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Acclimating chaetomorpha to brackish water?

PostPosted:19 May 2020 02:42
by Pikashel
I purchased about a cup of marine chaeto before I knew that it was meant for full salinity aquariums. Can I acclimate them to brackish water? I mean I already have a cup of it and I’m testing it now. But wondering if anyone has done it successfully and have any tips? :hmm:

Re: Acclimating chaetomorpha to brackish water?

PostPosted:19 May 2020 03:19
by Opaelover
Yes, chaeto algae can be adjusted to brackish water. Just make sure the salinity is not too low, at least 1.008 and above.

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Re: Acclimating chaetomorpha to brackish water?

PostPosted:19 May 2020 03:49
by Pikashel
Thank you! I don’t have a meter so I will just try different jars. I have so many candle jars I am up cycling :tongue:

Re: Acclimating chaetomorpha to brackish water?

PostPosted:19 May 2020 06:34
by Vorteil
I don't think so. The marine chaeto will break up after a week or so & mess you tank up. I tried.

Re: Acclimating chaetomorpha to brackish water?

PostPosted:19 May 2020 07:35
by Pikashel
Vorteil wrote: 19 May 2020 06:34 I don't think so. The marine chaeto will break up after a week or so & mess you tank up. I tried.
:blink: That stinks. I just put them in small containers to test with MTS, not my main tanks. I don’t have a marine aquarium so I’ve got nothing else to do with them :dead:

Re: Acclimating chaetomorpha to brackish water?

PostPosted:22 May 2020 20:12
by Opaelover
Chaeto will do fine, I have been housing them in opae tank for many years, sometimes when you port them to new tank/location they will disintegrate/breakdown into smaller lump but they will regrowth.
Refer to my picture, this tank was setup on 25 March 2020 with around 15 opae shrimp, today is 23 May 2020, almost 2 month passed, in between I added some rock and changed the layout, now opae already start to reproduce with few berried shrimp spotted, the chaeto algae is still growing strong, it didnt growth much cos I hardly on the light, only once awhile maybe like 2 to 3 time per week for 1 or 2 hrs or less.
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Re: Acclimating chaetomorpha to brackish water?

PostPosted:23 May 2020 00:44
by Pikashel
Glad to see you were able to do it successfully! I have some in a small container right now so we’ll see what happens

Re: Acclimating chaetomorpha to brackish water?

PostPosted:23 May 2020 03:58
by Opaelover
Pikashel wrote:Glad to see you were able to do it successfully! I have some in a small container right now so we’ll see what happens
Chaeto is easy, sometimes even hard to totally remove them once they establish as they will cling on all surface and will regrowth with few threads left, I have some success with other macro algae too.

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Re: Acclimating chaetomorpha to brackish water?

PostPosted:25 May 2020 09:41
by odin
Oh awesome, it’s nice to see some plants in Opae ula tanks.

Re: Acclimating chaetomorpha to brackish water?

PostPosted:26 May 2020 09:48
by Vorteil
Seriously is it that easy? Take some full marine algae and convert to brackish?