The ARID perked my interest in trying this.
RSS - Pax Bellum ARID Filter review: the most ?intense? way to grow Chaetomorpha
It seems to be just light & centralised flow with some people also feeding off a Ca reactor. To get the chaeto to also bring down Po4 they recommend dosing to hold the N ratio at around 100:1....I'm not going to be doing that right now & will leave the Po4 to be looked after by GFO.
My Po4 has just crept up to where i put in new GFO yesterday.(Still got rocks leaching & for now i'm not going to give back any progress on that front)
3 handfuls of chaeto inside a Cascade 1000 canister filter,internal trays removed,upper grating left in.
My setup is normally Tank -> Cascade 1500 ->UV -> Chiller-> Tank.
Have put the cascade 1000 in the end after the chiller so its now,
Tank -> Cascade 1500 ->UV -> Chiller-> Cascade 1000 -> Tank
Was hoping to just rely on the 1500's pump to run this circuit but flow is much better with the 1000's pump running as well - the chaeto will roll this way also so going with that for now.Guess having lower flow from the 1000 i've gotten away with it acting like a booster pump. Impellor clogging is a concern tho.
Cascade 1500 rated flow = 350 GPH
Cascade 1000 rated flow = 265 GPH
Lighting is from a Santa Monica HoG 3 upflow algae scrubber which is 6 x 3W red Led
Also have a Sunsun HMD-300 LED on it to throw some white at it as well
Tanks got 12 fish fed 2 cubes a day of frozen.
I dose 2ml/night Aquavitro Fuel which will hopefully also provide whats needed to keep the chaeto going.
4/1/16 - Orca cubes removed - No3 = 5ppm - Po4 = 0.12
Lighting for 18 on/6 off........ 12H00 on - 06H00 off
Mr Chaeto you have a week to show what you can do! (or not)
10sec vid referance
RSS - Pax Bellum ARID Filter review: the most ?intense? way to grow Chaetomorpha
It seems to be just light & centralised flow with some people also feeding off a Ca reactor. To get the chaeto to also bring down Po4 they recommend dosing to hold the N ratio at around 100:1....I'm not going to be doing that right now & will leave the Po4 to be looked after by GFO.
My Po4 has just crept up to where i put in new GFO yesterday.(Still got rocks leaching & for now i'm not going to give back any progress on that front)
3 handfuls of chaeto inside a Cascade 1000 canister filter,internal trays removed,upper grating left in.
My setup is normally Tank -> Cascade 1500 ->UV -> Chiller-> Tank.
Have put the cascade 1000 in the end after the chiller so its now,
Tank -> Cascade 1500 ->UV -> Chiller-> Cascade 1000 -> Tank
Was hoping to just rely on the 1500's pump to run this circuit but flow is much better with the 1000's pump running as well - the chaeto will roll this way also so going with that for now.Guess having lower flow from the 1000 i've gotten away with it acting like a booster pump. Impellor clogging is a concern tho.
Cascade 1500 rated flow = 350 GPH
Cascade 1000 rated flow = 265 GPH
Lighting is from a Santa Monica HoG 3 upflow algae scrubber which is 6 x 3W red Led
Also have a Sunsun HMD-300 LED on it to throw some white at it as well
Tanks got 12 fish fed 2 cubes a day of frozen.
I dose 2ml/night Aquavitro Fuel which will hopefully also provide whats needed to keep the chaeto going.
4/1/16 - Orca cubes removed - No3 = 5ppm - Po4 = 0.12
Lighting for 18 on/6 off........ 12H00 on - 06H00 off
Mr Chaeto you have a week to show what you can do! (or not)
10sec vid referance
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