How much chaeto is needed?

[MJAnderson]

Wondering if I'm wasting my time with this. My 72g bow has very little room under the stand. The sump is a 20g. After making room for my ASM G3 and a return area, I have almost nothing left for a fuge area. What I did was leave as large a return areas as I could and am growing the chaeto in a pond basket. But I really can't grow anything larger than a softball sized amount.

Is it having any impact? Should I just yank it all?

BTW, I run GFO in a reactor for phosphates.

 

[Cove Beach]

How wide is your tank- stand? I managed to get a 20 long and a seperate fuge in my stand and its slightly less than 48". If you want to check it out let me know..