cheato help

[scotmc]

I am having problems with my cheato going in my return section in my sump. I use eggcreat on the top pf my fuge section, but it's not really working. I am getting tired of looking at cheato in my main tank. It's not a lot, but it looks bad in the power heads.

[boxfishpooalot]

Sounds like theres not much you can do but make a better "cage" for it.

[scotmc]

If I slow the water in the fuge, the ball of cheato stops spinning. How much flow should be going through the fuge?

[Capt_Cully]

you could trap it by putting a rock on it to hold it down. I had to do that in my refugium. the stuff just grows out around it. every week, I shake it off and plump it up. I prune when appropriate.

[mg426]

I have to prune mine once every couple weeks at a minimum or it will overgrow the refugium.

[scotmc]

How is it not going into your return section?

[Steve 926]

I use a plastic needle point grid, cable tied to the egg crate in my sump. Just cable tie the top in 2~3 places so it can flip up to be cleaned at times. K mart , Wal-Mart, etc, has them cheap. water flow is fine & large pieces of cheato remain in the fudge & not in the return.

Steve 926

[Percula9]

Go to home depot and get some window screen. Zip tie it around your egg crate. This should stop the chaeto from getting into your main tank.