What is Chaeto

[golfschosen1]

What is Chaeto? what does it look like, what does it feel like, and can it just come up in your tank without doing anything?

Thanks in advance
Steve

 

[rppvt]

Looks like green brillo-pads old worn out ones with lots of space between the fibres. Okay, bad image. but it's all curly and strandy like hair. It grows in a ball, and usually woiuld have to come in on something. It's good algae and It belongs in your sump/refugium

 

[drummereef]

Do a google image search of chaetomorpha. Plenty of pics.

 

[edwing206]

here ya go
http://www.lareefs.com/images/chaeto.jpg

 

[golfschosen1]

Okay so I have been hearing that it brings nitrates down and I have a big hair algae problem in my 95g tank but in my 14g tank I have what looks like chaeto should I take it out of my 14 and put into my sump of my 95?

Thanks for responding so quick

Steve

 

[JOSEPHLB]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9295109#post9295109 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by golfschosen1
Okay so I have been hearing that it brings nitrates down and I have a big hair algae problem in my 95g tank but in my 14g tank I have what looks like chaeto should I take it out of my 14 and put into my sump of my 95?

Thanks for responding so quick

Steve

Nitrates are food to plant matter; not just chaeto. As already mentioned though, Chaeto is good algae, but usually it resides in the sump/fuge. Keeping the flow on a slow pace through your fuge will allow the chaeto to flourish from the nitrate levels.