When to add Macro...

[shrinky]

My question is this. If I am cycling a new tank, and using, say, an AC110 as a HOB fuge, is there a specific time that I should be adding macro (like my chaeto) to the fuge. Before, during, after, etc.

 

I am thinking it would be fine to simply put it in right off the bat, but wasn't sure what people thought.

[blooper74]

Go ahead and put it in now. Theres always something for it to extract from the water, plus get your pods a goen faster that way.

[shrinky]

Go ahead and put it in now. Theres always something for it to extract from the water, plus get your pods a goen faster that way.

 

 

thats what i was thinking - thanks a lot for the reply!

[NEVER SATISFIED REFFER]

before u do this u might want to find out what the cheato really does. I know its concidered a nutrient export. But does that mean it feeds on no3, or does it feed on waste that is taken out of the water before IT HAS A CHANGE TO RUN THRU THE NITROGEN CYCLE??? If it does the latter, then I would feel that while my tank cycles, the bacteria are not going to build up to become a strong support for the tank. This would mean everytime u add a fish or something else that puts out waste the tank is going to spike higher than it would if u had a better bacteria system to process ammonia to nitrate. This would be something that would only be a prob while the tank is young, like yonger than a year.