rebekwl July 6, 2013 Share July 6, 2013 So, I got some cheato some time back with the intention of buying a light to care for it, long story short.. It died and completely dissolved into the sysem, I found my nitrates over 80ppm!! preformed 2 water changes and still no effect? Upon further digging, I realized that the pump for my carbon reactor was in the the return chamber Downstream of the Now dissolved cheato, and had sucked it up and stored it in the reactor chamber.. So everytime I did a water change it was dosing the tank with Nitrates!! I removed it cleaned it up and put in new carbon. We are now down to 40ppm overnight, I will do another water change today.. Good news!! Death toll so far = 0.. Anyone ever heard of cheato doing this? I know that it is a living microalgae and anything that dies can produce nitrates right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef July 6, 2013 Share July 6, 2013 I've seen chaeto white out and release some nitrates....but never completely dissolve....that a new one for me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebekwl July 6, 2013 Author Share July 6, 2013 I've seen chaeto white out and release some nitrates....but never completely dissolve....that a new one for me.... Could it be that I never got the light? It was over a month ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef July 6, 2013 Share July 6, 2013 Yeah, but also that you have very low nutrients, atleast not enough to sustain growth... That's about the only thing I know about macros, you need nutrients, light and flow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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