Chaeto trimming

sabbath · #1 12/04/2007, 11:19 AM

When you trim back your chaeto. Do you keep the lighter stuff at the top or the darker green part.

spamreefnew · #2 12/04/2007, 07:22 PM

i usealy get rid of the yellow stuff figure its like a tree in the fall dying....so....

sabbath · #3 12/04/2007, 07:35 PM

But what throws me is the yellow stuff is the stuff that is the closet to light. Would not that be the new growth? The stuff at the bottom on mine is dark green.

SimilanRocks · #4 12/04/2007, 08:26 PM

I take the new growth yellow part out, and keep the dark green. The dark green grow faster for me, I think it's the hungry part.

jeweldamsel · #5 12/04/2007, 09:24 PM

I would keep the dark green part. They seem to be healthier.

yellowwatchmen · #6 12/04/2007, 09:34 PM

dark green

vanmo92 · #7 12/04/2007, 10:13 PM

On mine it is all the same color thought, so if your is like mine you can keep or toss any part of it.

demonsp · #8 12/04/2007, 10:40 PM

Other reefer would buy , trade , or just love to have as with some LFS. I trim to about the size of a softball and trim back whene its 3 or 4 sizes bigger. You want nice green cheato for best results. Also waving in the main tank will help pod population.

Snowboarda42 · #9 12/04/2007, 10:51 PM

Your light might be too close if its turning yellow at the top.

Either rotate the chaeto so its green side up, move your light up, or both.

erendon · #10 12/06/2007, 02:55 AM

I'm different, I pluck out the dark green stuff. The new lighter green is what I keep in my sump. The new stuff.

Frick-n-Frags · #11 12/06/2007, 04:00 AM

i pull the whole wad and sort through it, keeping the greenest "springiest" healthiest looking and lose the yellowish or mooshy or just not spunky looking stuff as best as possible before losing some of the pretty stuff too.

but usually, there is very little low grade, so basically I just pick out enough to go back in probably about 1/4 to 1/3 of what I pulled and even a lot of the good looking stuff gets tossed.