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Dragonne · 04-16-2009, 08:02 PM

I know i's a little different than you are setting up, but I just did a frag tank myself a few weeks ago. The same as you I have a TON of Capnella frags that I needed to make it for. The main differences are that I went with a bed of red sea pellets to stabilize the frags in instead of plexi or whatever, I am using LR rubble instead of plugs for bases, and I have mine cycling through my primary sump/fuge from the rest of my tanks (increased water volume, one stop maintenance).

Old pic:

Pic today (one month later):

It's grown in a little and become a SERIOUS pod breeder as well.

PS: I've never been a big fan of reef plugs of any kind. I don't buy corals on them, only rock. Why? It's completely unnatural looking in the DT to have this round plug sitting there as a base for a coral. It seems to me that the people who like plugs the most are fraggers (because they are easy).

04-16-2009, 08:02 PM	#22 (permalink)
Dragonne Midas Blenny Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 88 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: new frag tank I know i's a little different than you are setting up, but I just did a frag tank myself a few weeks ago. The same as you I have a TON of Capnella frags that I needed to make it for. The main differences are that I went with a bed of red sea pellets to stabilize the frags in instead of plexi or whatever, I am using LR rubble instead of plugs for bases, and I have mine cycling through my primary sump/fuge from the rest of my tanks (increased water volume, one stop maintenance). Old pic: Pic today (one month later): It's grown in a little and become a SERIOUS pod breeder as well. PS: I've never been a big fan of reef plugs of any kind. I don't buy corals on them, only rock. Why? It's completely unnatural looking in the DT to have this round plug sitting there as a base for a coral. It seems to me that the people who like plugs the most are fraggers (because they are easy). __________________ 96g bow FOWLR tank, 2x48w full spectrum PC + 2x48w actinic PC + 4 blue moon LEDs 55g standard reef, 3x54w 18000°K T-5 HO + 1x54w actinic T-5 HO + 20 blue moon LED strip 30g refugium/sump, 1x54w 18000°K T-5 HO + 1x54w actinic T-5 HO + 1 blue moon LED 10g frag tank, 1x54w 10000°K T-5 HO -The 96g, 55g, and 10g overflows are cycling into the sump part of the 30g where almost all of the filtration and skimming reside (small skimmer on the back of the FOWLR), through the fuge section with lots of free growing macro algae (no caulerpa!), then back up to both tanks again. My name is Michael, and I am a Reef-A-Holic. Oh boy am I ever... Michael's CoralCam LIVE!