Hi:
I recently started to use a wet dry filter on my 55 gal mixed reef tank. I put some 1/2 pound of Chaeto algae in the part that does not have bio balls with a 2 inch deep live sand bed. I been using a 23 watt full spectrum light(looks like a thin Florescent light twisted into a ball) in a plant light fixture on it.
Last night I looked at it closely and found some portions of the chaeto have died. It turned transparent and soft, when I touched it, it disintegrated. This actually happened once before, I just assumed I have a bad strain of chaeto, but now it looks like it was me. My water parameters are a little off. My ammo and nitrite are not detectable, but my nitrate is around 60. I keep the water temp at 79-ish.
Does anyone here know what is going on? I have been told that chaeto never go asexual. I added a small powerhead in there to increase the water flow through the big ball of chaeto, would that solve my problem?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Yili
I recently started to use a wet dry filter on my 55 gal mixed reef tank. I put some 1/2 pound of Chaeto algae in the part that does not have bio balls with a 2 inch deep live sand bed. I been using a 23 watt full spectrum light(looks like a thin Florescent light twisted into a ball) in a plant light fixture on it.
Last night I looked at it closely and found some portions of the chaeto have died. It turned transparent and soft, when I touched it, it disintegrated. This actually happened once before, I just assumed I have a bad strain of chaeto, but now it looks like it was me. My water parameters are a little off. My ammo and nitrite are not detectable, but my nitrate is around 60. I keep the water temp at 79-ish.
Does anyone here know what is going on? I have been told that chaeto never go asexual. I added a small powerhead in there to increase the water flow through the big ball of chaeto, would that solve my problem?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Yili
