• The hetamorph has come to life!

  • Sara

Here I wrote that a year after laying the living stones, a calcareous algae Halimeda started growing from it. This is a kind of side effect. Initially, it all started with the fact that I decided to conduct an experiment in terms of less frequent water changes, and instead of the evaporated water, I would add a solution of calcium chloride and magnesium sulfate (and a little soda). A kind of simplified version of Balling. I use Tetra Marine salt. I also drip pharmacy iodine at a rate of 1 drop per 100 liters of water. I started dripping iodine for the prevention of bacterial infection in the clownfish. The jar is tiny, it is densely packed with various soft corals, and even several SPS. Approximately 3 weeks after adding the solution and not changing the water, Halimeda started growing from the stone, and Carollina also started growing. Now, in essence. Knowing about the healing properties of Chaetomorpha, I asked for it more than half a year ago. I received a decent bunch of fatty green grass and put it in the aquarium. But alas, it began to fade and break. I had to take it out. Several1-centimeter pieces remained in the aquarium. They drifted into the corner and lay there for half a year. Just a few weeks ago, they were still lying there. Then I noticed that it began to grow slowly. And suddenly this morning I looked behind that corner and saw a fairly decent bunch of Chaetomorpha curled up in rings, quite plump. What served as a trigger, if, except for calcium, magnesium and iodine, nothing else changed in the aquarium? No coal or

Zachary

You answered your question first and then asked it!

Debra8438

The thing is, I once dug into the topics about non-growing chetomorphs. And almost everywhere it was written that the culprit was the unsuitable light spectrum and lack of food. No one mentioned calcium, magnesium, and iodine. Did they know and keep silent? Moreover, the chetomorph settled in when there was almost no one living in the aquarium and there were no consumers of calcium and magnesium except for Carolina, yet it did not grow.

Adrienne

I didn't stay silent, I answered right away! High levels of calcium and stability in the system are related to Halimeda!!!! In young aquariums, it doesn't live long, which is why it's said to be difficult to keep. On the other hand, Cheatomorpha consumes nitrates, and in the absence of them, it often doesn't grow, but I think there is something else besides nitrates... the correct spectrum of lights, and maybe something else.

Leslie

She needs a small amount of phosphates. I think it's 29:1 to nitrates or 129:1, I don't remember the exact figure.

Jonathon8514

Rather 29:1, but from this point on, are there any concentrations? Methodology? Was everything done by eye?

Daniel132

I take a 10% 10 ml ampoule of calcium chloride and magnesium sulfate from the pharmacy. For 1.5 liters of osmosis water, I pour in the ampoule of calcium and half an ampoule of magnesium. I add about 100 ml daily to replace the evaporated water. Iodine is calculated at 1 drop per 100 liters of water. I have come to the conclusion that calcium and magnesium have no direct effect on chaetomorpha. The reason is the increased time between water changes. Consequently, nitrates and phosphates increase, and chaetomorpha has started to grow. Or are there other opinions?