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Struggled to get cheato to grow. Wondering if there is a benefit to opening up the front flap on my clarisea to increase follow and allow unfiltered water into the fuge section of my sump?
I have a egg crate material that I can make a cage out off. I think the light is ok as it's a 50W led growlight and was producing plenty of slime algae in the sump.I struggled too, until I bought a $15 6500k pink LED grow Light (on Amazon) but the R2R trick is...the chaeto algae cannot sit on the sump glass. So I built an egg crate cage to fit my sump....like 16" x 10" x 8" wide....4 sides and bottom about 1" off sump bottom. Then I plumbed a bypass line off my return pump plumbed under the cage and chaeto, and now I can give away bags full. Chaeto must tumble or have a basket. Good luck. I now have like 6 different kinds, sea grapes, red chaeto, green chaeto, red dragon, graciella, etc. CAREFUL of caulerpa I hear it can go bad and kill your tank.
I feed heavily two nano tanks (10 & 20 gal) with (mysis, baby brine shrimp, reef roids, RG complete). Have a 40 G breeder simple sump with Nyos 160, Clarisea 3000, and ~ 10 G cheto compartment with a powerhead and Kessil 360 grow light. I grow basket ball sized chaeto and harvest half every 3 weeks. I don't bypass the Clarisea. Don't know your bioload, but current and lighting seem important for chaeto growth, plus a good starter mass.Struggled to get cheato to grow. Wondering if there is a benefit to opening up the front flap on my clarisea to increase follow and allow unfiltered water into the fuge section of my sump?