Chaeto...

[24gnanonewbie]

Is this something that I need? I have a 24g Nano Cube... the one with only 2 cambers in the back.

I know that its benifical and all that... just dont know if it is something that I need to wait to worry about till I get a larger tank with a sump...

 

[Illuminati]

You don't need it but I have some tucked away in the display behind some rocks. All it needs it light and it will suck nutrients from the water.

 

[Doglover_50]

Ditto in both my 12g and 24g. Newbie, if you happen to be travelling north to flagstaff, I have so much chaeto I don't know what to do with it--I need to give it away.

To steal the thread for a sec--colin, do you cut back the chaeto or wash it out regularly (or at all)? I'm unclear about this part of things.

 

[Illuminati]

I will sometimes see some algae form on it, if I do and my arm is already in the tank I'll hold the little clump in front of the powerhead for a second

 

[Rosseau]

If you have fish and other waste producing animals it's a great way to get nitrates out. I believe chaeto brought mine way down, very quickly.

You'll be able to keep slightly more animals with it.

 

[Doglover_50]

so otherwise you don't clip it?

Sometimes mine is brittle and breaks into bits, bit of a hassle.

 

[Illuminati]

There are different stains of chaeto, I have a very tough one, almost can't break it even if I try.

I know someone who does use a veggie clip with a suction cup and has it tucked into a corner, I have it wedged in between 2 rocks towards the back out of view, either way works as long as it gets light.

 

[stsmythe]

The chaeto will work well in the main part of the tank? you hear of anyone putting it in the back chamber of a nanocube?

 

[everl0ng]

yeah, and they take the black backing off of the tank and put an external light behind the tank shining into the compartment with chaeto in it. works very well apparently