Cheato keeps dying?

ste6168 · 02/05/2006, 11:24 AM

I have tried two different patches of cheato and both of them have died after like 3 weeks. My tank is new (about a month or so old) and i am still having cyano outbreaks and another type of dark green algae in my sump, could these two algaes be eating up all the nutrients? I am also skimming but not that heavy, what are some ways to reduce the other algaes so the cheato does not keep dying? also i am thinking about getting a different type of macro, what would be better than cheato?

Shoestring Reefer · 02/05/2006, 11:27 AM

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Originally posted by ste6168
what would be better than cheato?

Nothing. I assume it's in a sump or fuge. You may need different lighting; cheap lighting often works very well.

ste6168 · 02/05/2006, 11:35 AM

yeah it is in a sump and i am using the exact light that that melev suggested, i forget the site i ordered it from, but anyway could it have soomething to do with nutrients in that tank? not enough of them?

02/05/2006, 11:24 AM	#1
ste6168 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,066	Cheato keeps dying? I have tried two different patches of cheato and both of them have died after like 3 weeks. My tank is new (about a month or so old) and i am still having cyano outbreaks and another type of dark green algae in my sump, could these two algaes be eating up all the nutrients? I am also skimming but not that heavy, what are some ways to reduce the other algaes so the cheato does not keep dying? also i am thinking about getting a different type of macro, what would be better than cheato?

02/05/2006, 11:35 AM	#3
ste6168 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,066	yeah it is in a sump and i am using the exact light that that melev suggested, i forget the site i ordered it from, but anyway could it have soomething to do with nutrients in that tank? not enough of them?