Originally Posted by fritz

You don't need more you need what you have. What you need is for the cheato to grow. As the cheato grows it uses up nutrients. If you start with a lot you'll have problems as you don't know how much you need. If you add a bunch but don't have the nutrients to feed it, it will die and release nutrients into your system.


The best way to export nutrients is start with a small amount. It will grow to the nutrients available to it. When it stops growing you know you've hit a balance. Remove half of the cheato. That half will then grow some more to use up that gap. When it stalls remove half. Filling your fuge will also keep light from reaching the lower parts and that is bad. Again die off will release what you are trying to remove.