phosban reactor with cheato

jpa0741 · 02/02/2007, 09:47 AM

Anyone else ever notice a dieoff of cheato after adding phosban reactor? I just added reactor on wed. and noticed yesterday some of the cheato is dying.

Hop · 02/02/2007, 11:29 AM

The reactor is reducing the Po4 that the algae feeds off of. Of course it's dying back, your taking it's food...

Some of the basic food for algae is nitrates, ammonia and phosphates... The things we don't want a reef tank to have

This is why the planted tank world tries to keep these levels elevated.

I would cut the chaeto back, keeping only a small, healthy ball.

jpa0741 · 02/02/2007, 11:47 AM

I understand it is taking taking its food. Just wasn't sure if that was normal. I have seen many setups on here using both. I will trim some cheato and see how it does.

E-A-G-L-E-S · 02/02/2007, 11:53 AM

They probably have more established reefs with more PO4 to export due to bio-load/waste.

02/02/2007, 09:47 AM	#1
jpa0741 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MI Posts: 1,392	phosban reactor with cheato Anyone else ever notice a dieoff of cheato after adding phosban reactor? I just added reactor on wed. and noticed yesterday some of the cheato is dying.

02/02/2007, 11:29 AM	#2
Hop Carpe Noctem!!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Western Colorado Posts: 8,548	The reactor is reducing the Po4 that the algae feeds off of. Of course it's dying back, your taking it's food... Some of the basic food for algae is nitrates, ammonia and phosphates... The things we don't want a reef tank to have This is why the planted tank world tries to keep these levels elevated. I would cut the chaeto back, keeping only a small, healthy ball. __________________ Hop Current Tank Info: 300-gallon in-wall system (mixed reef)

02/02/2007, 11:53 AM	#4
E-A-G-L-E-S Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 7,038	They probably have more established reefs with more PO4 to export due to bio-load/waste. __________________ Smug Egotistical Contemptuous It's difficult to get a man to understand something that his salary requires him not to.

02/02/2007, 11:47 AM	#3
jpa0741 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MI Posts: 1,392	I understand it is taking taking its food. Just wasn't sure if that was normal. I have seen many setups on here using both. I will trim some cheato and see how it does.