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A UVB bulb is for reptiles. Chaeto grows fine with a soft or warm white bulb. I used a 4-watt 6500k LED refugium light from JBJ and grew chaeto by the handfuls.
I've been thinking about getting some chaeto algae. I was wanting to know what the lighting requirements are. I'm thinking of putting it in my sump with a clamp lamp with a 26w 10.0 uvb bulb is this sufficient?
A UVB bulb is for reptiles. Chaeto grows fine with a soft or warm white bulb. I used a 4-watt 6500k LED refugium light from JBJ and grew chaeto by the handfuls.
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Equipment - Reef Angel aquarium controller, Reef Octopus skimmer, Aqua UV 8W UV sterilizer, Precision Marine KR20 kalk reactor, BRS dosing pumps, 2 Vortech MP10's and Eheim 1262 return pump (900GPH). DIY LED lighting using CREE 5-watt neutral whites, 3-watt royal blue and 3-watt violet UV
Fish - Blue Assessor basslet, McCosker's flasher wrasse, Longfin fairy wrasse, mated pair Percula clowns, Tailspot blenny and Purple firefish goby
Inverts, CUC - Huge RBTA, small maxima clam, Blue tuxedo urchin, Fire shrimp, Arrow crab, Sandsifter sea star, Tonga fighting conch's, trochus, nerite and nassarius snails
Corals - SPS, LPS and some softies
+1 to the above advice.
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I use a clamp on and a 6500k flood light. My chaeto grows quite well if the nutrients get high(ie my wife feeds the fish).
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What exactly do you mean soft white light?Originally Posted by reefer gladness
That's just a marketing term applied to white lights with a warmer color temp. Warm white and soft white are pretty interchangeable terms. Its the light at the yellow to red end of the spectrum that makes plants grow. Generally green plants reflect green light and dont use much in the blue to violet range.
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others."
Equipment - Reef Angel aquarium controller, Reef Octopus skimmer, Aqua UV 8W UV sterilizer, Precision Marine KR20 kalk reactor, BRS dosing pumps, 2 Vortech MP10's and Eheim 1262 return pump (900GPH). DIY LED lighting using CREE 5-watt neutral whites, 3-watt royal blue and 3-watt violet UV
Fish - Blue Assessor basslet, McCosker's flasher wrasse, Longfin fairy wrasse, mated pair Percula clowns, Tailspot blenny and Purple firefish goby
Inverts, CUC - Huge RBTA, small maxima clam, Blue tuxedo urchin, Fire shrimp, Arrow crab, Sandsifter sea star, Tonga fighting conch's, trochus, nerite and nassarius snails
Corals - SPS, LPS and some softies
So then am I right by assuming that a Corallife colormax would be sufficient?
Ya, you should be fine with the colormax.
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others."
Equipment - Reef Angel aquarium controller, Reef Octopus skimmer, Aqua UV 8W UV sterilizer, Precision Marine KR20 kalk reactor, BRS dosing pumps, 2 Vortech MP10's and Eheim 1262 return pump (900GPH). DIY LED lighting using CREE 5-watt neutral whites, 3-watt royal blue and 3-watt violet UV
Fish - Blue Assessor basslet, McCosker's flasher wrasse, Longfin fairy wrasse, mated pair Percula clowns, Tailspot blenny and Purple firefish goby
Inverts, CUC - Huge RBTA, small maxima clam, Blue tuxedo urchin, Fire shrimp, Arrow crab, Sandsifter sea star, Tonga fighting conch's, trochus, nerite and nassarius snails
Corals - SPS, LPS and some softies
Ok cool. Looks like im going to be switching some bulbs. Lol
Honestly you can probably grow cheato under just about any light albeit at different growth rates so if you have an extra clamp on light laying around go ahead and use it. Most people who have trouble growing chaeto don't have sufficient water flow.
I've also encountered two varieties of chaeto, one that tends to grow in a tighter ball (better IMO) and the other tends to have little pieces that fall off and end up in your filter.
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others."
Equipment - Reef Angel aquarium controller, Reef Octopus skimmer, Aqua UV 8W UV sterilizer, Precision Marine KR20 kalk reactor, BRS dosing pumps, 2 Vortech MP10's and Eheim 1262 return pump (900GPH). DIY LED lighting using CREE 5-watt neutral whites, 3-watt royal blue and 3-watt violet UV
Fish - Blue Assessor basslet, McCosker's flasher wrasse, Longfin fairy wrasse, mated pair Percula clowns, Tailspot blenny and Purple firefish goby
Inverts, CUC - Huge RBTA, small maxima clam, Blue tuxedo urchin, Fire shrimp, Arrow crab, Sandsifter sea star, Tonga fighting conch's, trochus, nerite and nassarius snails
Corals - SPS, LPS and some softies
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