How to anchor cheato in a tank?

inachu · 05/29/2008, 11:24 AM

I tried to keep a smalll patch of cheato pinched under a rock but eventually it came undone.

matthewscars · 05/29/2008, 11:35 AM

cheato is suppose to roll in the refuge. Pinning it down will defeat the purpose.

abulgin · 05/29/2008, 01:01 PM

It is not essential that Chaeto tumble as long as you periodically shake it/swish it to free it of detritus. Mine has remained stationary in my 30g fuge for a year and is doing fine.

Aquarist007 · 05/29/2008, 01:05 PM

try this out ---one dollar in the dollar store--works great for cheato and mangroves

fishnut321 · 05/29/2008, 02:18 PM

you guys are brave putting chaeto in a display

abulgin · 05/29/2008, 02:42 PM

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Originally posted by fishnut321
you guys are brave putting chaeto in a display

I don't, but why do you say so? Chaeto doesn't go asexual like Caulerpa and some other macros. Honestly, it really doesn't matter whether your macro goes asexual in your display or your fuge--as long as it's a closed-loop system, your tank is in jeapardy.

Aquarist007 · 05/29/2008, 06:54 PM

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Originally posted by fishnut321
you guys are brave putting chaeto in a display

hope you don't think that is my display tank

its a macroaglae/mangrove fuge,
The purpose of the soap dishes is to keep the cheato in there and keep it from overtaking everything else--but it could work great in the display tank
this is my first in line fuge--with chaeto--as you can see it overtakes everything else

Aquarist007 · 05/29/2008, 06:56 PM

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Originally posted by abulgin
I don't, but why do you say so? Chaeto doesn't go asexual like Caulerpa and some other macros. Honestly, it really doesn't matter whether your macro goes asexual in your display or your fuge--as long as it's a closed-loop system, your tank is in jeapardy.

fully agree---

demonsp · 05/29/2008, 07:00 PM

So Capn. this is your fuge?

jamest0o0 · 05/29/2008, 07:18 PM

Yeah I have the same question as demon. Very interesting set up.

Aquarist007 · 05/29/2008, 07:30 PM

Here is bits an pieces of it spread over months and many threads but I think you can get the general idea of it from them

Aquarist007 · 05/29/2008, 07:32 PM

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Originally posted by demonsp
So Capn. this is your fuge?

yes, this is my tank--the mess in in the refugiums where it shoul be LOL

camlov2 · 05/29/2008, 07:59 PM

Hey Capn- can you tell my wife that our room with the washer and dryer is actually a fish room and not a laundry room. It would make it much easier to have space like yours.

Aquarist007 · 05/29/2008, 08:11 PM

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Originally posted by camlov2
Hey Capn- can you tell my wife that our room with the washer and dryer is actually a fish room and not a laundry room. It would make it much easier to have space like yours.

sure have her email my wife---she is very happy that all the filtration stuff is in the basement and out of site upstairs

to inachu--sorry for the slight hijack but I was orginally showing you how to keep chaeto in the display tank

it has ways of breaking off ect under a rock so it eventually comes apart and in the display tank alot of fish love to eat it

those soap dishes were a buck each--and the chaeto stays in them--when it comes out the top I harvest it

demonsp · 05/29/2008, 08:12 PM

Very Very impressive.

. I wish i had a basement.

We have differed on a few things now and then , but this doesnt change anything.....It seems you have controll of your system and this is number one. I would replace the clown with a manderine myself though.

I looked one more time and i didnt see the kitchen sink?

demonsp · 05/29/2008, 08:15 PM

Capn. where you born in Canada? Your an oximoreon. Did i say that right , your an american in an Canadian body. LOL J/K..

Aquarist007 · 05/29/2008, 08:39 PM

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Originally posted by demonsp
Very Very impressive. . I wish i had a basement.

We have differed on a few things now and then , but this doesnt change anything.....It seems you have controll of your system and this is number one. I would replace the clown with a manderine myself though.

I looked one more time and i didnt see the kitchen sink?

the next batch of live rock is curring in the kitchen sink

the clown is to be replaced a dwarf lion fish or a small trigger

I said replaced not eaten

Aquarist007 · 05/29/2008, 08:42 PM

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Originally posted by demonsp
Capn. where you born in Canada? Your an oximoreon. Did i say that right , your an american in an Canadian body. LOL J/K..

there you go again into the brown pops

so what I can figure out here is that you are calling me an

American moron?

demonsp · 05/29/2008, 08:52 PM

Oh man is that what you got from it.. No i said it before , your not the typical american stereotype - type. Whene talking to you theres no borders and thats cool

. Sorry if i slide a few jokes in time to time. But im sure you guys have some to , which i would be interested in hearing buy the way. I watch to much southpark.

Oh BTW are you a teacher ? And if so sorry about my middle grade education grammer, as its a long story? LOL Beer not reason for my limited education , beer is a by product of the I.R.S. .

05/29/2008, 11:24 AM	#1
inachu Moved On Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Maryland, metro area Posts: 1,219	How to anchor cheato in a tank? I tried to keep a smalll patch of cheato pinched under a rock but eventually it came undone.

05/29/2008, 11:35 AM	#2
matthewscars Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Astoria, NY Posts: 657	cheato is suppose to roll in the refuge. Pinning it down will defeat the purpose. __________________ A plane passed silently overhead, the streetlights, and the buds on the trees and the night, were still. Current Tank Info: 90g Reef/35g Sump with Foam Rock Wall. 10g Propagation Reef. 55g Goldfish Tank.

05/29/2008, 01:05 PM	#4
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	try this out ---one dollar in the dollar store--works great for cheato and mangroves __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

05/29/2008, 07:18 PM	#10
jamest0o0 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,325	Yeah I have the same question as demon. Very interesting set up. __________________ Planning on new tank, been about 5-6 years since I've been in the hobby

05/29/2008, 07:30 PM	#11
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	Here is bits an pieces of it spread over months and many threads but I think you can get the general idea of it from them __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

05/29/2008, 01:01 PM	#3
abulgin Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 2,664	It is not essential that Chaeto tumble as long as you periodically shake it/swish it to free it of detritus. Mine has remained stationary in my 30g fuge for a year and is doing fine.

05/29/2008, 02:18 PM	#5
fishnut321 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Warrensburg, Mo Posts: 763	you guys are brave putting chaeto in a display

05/29/2008, 07:00 PM	#9
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	So Capn. this is your fuge?

05/29/2008, 07:59 PM	#13
camlov2 Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 551	Hey Capn- can you tell my wife that our room with the washer and dryer is actually a fish room and not a laundry room. It would make it much easier to have space like yours. __________________ "can I pet him?" Brian Current Tank Info: none

05/29/2008, 08:12 PM	#15
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	Very Very impressive. . I wish i had a basement. We have differed on a few things now and then , but this doesnt change anything.....It seems you have controll of your system and this is number one. I would replace the clown with a manderine myself though. I looked one more time and i didnt see the kitchen sink?

05/29/2008, 08:15 PM	#16
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	Capn. where you born in Canada? Your an oximoreon. Did i say that right , your an american in an Canadian body. LOL J/K..

05/29/2008, 08:52 PM	#19
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	Oh man is that what you got from it.. No i said it before , your not the typical american stereotype - type. Whene talking to you theres no borders and thats cool . Sorry if i slide a few jokes in time to time. But im sure you guys have some to , which i would be interested in hearing buy the way. I watch to much southpark. Oh BTW are you a teacher ? And if so sorry about my middle grade education grammer, as its a long story? LOL Beer not reason for my limited education , beer is a by product of the I.R.S. .