Ideal amount of turnover through fuge?

[Kinetic]

What is the ideal turnover rate through a fuge? I heard it should be just enough to keep chaeto "rolling". If that's the case, that'd be quite a bit no? Also the slower the more pods you'll have in the fuge... but what's the use of the pods if they don't get into the display? I guess there's a balance. Any thoughts?

 

[sfsuphysics]

i've heard the rolling chaeto theory, and while that might be ideal in nature chaeto grows way to quickly and usually fills whatever space it is in to continue "roll"

 

[Kinetic]

in my 32g tank, it used to roll when it was a small baseball sized piece, now it's completely filled the entire fuge area. I'm thinking of cutting it down so it will roll again.

I have about 760gph going through the fuge right now... too much?

 

[sfsuphysics]

It serves it purpose either way, you should cut it down anyways just for the fact that if it can't grow it's really not doing anything except serving as a 'pod condominium unit.

 

[Kinetic]

i guess so.

I have million of stars, pods, and baby cerith/trochus snails going crazy in that chaeto =P

 

[Elite]

you can always give me some if you have too much

 

[Kinetic]

haha sure, next time I go down to SJ or you come up, you can have a ball full of stuff =)

 

[sfsuphysics]

Come to the next bar meeting Elite, I'll pretty much butcher my chaeto population, just going to toss it into a 5 gallon bucket and tell people to bring their own bags to get what they want I probably got 2 cubic feet worth of chaeto

 

[Elite]

I will be at the meeting.. Have to pick up a lot of stuff at the meeting..

I hate meeting.. Have to spend $$ everytime I go :lol:

 

[GreshamH]

Art, I personally feel thats too much water movement for a fuge. I'd do like half that personally. Heck, mine gets less then a single turn over, and I have to beat the pods and cheato down with HUGE sticks :lol:

Never heard that cheato theory. It's spot on for gracilaria, but cheato?

 

[dannieboiz]

Elite, ay you can have some of my cheato when u come over later.