cheato without light

[Maverick00]

anyone know how long cheato will survive with no light before it starts to decay?

[RuGlu6]

3 days max.
You can put it in the garlic bag or similar and keep it in the display tank this will give you time to fix the light in the sump. If that the case at all.

[Maverick00]

ok thanks,

I have a 65w 'growing bulb' above the sump, i was running 24hrs but noticed its raising my water temp to around 82-83F. I dont have an automatic timer at the moment so ive been manually turning it on and off every 12 hrs or so. I was curious if i left it off all weekend (going out of town) if it would be alright.

I think ill go and buy some type of CFL, should solve the heat issue.

[cathyg_99]

ive just tucked mine in the corner overflow and added some eggcrate over the overflow pipe so it wont get sucked into the sump