Macro (Chateo) in overflows

[benf]

I have been battling hair algae at the top of my overflows(i understand why, that it is a place of high nutrients). I just did a clean up of it and decided to try an experiment. Not sure if anyone else has tried it, but i took some of the chateo out of my HOB refuge and put some in 2 media bags and placed one near the top of each overflow(inside) hoping that it will give the hair algae more competition. I will just have to monitor the growth of the macro more due to the higher intensity lights.

Any negatives to this that u see?

 

[kmk2307]

Please let us know how this works out. Photos of how you arranged this would be interesting also.

The only potential negatives I can see are it falling and clogging your overflow somehow. If it is in a media bag it might not be getting as much light from your lights as you might think, but probably still plenty.

Kevin

 

[benf]

thanks for the reply...i think this type of experiment will take some time to see if it worked. Of course in the meantime i plan on working on other parameters that lead to the hair algae in the 1st place.