Newbie Chaeto question

So here it goes. I ordered some Chaeto from the UK via eBay, took a little over two weeks to arrive. Not sure what it should look like, but it is kind of brittle, it wasn't seaweedy in texture like I had imagined. Anyway that might be how it is. It was wet in the bag, so it hadn't dried out.

I have a 4" DSB as a refuguim and a piece of LR, what I didn't realise was that the flow through my refuguim was so fast, until I put the Chaeto in. some strands broke off and got sucked into the return section of the sump, so is probably circulating around my DT.

At first I stood the LR up to form a protective barrier, but that didn't work. I then stuck the Chaeto into one of the small net bags that you get some media in, this came with some Silicate media. I have now hung the bag in the refugium.

So how do I best deal with this, let the Chaeto grow a little in the bag before taking it out, or is there a better method. Will it eventually bond together in a mass or stay as separate strands as it seems to be now.

Thanks for any advice

 

some people tumble cheto to get it to grow faster.

 

slow down your return pump so your pods can have a chance to swim and not get blown away, then add power heads in the dt to move water, you get better water movement with less watts using a powerhead

 

Letting it tumble is fine but you don't need alot of flow in a refugium, depending on the light and nutrient levels you will have more than you'll know what to do with before you know it.

 

Thanks for the answers guys, I think the problem is not so much that the flow was to fast, it was more that it was such a small amount of Chaeto that when I put it in, instead of sinking, it floated to the top in almost single strands then got flushed through the system. Once I have a larger amount, hopefully the weight alone will hold it down.

I was disappointed, the amount I got you could squeeze into a matchbox, but I can't get it here so had to order online. Of course you don't see it until you get it