Fragging Madness . . .

[2455coop]

I know "Wally World" sells 55 gal tanks pretty cheap. I was thinking about doing something like that as well...That and I just updated the lights on my 75 with VHO's and 2 MH's ...I now have 2 PC's that are begging to be used. 1 has 2 65w's and the other has 2 95w's

[billyr98]

i am running a custom acrylic tank, that i built for frags... it is 96" x 24" x 12" tall...i run metal halides after trying t5hos... and i got no growth with the t5s on frags... great color, but just no growth... plumbing is connected to the main system, but the sump and fuge is a must good luck with it...

[mps9506]

You were doing mostly SPS frags right billy?

[billyr98]

i have sps, lps and zoas in there...

[mps9506]

No growth from the lps or zoa's from the T5's?

[cioutlaw]

glasscages.com makes shallow tanks for growout.

I personnally dont like reef plugs simply because they are Ugly till grown over.
If I was doing a grow out tank I would buy rubble or make rubble to mount frags on.

You could have a sump/fuge with DSB or liverock & even keep some fish for bio-filter.

Wish I had the room I ould have a frag tank for sure. When I build a new sump it will have a grow out section.

[mps9506]

I did use little plastic golf tees for a while for frags since they were easy to trim down and easy to hide and coralline coverd the plastic quickly.
However they don't fit the eggcrate, you have fab up some type of holder for the tees if you go that route unless you have a sand bed to stick em in.

[EagleEyes]

Wow, i like golf tees! I didnt understand the idea of the egg crate. You just mount it on the cardboard egg crate and rip it off when you want to relocate the frag to your tank? And they are real egg crates right?

[cioutlaw]

Golf tee's would be MUCH better, maybe a piece of acrylic with holes drilled for the tee's would work.

[BigAl07]

Egg crate isn't what eggs come in. It's the plastic light diffusers you see in 2x4 flourescent lights in commercial applications. It's a grid of small square openings. Try looking at this link.. it should help
Its PROP time.... - Nano-Reef.com Forums

I LOVE the ideas of plastic golf tees!! I'll have to experiment with those and get them to work! Awesome idea!!

Allen

[EagleEyes]

Lol Ok, i have seen those, it was interesting to think that the actual egg crates would NOT break apart in water. What you should do is have a dense peice of penetratable rubber or substrate, then stick the golf tees into that like youre teeing up, until the frags are mature enough. Then just cut off whatever you dont want. (Dont tee off with Frags lol)

[kyle1284]

Originally Posted by BigAl07

Not sure if this link will work but it looks something like what I am thinking about doing..

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...yofFragFTS.jpg

Allen

how big is that tank?

[FateX8]

i started up a prop tank this year and its 6'x3'x1'
barebottom, with a 30br as a fuge with a skimmer
about ~50 lbs of lr and chaeto
main thing about any tank no matter what its' purpose is is stability, so i ended up getting a nice size chiller
i'm using a 250w mh on my system with 75w actinics
im actually using the marble tiles from lowes as my mounts, theyre roughly 7/8"x7/8" each
they come in 12x12 square mats, but i also use lr rubble if i have any around
i only prop zoas do at the moment, though and wil get larger discs for the acans

[mps9506]

Originally Posted by kyle1284

how big is that tank?

Looks like a ten gallon. I would recomend larger or at least hooked to a larger system. That would be hard to maintain with the MH over it.

[BigAl07]

Yeah that's a 10g tank. Very simple in design and it was initially a test before plunking down the $$ on a larger tank but it worked out so well it's still in the 10g tank.

I'm thinking of something more shallow and cubicle so there is more surface area and easy access. But the racking system is what I am after more than anything else in that picture.

Allen