In 2 out of 3 of my attempts at running chaeto in a refugium, I've had issues with cyano taking hold of the clump of chaeto. My 20gal is running chaeto in the AC70 with no problem...but I didn't have success with chaeto in the back of my nanocube; it eventually turned into a clump of cyano.
I had a small outbreak of cyano in the new build (85g display + ~20g sump) that I was able to knock back with a 3 day lights out and small water changes every other day...but I looked last night and can see the start of cyano floating around the edges of my chaeto clump. I left the fuge lit during the lights out period...thinking it would be best to allow my macros to remove nutrients as the cyano died...perhaps not the best decision.
In any case, although I could go ahead and just harvest enough chaeto to remove the cyano-laden areas and provide more flow around the clump, I'm wondering if I should just remove it altogether. The chaeto does seem to collect a good amount of waste...shaking it out creates a nice snowstorm in the tank.
I currently have dragons breath in there that is doing awesome; a 3x3 chunk I added a few months ago is about 12x4 now. I'm thinking about ditching the chaeto and just adding some diverse macros to the fuge.
Anybody else using a similar method? Please let me know what you keep in your fuge...what does well and what hasn't... and if I'm not the only one starting to hate chaeto.
I had a small outbreak of cyano in the new build (85g display + ~20g sump) that I was able to knock back with a 3 day lights out and small water changes every other day...but I looked last night and can see the start of cyano floating around the edges of my chaeto clump. I left the fuge lit during the lights out period...thinking it would be best to allow my macros to remove nutrients as the cyano died...perhaps not the best decision.
In any case, although I could go ahead and just harvest enough chaeto to remove the cyano-laden areas and provide more flow around the clump, I'm wondering if I should just remove it altogether. The chaeto does seem to collect a good amount of waste...shaking it out creates a nice snowstorm in the tank.
I currently have dragons breath in there that is doing awesome; a 3x3 chunk I added a few months ago is about 12x4 now. I'm thinking about ditching the chaeto and just adding some diverse macros to the fuge.
Anybody else using a similar method? Please let me know what you keep in your fuge...what does well and what hasn't... and if I'm not the only one starting to hate chaeto.
