cheato in the QT?

birddog486 · 11/01/2009, 10:54 AM

has anyone had success keeping cheato in the QT? Specifically if a copper treatment is used.

just wondering if copper will kill the cheato.

Bonta · 11/01/2009, 11:10 AM

For water paraneter purposes ? Don't you need lighting for Chaeto ?

birddog486 · 11/01/2009, 11:19 AM

yes, to help uptake ammonia, and cheato does need some light to grow. I'm just wondering if copper will kill the cheato.

birddog486 · 11/02/2009, 07:54 PM

any ideas?

thegrun · 11/02/2009, 07:59 PM

Copper will kill cheato. It is basically a poison that fish have a higher tolerance to than plants and microbes.

wooden_reefer · 11/03/2009, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by birddog486

yes, to help uptake ammonia, and cheato does need some light to grow. I'm just wondering if copper will kill the cheato.

Why do you want cheato to uptake ammonia?

Why not nitrification bacteria?

birddog486 · 11/03/2009, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wooden_reefer

Why do you want cheato to uptake ammonia?

Why not nitrification bacteria?

Well I didn't want to get all technical but most types of algae will consume ammonia if present before nitrate & phosphate .

Using algae to uptake the ammonia there isn't a worry about nitrate buildup because there's no conversion from ammonia to nitrite to nitrate.

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birddog486 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wi Posts: 193	cheato in the QT? has anyone had success keeping cheato in the QT? Specifically if a copper treatment is used. just wondering if copper will kill the cheato.

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birddog486 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wi Posts: 193	yes, to help uptake ammonia, and cheato does need some light to grow. I'm just wondering if copper will kill the cheato.

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birddog486 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wi Posts: 193	any ideas?

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thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	Copper will kill cheato. It is basically a poison that fish have a higher tolerance to than plants and microbes.