How Can I Improve My Fuge?

[kevin34]

I want to turn part of my sump into a fuge to get a good zooplankton population going because I want to try a copperband butterfly in the future. My tank is a 125 and the section of my sump is about 8"X16"X16". Right now I just have some LR rubble, sand, and cheato in there. How can I improve it? I also have a PC light over the sump but havnt seen much growth in the cheato. It's been in there since august.

 

[florida joe]

IMO your dimensions are not big enough for a 125 I would research what is the min size ref for your tank and turn over rate (I don’t want to make things to easy for your but if you can not find the info I can give it to you) as far as your Cheato goes what are your nitrate readings? Your tank may be in equilibrium and the Cheato is not getting enough to eat

 

[pumper]

The lighting for good growth of the cheato will be a spectrum of 6500k.Also the light needs to suspended no more than 4-6 inches above the cheato. Mine did not grow at all until i done this myself.