where do you put Cheato?

[Jaynie1028]

Hello I have a 29 gallon BIO CUBE. I wanted to know if anyone out there has a 29 gallon bio cube with cheato in it? And if so what chamber did you put yours in? I From left to right I have the pump then the bio balls then in the last sump I have a protien skimmer. I put some cheato in the bioballs and also in the sump where the skimmer is. IS that ok? Im not really sure where it goes. Thanks

 

[alfani]

middle should be fine but you do have lights in the middle right ??

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Take out the bio balls and replace it with the macro.

 

[fishguy23]

Macro

I'm having the same dilemma, I'm curing my LR to swap my bio balls, but if I use macro instead, how would it get lighting?

 

[jejton]

When I had my nanocube I used to put macro in the first but it quickly fills up with detritus so you have to clean it. Better probably to put a sponge in the first and macro in the middle. Theres a mod I had found on nano-reefs.com where they basically used a razor to scrape off the paint or plastic on the glass covering that chamber and then had a lamp directed at it so that i gets adequate light.

 

[Jaynie1028]

I dont think light is getting into the chamber when I put the top down. what kind of light can I buy that will fit under the hood? Can I put cheato right into the tank its self

 

[alfani]

get one of those clip-on lights from HD and use one of those 13w CF daylight bulb, should not cost you more than $15 including bulb

I dont think light is getting into the chamber when I put the top down. what kind of light can I buy that will fit under the hood? Can I put cheato right into the tank its self

 

[fernandokng]

Guys - where do you find reading material on the cheato/caluerpa regarding removal of excess nutrients/phosphates and cultivation? I tried googling, but didn't find anything worthwhile.

Thanks a bunch!

 

[Jaynie1028]

does HD sell something that size that will fit into the champer under the hood of the tank? Also does the cheato need to be in the water 100% because my chamber with the bioballs has it sticking up and out of the water a little. Is that ok? Im not really sure. thanks

 

[fishguttz]

http://www.kineticfountains.com/10-watt-submersible-light-with-transformer.asp?location=googlebase

http://www.mainlandmart.com/aquapump.html

These might work.

 

[basiab]

Can I put cheato right into the tank its self

You can but it will roll around unless you have something to anchor it with like a veggie clip. But you might not like the way it looks in the tank nor the space it takes.

 

[fishguttz]

some say the best way is in a chamber were there is sufficient flow so the chaet will roll around. This keeps Cyano and detritus from building up.