Fuge Light Cycle

[collie man]

I have a softball sized ball of Chaeto under a dinky little power compact. I have had it for about a month or two and it has not got larger nor smaller. ATM I have my lighting schedule on a reverse photo period(10pm-10am). What type of light should i get? How long should i keep it on? 24/7? id like something clean due to the fact that my set up is fairly modern.

 

[ReeVo]

Leave it on for 24/7 and in a month it should be double its size.

 

[collie man]

awsome! should i just turn it on 24/7 or slowly acclimate it?

 

[Sully1882]

i think with the chaeto if it doesn't get enough light it can start reproducing asexually and try to spread in the tank, so I keep my light on all the time down there.

hth,

Sully

 

[ReeVo]

He's right

No need to acclimate
Just turn it on 24/7 and watch it grow lol

 

[collie man]

cool man i was wondering why it hadnt started to grow. as far as flow. i am going to redo my plumbing similarly to yours ReeVo but until then it is just laying on the floor of my sump not really tumbling. is that okay?

 

[ReeVo]

As long as there is flow going through it, it's fine.
If it completely motionless. Try having some rubble rock underneath it to elevate it. To tumble cheating u need a lot of flow and a deep sump to suspend it.

 

[patmack]

Chaeto is pretty tuff, no need to acclimate it. I run my fuge light on a reverse cycle. While the DT lights are on the fuge light is off.

 

[BeanMachine]

I run mine 24/7 as well. I have noticed that with the reduction in nutrients that my chaeto grows much slower now.