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My cheato died :(
So why would my cheato die?
I have a grow lights made to grow plants i bought from RONA (60w) on a chamber in my sump. I also have some red algea in there (which also looks like its dieing) The light is on when the sun is down. aprox 10-12hours a day. What could be causing my cheato to die off? There isnt much surface agitation where these guys are, its right next to the filter sock where my return comes in. |
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Do you have any biopellets or other nutrient reduction systems on the tank? Could be that you don't have enough nutrients to keep them thriving.
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So what you are saying is my system is running lean? I do have pulsing xenia in there, is that going to die next? |
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The more information the better.
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Whats the Kelvin rating of your 60W bulb?
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im running 180g, link is on my signature with specs
the bulb didnt have a kelvin rating that i could find, it said "gro light", made for plants, its very yellow though. Mind you i did just notice my duncan isnt doing to great either, does it need nutrients? also i forgot im running rosphaws, one bag of it and that green phosphate removal pad thing. |
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Do you have any algae growing in the display tank?
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nope
a few weeks ago though i had to clean my glass everyday now its just every week |
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I have found that cheato grows very well with 6500 deg K bulbs. I bought the 6500 K phillips daylight curly cue flourescent from HD
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I have some to give away if u want a fair amount
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