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Refuge lighting period with chaeto
I personally light my refuge in a reverse cycle to my DT
Is 24/7 lighting beneficial with chaeto? I know this method is necessary with some macro algae to keep it from going asexual, but is there a benefit with chaeto. Do you get more nutrient export? Just wondering |
Asexual chaeto !?
Isn't that a punk band ? |
Hmmm, no comments or personal experience with 24/7 lighting of chaeto?
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My refugium lights are usually on 24/7. However, right now, my sump is usually so full of extra cured live rock that there's no room for chaeto.
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I have mine on the reverse cycle as well. My Chaeto grows like crazy.
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FWIW, when I had a caulerpa farm, running the lighting 24/7 never stopped it from sporulating (aka "going sexual").
In answer to your question though I sort of doubt there would be a noticeable difference in nutrient export going 24/7 vs not. I think what would make a telling difference is the size of the chaeto growing area so that there's more of it, but otherwise probably it's only a few percentage points different. That's my completely uneducated guess anyhow. :p |
Thanks folks, will leave mine on a reverse cycle to the DT.
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I use reverse as well for help with PH. my refugium lights have been toast the past couple days, and I've had a noticeable PH drop at night. used to be .3-.4, now it's .5-.6.
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I don't recall where I read this but someone had determined that 16 hours was a magic number for chaeto and that 24/7 reduced export somewhat. I'll see if I can find the 'study'...
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