MELTED CHEATO

[carlinsa]

I looked at my fuge for the fisrt time in few days and all of my cheato had melted. there was just a glob of brown in the bottom of the fuge. i run my lights about 12 hours a day and at night it. it has a good flow in the tank but i have no idea what is going on. can someone give me a clue what to do and if someone has some let me know and can i get some more.

[NaCl_H2O]

Melting <_< I don't have a clue, mine overgrows the fuge on a regular basis. I have some, and various other Macro ... and it's about time to do some pruning :)

Have you checked your parameters ... but honestly I canlt think of any parameter that would make it "melt"?

[carlinsa]

all of my parameters are fine just my nitrate is nuts. but it is all not gree and looks like what zenia does when it dies. i got it from mikeyboy about 2 months ago

[carlinsa]

when you prune can i steal a little that you dont need?

[bigdscobra]

hey carl

If you get any extra macro let me know I could use some more for my fuge...

Thanks

[NaCl_H2O]

Explain "my nitrate is nuts" ... How high? How often & what volume of water changes are you doing? I would think any Macro would like a high Nitrate level anyway?

I got mine from MikeBoy too, and it is doing great!

[ATMgueedo]

You might want to keep it to yourself that you know what xenia looks like when it dies ;) haha jk.

[carlinsa]

i dont have a reef just seen the bad end of zenia death.........my coral consists of green stars in a 12gal :D

[Pacman]

I've noticed that I get a little bit of Chaeto die off from the stuff on top. I've got 65 watts of fluorescent about 4 inches from the chaeto so I'm thinking it may have been getting too much light, at least on top. I'll probably raise my fuge light a few inches. I think maybe it prefers less intense lighting?

That being said, it is still growing like crazy and I need to get rid of some. Let me know if you want any.

Matt

[jaded]

I'll take all that free tang food your giving away!!!

[TexasTodd]

Do you dose Iron?

Todd

[GaryP]

Jaded,

Tangs won't eat Chaeto. The only thing I know of that will eat it is a Foxface. That's what makes it a good in tank macro for systems without a fuge. It doesn't attach to rock or substrate and is easy to harvest or remove if no longer wanted. It also doesn't go sexual like most caulerpa species.

[jaded]

tell that to my new purple... hes gone through several clumps that I experimented with on the nori clip... I had him eating from my hand after about 5 minute in the tank.

no wonder hes so big!!!

[bigdscobra]

Pacman

I could use alittle for my fuge ;)

[GaryP]

That's great Jade. My purple will tear through grape caulerpa but leaves the chaeto to the Foxface.

[jaded]

:) hes a pig!!!

are you talking about caulerpa racemosa when you mention grape caulerpa?

[carlinsa]

yes i would gladly take some once you prune some away. just let me knwo when i can get some from you.

[Pacman]

OK,

Think I got enough people interested in the chaeto. Preference given to those starting up a fuge!

Matt