One of the rear chambers in my 12 gallon cube is a mini fuge. I have cheato growing in there with a 10W submersible light. When I look down into there, it is clear that there is some built-up detritus snagged in the cheato.

I am tempted to rinse it in my change water, but know that I will lose many of the pods, etc.. that are most of the reason for having the fuge in the first place.

Whaddaya think?

throw some snails and crabs in there,they'll take care of em

Are you pruning/weeding out your chaeto periodically?

Yep.

Rinse it over a net then catch all the copepods and stick em back in the fuge