Chaetomorpha chamber

[ocholoco]

What the hell is a Chaetomorpha chamber?

 

[prattreef]

What the hell is a Chaetomorpha chamber?

I suppose you are referring to my tank feature. It is essentially a separate compartment used to grow Chaeto, much like a refugium, but I didn't want to use that word because it implies the primary function is to cultivate and pods and such which is not the prmary intent on my system .

 

[ocholoco]

hey

Thats your 240 ??? and again you run that with out a skimmer. How you handle the bioload of all the fish???

 

[prattreef]

a large chaetomorpha chamber, carbon and skill

 

[ocholoco]

hey

Big Time, I look up to you man. Who needs a skimmer when you have a chaetomorpha chamber. How long has your tank been running?? How many water changes a month??

 

[Mr.First]

Off topic somewhat, but does anyone grow Cheato right in their display tank ?
If not, why ??

 

[ocholoco]

Hey

I do

 

[Killerdrgn]

Off topic somewhat, but does anyone grow Cheato right in their display tank ?
If not, why ??

cause cheato is like filter floss, it can catch detrius. Plus having cheato in the display is kinda ugly.

 

[prattreef]

I do not recommend people start yanking their skimmers and growing some Chaeto instead. I have been in this hobby for a long time and am experimenting with some new techniques that I can't really talk about in detail for proprietary and other reasons.

Do you need a skimmer for a successful reef tank? Obviously not, but it is still the most straightforward and proven approach for large numbers of hobbyists to succeed.

Water changes are ideally, @40g. monthly, but I am lazy and it often is more like every 6 weeks.

 

[ocholoco]

hey

not if is behind A ROCK WHERE NO one can see it. Serves same purpose as beign in a sump.

 

[ZANYMASTER]

It does but after it gets too big,it'll release nutrients back into the tank so I would back it up with Mangroves.Trimming is key.

 

[ocholoco]

hey

Hey Pattreef I'm throwing away my skimmer as I type. lol.... One thing I notice in this hobby that people tend to complicate things a bit too much with skimmers phos[hate reactor, calcium reactor and a bunch of things I can even name.

 

[h20 freak]

I don't run chaeto in the main but when I trim I put what I took away into the main for a day or two, I can't bring myself to simply throw away all those pods so I hope some get into the main.