cheato algea growing with no lights?

[ometh]

so i have a 10 gallon full of cheato just growing like crazy but, heres the thing. this tank is just a rock curing tank and I just threw in some cheato I didn't need it. crazy as it seems it started to grow and now it's almost a football size wad with no light!? (my room is always dark except for the 3 tanks but, the cure tank is far from them to even receive light) Has anyone ever experienced this or am i just doing something crazy that just works? lol

[eklikewhoa]

It might be just absorbing nutrients for the time being then eventually will stop growing which will in turn stop absorbing nutrients.

[ometh]

could be a possibility but, this has been going on for a lil over 6 months now lol

[eklikewhoa]

Maybe its drawing some sort of light somewhere? If not turn that thing into a macro algae display tank!

[ometh]

Maybe its drawing some sort of light somewhere? If not turn that thing into a macro algae display tank!

I'd like to know where from. it's puzzling me and thats a sick idea! Hmmmm should I go invert, dwarf sea horse or some kind of small fish for livestock. O.o

[eklikewhoa]

I bought from a guy in florida, ill look him up when I get home.

Either that or just dig through the cheato tanks at the lfs to find them, fish gallery use to carry some on ocassion too.

[ometh]

be cool have an cheato algae tank with dwarf sea horses only thing is that I have to keep flow going mildy so no cyano starts going.

[Darbex]

Is the tank near a window?

[ometh]

nope. no where near one. my curtains are always closed so that rules that out completely. only thing I can think of is that it's drawing what light it can from the other tanks. which is barely anything :P lol