My tips for good chaeto growth

[Mavrk]

Originally posted by Triterium
Mavrk,
Your lighting is probably not the reason why your chaeto isn't growing. There might just not be nutrients or some other factor. If you have a bulb that others have had success with, there's a good chance the restricted growth is caused by something else.

I have seen both 5500K and 6500K spiral compacts marked as "Daylight" at HD. Both will work fine for chaeto.

Yeah, I think the tip on Iron might help. My nitrates are at 0 and I am running a phosban reactor full of PhosPure. I still have some algae in the tank (not excessive amounts). So I figure there are still enough nutrients in the tank to feed it.

My tank was established the beginning of August. I have never gotten good growth in the chaeto (even when I was fighting cyano). I put it in my DT and got a little extra growth, but not what I would expect. I'll try iron.