Chaeto

[sbfishman]

Anybody know of a place in the Lawrenceville/Lilburn area to get some chaeto?

 

[jeffmuse]

I have a TON of grape chalupra if you want to swing by Suwanee.

 

[sbfishman]

I must admit I'm a lil, scared of chalupra. I've heard good and bad. And I'm not so sure my experience level (or my wallet) is good enough to deal with the bad, lol I'll have to study up more on it first. But thanks

 

[racinrevo0818]

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[putemup]

I recently threw all of my cheato away. I hated it. For me it created more problems than it was worth.

Should you chose to go that route, be sure to have plenty of water circulation for it.

 

[sbfishman]

PutEmUp;749324 wrote: I recently threw all of my cheato away. I hated it. For me it created more problems than it was worth.

Should you chose to go that route, be sure to have plenty of water circulation for it.

So what did you opt to include in your refugium/sump....deep sandbed or any other natural filtration?

 

[jeffmuse]

sbfishman;749289 wrote: I must admit I'm a lil, scared of chalupra. I've heard good and bad. And I'm not so sure my experience level (or my wallet) is good enough to deal with the bad, lol I'll have to study up more on it first. But thanks

Chalupra is a really good macro algae to go with in that it SOAKS up nitrates/ phosphates and it is very hardy. Chalupra gets a bad rap because it has been reported to go into a sexual that will cloud up the water; however, that phase is triggered by the day and night cycle... if you leave your refugium lights on 24/7 it will never go sexual.

Chaeto works for a lot of people, but I just did not have that great of results with it. The paticular sump that I use did not have a ton of flow in the refugium area and it never really grew for me. As I understand it, the Chaeto colony needs to be able "tumble" or rotate within the sump to really be happy. If your refugium has a decent amount of flow, it may work better for you though.