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i recieved some cheato last weekend and have it in the back compertment of of my 14gal aio.

i have a sponge and filter floss in the 1st compartment and cheato in the second, nothing in the 3rd and my pump in the fourth,The pump was upgraded to a mini-jet 606 (160 gph). I have a handful of differrent hermits and a handful of different snails along with 1 damsel. about 16 pounds of lr and i'd say 4 inch ls bed. the cheato has glass backing in its compartment where a cfl lights it 24/7. i also have lighting upgraded to 2, 24 watt 50/50 PC's (purchased from nano-tuners). The 2 cooling fans were added aswell.

 

 

ok so everthing is in specs except for my nitrates always between 20-40.

what can i do what might be the causes.

 

secondly today was the first day i've touched the cheato and it was good i'd say brillo pad consistency.

So i removed it to rinse it off( something i heard on here to do) and when i put it back all kinds of particles were all over my tank like a sand storm?

 

any ideas why and what I might need to know about cheato?

thnx

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hooligan_78
i recieved some cheato last weekend and have it in the back compertment of of my 14gal aio.

i have a sponge and filter floss in the 1st compartment and cheato in the second, nothing in the 3rd and my pump in the fourth,The pump was upgraded to a mini-jet 606 (160 gph). I have a handful of differrent hermits and a handful of different snails along with 1 damsel. about 16 pounds of lr and i'd say 4 inch ls bed. the cheato has glass backing in its compartment where a cfl lights it 24/7. i also have lighting upgraded to 2, 24 watt 50/50 PC's (purchased from nano-tuners). The 2 cooling fans were added aswell.

 

 

ok so everthing is in specs except for my nitrates always between 20-40.

what can i do what might be the causes.

 

secondly today was the first day i've touched the cheato and it was good i'd say brillo pad consistency.

So i removed it to rinse it off( something i heard on here to do) and when i put it back all kinds of particles were all over my tank like a sand storm?

 

any ideas why and what I might need to know about cheato?

thnx

 

 

One thing I know: Make sure you have a decent flow moving throught he chaeto.

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hooligan_78
IME, flowthrough isn't as important as making sure it doesn't get too warm.

 

 

Also good advice. What is your temp? I have my chaeto in my tank, positions so that the water flow coming around the right side, goes through it.

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johnmaloney

Rinse it? That is a first for me. You can cause osmotic shock by rinsing macros, I wouldn't do it. Get strong lighting on it and it should be fine. Give it time to? Has it been in your tank for at least a month?

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distantfire

Turn your cheato light on after your display tank light's are off. A reverse photo period allow's your cheato to continue growing. IMO 8-10 hours of light is all that it really need's to grow. I've used the little 10watt submersible light's in HOB's. And the 6700k white bulbs for the mini-aqualight to grow it as well.

 

P.S.

Your high nitrates could be caused by the salt that your mixing. Overfeeding, dead and decaying plant's, tap water, detritus build up. I would test the salt water first and go from there.

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