What's The Best Way To Harvest Chaeto Algae?

[steve861uk]

Mine has grown wider and thicker now and is ready to harvest, but how should I go about it?

Do I cut it with scissors or just tear some off around the edges? Does it really matter?

End of questions from a Chaeto virgin

 

[Realist]

I don't use the magic green stuff but people I know who dod just rip handfuls of it out and it grows back just as quick.

 

[doug_amanda]

As above, I don't use it anymore but when I did I just pulled about a third of it off and spread out what was left so it got more light.

 

[steve861uk]

Did the deed last night and pulled out a few fist fulls Also changed my Rowa Phos and turned my water brown , need to find a better way to complete that messy task

 

[mgreenough]

Did the deed last night and pulled out a few fist fulls Also changed my Rowa Phos and turned my water brown , need to find a better way to complete that messy task

I fill my reactor a few times with rodi to flush the fine particles away and orange water. Gone back to phospate minus though after my rowa tumbled too much and turned the sump orange.

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[stonemonkey]

Best way regards replacing rowa i find, is flush through as if your doing a waterchange through the rowa outlet! So youve done a waterchange and clean rowa!!!

 

[steve861uk]

Thankfully the reactor does not need tending to on a weekly basis So guess I will have to put up with the mess of ditching the old stuff and trying to spread the new stuff all over the kitchen sink/floor, then will flush it through with clean ro (by running the pump in a bucket)

Hopefully I won't need to do this erroneous task for at least another few weeks

 

[shazants]

I do the same as above in regards to Cheato..... just pull hand fulls out until it is half the mass it was.....

In regards to Rowa ... I quickly moved to Seachem Phosguard...... this is a beautiful white clean small ball substance that does the same thing!

No more rinsing the brown powder!!! Can't see me ever going back!