refugium. Will that water be to clean to grow the Chaeto? I have it on an opposite light cycle with about 8 hrs 6500k light.
Thanks
John
So cool! Great idea.
Here is an idea I have been using for a while. A friend of mine thought it was interesting and useful and wanted me to post . Basically I tie wrap two panels of egg crate lighting panel cut to size of refugium space desired. 1 box width sides. Cut the side pieces leaving pins on both sides to interlock the two panels. Tie wrap one panel to sides, bottom, and top. Place Chaeto inside panels and close shut with small tie wraps. Place in refugium 1-2" from waters surface. You could hold it in place with suction cups.Flip the whole panel periodically to get growth on both sides. When it is grown full and thick, pull it out and let it drain over refugium, creatures will fall out too. Trim both sides along panel squares with a sharp scraper type blade. Put it in a bag and take it to your LFS and tell him you want store credit for your Chaeto!
Yes I have a very new tank. Will just keep moving forward and see what happens. Thanks againHey no dumb questions here we all learn through one another.[emoji848][emoji106][emoji4]
If you are keeping your nutrients low with both methods and the chaeto isn't growing, then the GFO and carbon especially right before the mini refugium is probably not allowing the chaeto necessary nutrients. Also the DT volume, bio load, and the size of the mini refugium all play a part in the ability to take up nutrients. If you got nutrients and the chaeto is growing leave the GFO and carbon.
I got a back lit brick of chaeto in a basket in my 29 biocube. I also run chemipure and purigen in this tank in a basket right before the mini fuge, but the chaeto still gets what it needs. The tank is pretty stocked up for its size though!
Well, after running this for a week I'm seeing the chaeto "bleaching" in the middle where the light shines brightest. Switching to a 2700K bulb.
I had been using a hydroponic grow light.
Can I do this in a JBJ 45 gallon aquarium in the back chamber? And if so should I buy the JBJ nano glo or the aqua gadget magnafuge?
I'm sure you can! What do you have in the back right now? Chamber 1,2,3? If you look up INtank media baskets. They have media baskets and refugium baskets for most nano type aquariums. What I did was get the dimensions and made my own with plexi- glas, also made a drip plate. I have the 4 LED JBJ nano- glo going 24/7.
I'm sure you can! What do you have in the back right now? Chamber 1,2,3? If you look up INtank media baskets. They have media baskets and refugium baskets for most nano type aquariums. What I did was get the dimensions and made my own with plexi- glas, also made a drip plate. I have the 4 LED JBJ nano- glo going 24/7.