So...I had the unfortunate choice of using one of those small HOB fugs on my 55. I'm in the process of re-doing everything with a larger tank but I have some questions that I never did quite figure out.
People talk about trimming chaeto to help remove the nitrates. I understand this concept. However - my chaeto always had crud on it - I'm guessing because the flow wasn't strong enough. With the crud - came the scavengers...my chaeto had mini stars, bristle worms and amphipods...big and small...and who knows how many copepods. I shut it down because I didn't like the HOB setup.
Anyways - do people actually take the time to remove the critters before tossing? Do others even have critters on their chaeto? Maybe those critters shouldn't even be on there because of my flow issue? I dunno...they seemed to have like a mini-city in the chaeto (a la the worms in Fry's body from Futurama).
Finally - when my new tank is set up - and I get a new batch of chaeto, is it necessary to QT the chaeto? I don't plan on dropping lugols or Flatworm Exit on it...but should I?
People talk about trimming chaeto to help remove the nitrates. I understand this concept. However - my chaeto always had crud on it - I'm guessing because the flow wasn't strong enough. With the crud - came the scavengers...my chaeto had mini stars, bristle worms and amphipods...big and small...and who knows how many copepods. I shut it down because I didn't like the HOB setup.
Anyways - do people actually take the time to remove the critters before tossing? Do others even have critters on their chaeto? Maybe those critters shouldn't even be on there because of my flow issue? I dunno...they seemed to have like a mini-city in the chaeto (a la the worms in Fry's body from Futurama).
Finally - when my new tank is set up - and I get a new batch of chaeto, is it necessary to QT the chaeto? I don't plan on dropping lugols or Flatworm Exit on it...but should I?