kolosy
07/21/2008, 01:22 PM
alright, this chaeto this is starting to irritate me. i have a 10g fuge, on a reverse 12 hour light cycle with 6500/10000k 39w daylight lights. i have a ball of chaeto int here, that has neither grown nor shrunk over the last month. however, other algae build up is significant. i'm starting to get it in the dt, where i need to scrape the glass almost daily, or a neon-green film forms (it's not coraline, i've let it sit there for a few days and it hasn't turned purple).
the algae in the fuge is excessive. i have a piece of LR, that's got purple hairs coming out all over it, and all sorts of other algae in there, including what looks like cyano.
it's concievable that all the other stuff is out-competing the chaeto, but it was by itself when all that started. flow is adequate. i have an mj1200 feeding the fuge, and it's only about a 2' increase in elevation, so i'd expect a near 200gph flow.
my water parameters are good (0nh4/0no2/<.5nh3/420ca/9alk/1.026sg).
ideas? just a bad batch of chaeto? should i get another one?
the algae in the fuge is excessive. i have a piece of LR, that's got purple hairs coming out all over it, and all sorts of other algae in there, including what looks like cyano.
it's concievable that all the other stuff is out-competing the chaeto, but it was by itself when all that started. flow is adequate. i have an mj1200 feeding the fuge, and it's only about a 2' increase in elevation, so i'd expect a near 200gph flow.
my water parameters are good (0nh4/0no2/<.5nh3/420ca/9alk/1.026sg).
ideas? just a bad batch of chaeto? should i get another one?