Cheato not growing

[Jim]

I've had cheato in my fuge for at least 7 months now and it hasn't grown at all. I also have mangroves it there and they seem to be doing pretty well. Is there an explanation for this? Am I doing something wrong?

 

[marrone]

How are your levels in your tank? If you don't have a lot of nitrates that would be a reason why it's not growing.

 

[zlin0524]

no light?

 

[Jim]

Nitrates are usually around .02 - .05. And the light is at the top of the pic.

 

[NYreefNoob]

there is 2 t5's over the cheato, has enough flow and the mangroves are growing like crazy, and yes your doing something wrong that 300g is 2 blocks away from where it should be lol

 

[duke62]

do you have flow in the tank.are you tumbling the chaeto every once in awhile

 

[Jim]

Yes there is flow. I manually move it around. I hear people trim it all the time. Mine is actually growing coraline on it.

 

[marrone]

How's your tank, coral and such? If everything is ok I wouldn't worry about, a lot of people have Cheato in their system and have little to no growth, or in some case it slowly just disappears altogether.

 

[Wolverine57]

there is 2 t5's over the cheato, has enough flow and the mangroves are growing like crazy, and yes your doing something wrong that 300g is 2 blocks away from where it should be lol

Rick, you got me! LOL 2 blocks away...bet your watching his tank with binoclaur, when Jim is gone! You peeping Tank!

 

[ming]

Try getting the chaeto higher so its closer to the water surface. It seems like not only is the light far from the water, but the chaeto is deep in the water, with some styrofoam, PVC pipe, and mangrove shading the chaeto.

 

[WilFresco]

rick, you got me! Lol 2 blocks away...bet your watching his tank with binoclaur, when jim is gone! You peeping tank!

lmao!!

 

[MIKE NY]

I had the same problem ..it would either not grow well or die off untill I went snorkling in Hawaii where I saw chaeto as big as a sofa just tumbling around in open water with lots of fish around it....so added more flow to keep it moving/tumbling and stronger lighting and now it grows like a weed.

 

[Jim]

Thanks for all the help. I'll try some changes.

 

[sroot17]

I had the same problem and it turned out to be my light. I have a 16w/75w par 38 750 lumens lamp as recommended on melvs. It hangs about 4 inches above the water. Within a month I had more than I knew what to do with.