storing chaeto

customanimalart · 09/02/2007, 10:48 PM

I have all of my extra chaeto in my 12g nano QT tank and need to remove it as I plan on buying a new fish and need to free up the tank.
If I put the chaeto in a bucket with tank water and an airstone and a light, how long will it live? It also has alot of microfauna in it.

I am trying to sell or trade it but have no takers.

patent · 09/02/2007, 11:37 PM

I can't give much of an answer, but when I was switching tanks I yanked my fuge offline and set it aside. No light (or not much, except for ambient), no flow, and halfway drained it sat there for nearly a month before I remembered the cheato and moved it into the new tank. It was still alive, though it does seem to be growing more slowly to me.

patent

gsellers1245 · 09/02/2007, 11:38 PM

toss it on ebay...ust give it light and it should be fine its pretty hardy, just dont let the water evaporate out

customanimalart · 09/02/2007, 11:41 PM

I have auction up on ebay already.
I guess I will store it and keep my eye on it. I just wanted to see what everyone thoought. I would hate to accidentally kill it.

09/02/2007, 10:48 PM	#1
customanimalart Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Kissimmee Florida Posts: 636	storing chaeto I have all of my extra chaeto in my 12g nano QT tank and need to remove it as I plan on buying a new fish and need to free up the tank. If I put the chaeto in a bucket with tank water and an airstone and a light, how long will it live? It also has alot of microfauna in it. I am trying to sell or trade it but have no takers. __________________ Darn aiptasia!!! Current Tank Info: 55g reef, 12g QT, and 55g frag tank.

09/02/2007, 11:37 PM	#2
patent Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 53	I can't give much of an answer, but when I was switching tanks I yanked my fuge offline and set it aside. No light (or not much, except for ambient), no flow, and halfway drained it sat there for nearly a month before I remembered the cheato and moved it into the new tank. It was still alive, though it does seem to be growing more slowly to me. patent __________________ Hi!

09/02/2007, 11:41 PM	#4
customanimalart Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Kissimmee Florida Posts: 636	I have auction up on ebay already. I guess I will store it and keep my eye on it. I just wanted to see what everyone thoought. I would hate to accidentally kill it. __________________ Darn aiptasia!!! Current Tank Info: 55g reef, 12g QT, and 55g frag tank.

09/02/2007, 11:38 PM	#3
gsellers1245 Moved On Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: BRANDON FLORIDA Posts: 1,551	toss it on ebay...ust give it light and it should be fine its pretty hardy, just dont let the water evaporate out