I run a scrubber aswell as Cheato...still get good growth on the cheato, would this hinder the growth on my ATS or is it two separate algaes altogether?
regards
Steve
I run a scrubber aswell as Cheato...still get good growth on the cheato, would this hinder the growth on my ATS or is it two separate algaes altogether?
regards
Steve
Last edited by SantaMonica; 02-23-2012 at 04:56 PM.
If your scrubber is doing really well, the cheato should shrink.
Yes there is something wrong with your scrubber if the chaeto does not die. After all, the chaeto is just nuisance algae, as far as the scrubber is concerned.
So i should get rid then? The cheato is in the same chamber as the scrubber so getting the similar lighting..
Yes, never should have chaeto with a scrubber; it's just adding nutrients to the water.
What about other types of macro algae?
Same.
That's kinda what I was figuring. I'm kinda grasping just out of curiosity, is there any way to have both?
You'd have to cut the hours of your scrubber down, and have very strong lighting and flow on the other macro.
I had the sump algae thing in the past and now believe that the scrubber is FAR superior and out weights any factors of macro or chaeto IMO.
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