HELP I need Chaeto..

[Brenden]

My nitrates stay at .5 ppm no matter how much water I change out. I know that is not bad but I do not like it. I have a large refugium sitting with a 4" sand bed. I have checked the LFS several times and can not find any chaeto. Would someone be willing to ship me some?

 

[Dr.Nate]

pay me for shipping and I'll send it right to ya....
Is a ziplock bag full of it enough?
I live in TX

 

[dianeww]

I need some, too! What size ziplock?

Oh Oh, hijacked...sorry!

 

[Dr.Nate]

no problem.....

I was just thinking right after I posted that Brenden probably needs a lot more than I give him cuz his tank is huge......so if he declines, you can surely have some.

When I got mine it came in a sandwich ziploc bag stuffed full.....it's about quadrupled in size, and now I need to thin it anyway.

 

[dianeww]

OK, Brenden, how much chaeto does a 525 need? 8O

 

[Brenden]

Maybe someone can tell me how much I need. I am guessing just a start. My refugium is 100gal. Maybe I will get a lot and I can send you some along with the lamp from the picture.

 

[dianeww]

My refugium is 100gal

My entire aquarium and refugium are less than 80 gal.!!!
Do love that pic of your wife and your ocean!

 

[IndyReefMan]

You can also buy some at www.floridapets.com

 

[Hara]

lots on ebay too

 

[Brenden]

Thanks Hara. I do not know why I did not think of ebay. They have everything there. That is were I got my vasectomy.

Dr. Nate thanks for the offer. I am going to pass. I do not want to take any chances. You are battling ich and my tank is parasite free (knocks on wood).

 

[JG]

I bought some on ebay - it's done quite well.

 

[seaham358]

Brenden just get some FW exit and dip the cheato before you put it in your fuge. I got some caluerpa from a friend and I got some hitchhickers on it... I now have thousands of FW in my fuge... I am lucky its on my FOWLR tank so I don't care. But if it was my reef I would not be happy.

 

[malkore]

Chaeto grows like mad. If you only had a small clump, but good lighting, it'll quickly grow to fill the fuge, especially if there are nitrate and phosphates present to feed it's growth rate.