I have a ball of chaeto in my refugium and it's about the size size as when I got it about 2 months ago. At the best I am sustaining its life but it is not growing any. A few strands have turned brownish/white at the ends but not very many.
My refugium chamber is 14" long x 9" deep x 10" high.. so that's 5.45 US gallons (though I do have rock and sand in there, so that will probably bring that down to 5 gallons or so).
I have a single coralife colormax 10W 6700k mini compact fluorescent in one of these clamp on light fixture from lowes (spring clamp holds light on edge of refugium, casing is metallic/refractory).
The light is about 4 inches above the surface of the water. The chaeto sits on the sand bed, with the top being about 6 inches under water.
How can I get it to grow better?
My refugium chamber is 14" long x 9" deep x 10" high.. so that's 5.45 US gallons (though I do have rock and sand in there, so that will probably bring that down to 5 gallons or so).
I have a single coralife colormax 10W 6700k mini compact fluorescent in one of these clamp on light fixture from lowes (spring clamp holds light on edge of refugium, casing is metallic/refractory).
The light is about 4 inches above the surface of the water. The chaeto sits on the sand bed, with the top being about 6 inches under water.
How can I get it to grow better?