Cheato or the like, as well as ATS

[andthe_brain]

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

[MorganAtlanta]

If your scrubber is doing really well, the cheato should shrink.

[SantaMonica]

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.

[andthe_brain]

So i should get rid then? The cheato is in the same chamber as the scrubber so getting the similar lighting..

[SantaMonica]

Yes, never should have chaeto with a scrubber; it's just adding nutrients to the water.

[wildman]

What about other types of macro algae?

[SantaMonica]

Same.

[wildman]

That's kinda what I was figuring. I'm kinda grasping just out of curiosity, is there any way to have both?

[SantaMonica]

You'd have to cut the hours of your scrubber down, and have very strong lighting and flow on the other macro.

[kerry]

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.