Is my Chaeto crazy or just me?

[Brisc0]

My chaeto seems pretty out of control next to the tightly packed balls I usually see in pictures. Anyone want to weigh in on what they think about this picture? Do I need to harvest or cut out some light or add some flow? Maybe this is normal and I just don't know it?

Its in a 75G dedicated fuge, low flow, with 7X54w 6000K T-5 bulbs and one aquablue. The fuge is reverse daylight from my display. It gets about 10ish hours of light and is dark the remaining amount of time.

 

[SaltNutz]

Looks about right to me. When it fills the area you have it confined to it will begin to "ball" up.

 

[psidriven]

Mine does the same. Looks like cooked green spaghetti instead of a brillo pad. Think it depends if your chaeto "tumbles" or not. Mine doesn't. Oh and my chaeto still does it's job though.

 

[Brisc0]

Awesome, thanks. My mind is officially eased =)

 

[jdieck]

Strange, no more curls. Mine has never done that and it does not tumble, in fact when ready for harvest it packs the 55 gal to the point it s just a big cube of curls.

 

[azmorpheus]

It might just be me, but that does not look like chaeto to me. It looks to thin almost like a type of hair algea. My chaeto has the thickness of spagetti noodles and is very curly and interwoven.