Chaeto

[chrissaysyes]

How come my chaetomorpha chunk in my refugium doesnt float mid-level like I see other peoples do?

 

[Lynden]

Mine sinks. I think the floating may be due to a large mass having more algae supporting underneath.

 

[chrissaysyes]

I know the mass is supposed to "tumble" or spin but whats a good way to get it to do that? I have the outlet from my canister in that chamber to create a little extra flow but still no tumbling...maybe I need a lesson in fluid dynamics or is there a trick that I dont know?

 

[Musho3210]

i dont think tumbling or spinning is needed, as long as water is actually going through it...

 

[1entra]

Mine just sits at the bottom of my fuge all covered in cyano etc and I'm constantly thinking its dieing but it always seems to have grown a little everytime I see it, and my nitrates are low so I'm assuming its not dead just yet!

 

[chrissaysyes]

i dont think tumbling or spinning is needed, as long as water is actually going through it...

Figured the spinning was for even distribution of light?

 

[SkiFletch]

heh, mine too floats in one spot due to the fact that I use it as an air trap . Its just fine if it floats stationary. Lighting is more important than flowrate

 

[chrissaysyes]

maybe I should install an air pump under it?

 

[SkiFletch]

No need, and if you did that, you'd just get air bubbles trapped in it and it would float anyways

 

[chrissaysyes]

noo...re-read, It's NOT floating. I need it to so it will rotate to distribute the light.

 

[SkiFletch]

Oh, lol, well it doesn't really matter if it floats or sinks... Mine floats in one orientation and fills down without any rotating