Need advise on Macro

[Jmlorfam]

So i put some "Chaeto" macro in my refugium and it's slowly dwindling away. Not knowing if there was any special technique, I simply dropped it in the second chamber of my refugium and hoped for the best (My mistake). I would like to know if there is a trick (or process i missed) that helps ensure this plant thrives in my refugium. Simply put, how do you "plant" this stuff?

 

[iDream]

Do you have a light for it? Most of the time it's just free-floating

 

[Jmlorfam]

Do you have a light for it? Most of the time it's just free-floating

Yes I have an 11" light on it. I run it around 10-12 hrs/day. I did drop it in thinking it was free floating. So I'm guessing it may have been dying upon arrival.

 

[nxb161]

Any chance you already have zero nitrates and phosphates so it really doesn't have anything to live off of?

 

[David S]

as long as there's nutrients,light and good flow it should flourish.