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What kelvin does cheato love ?


jm82792

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Basically I am doing a in the works AP24 fuge mod that is totally hidden and am wondering on what is best for Kelvin and wattage(2 watts to 8) for cheato.

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Cheato is not fine with anything. I have cheatomorpha lit with 14k phoenix and it doesnt even grow. In fact red hair algae grows on it. 6000k-6700k range would be great for growing cheato.

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Alright :) Thats warm daylight.

I will post some pics/steps when I find a reasonable small CFL,

show the wiring and such for people who don't know much about wiring stuff.

It'll run off of the voltage supply for one of the 2 bulbs 8 watts won't effect anything before the ballast.

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johnmaloney

True enough! I love those cheap wal-mart bulbs for growing macroalgae. I had coral-life bulbs on a tank, when one of them went down, I switched to the Wal-Mart bulb for a quick fix until the LFS had some more in stock that fit, and noticed very good growth, so I have stuck with them ever since. Awesome results, awesome price.

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I have the same thing gulf is referring to. Clamp-on shop light with a 6500k 15w CFL. The chaeto grows very fast, AC 110 fuge and it gets filled up every two weeks.

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Hmm I needed to fit in the egg crate light diffuser thing for the floss

may have to do cheato outside of the back chamber. Darn.

How much current does cheato need ? I may move it over to

the left where the pump is but the flow is not much compared to the right side.

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How much current does cheato need ?

 

IME, chaeto is pretty forgiving of all parameters except heat.

 

Low flow might slow it's growth (less nutrient availability) or it may not.

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