Best place to buy Egg Crate for a Frag Tank?
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Why are you getting so bent out of shape?
You posted that the whites release toxins and two of us asked nicely about it and now you are acting like someone is attacking your mother.
As you said, the proof is in the pudding and I for one was simply asking for a link or additional information.
This is just like the brute container debate. Some people claim that is the source of their issues but upon review by others there is little evidence to support that.
People use eggcrate for everything (Tank tops; in the fuge; to hold media; frag racks) these are just some
Why are you getting so bent out of shape?
You posted that the whites release toxins and two of us asked nicely about it and now you are acting like someone is attacking your mother.
As you said, the proof is in the pudding and I for one was simply asking for a link or additional information.
This is just like the brute container debate. Some people claim that is the source of their issues but upon review by others there is little evidence to support that.
Oh wow - I just re-read my post and you are right. I didn't mean it to come accross like that. I'm not like that - just at work so not really concentrating - sorry if I offended.
Jstdv8
New member
I know one of the big names in the industry did an article on it - I will look for it when I get off work
Reeferz412
Coral Hoarder
I use my coral fragging bone cutters. they snap with no effort and dont come out jagged for example, if you snapped them with force.
It is not hard to believe egg crate, a plastic product used for lights will leech whatever into your tank. I have noticed that when on racks, algae seems to want to overgrow my frags and not just on one occasion. There is no need to test this theory for me. I noticed it and stopped using it for now because I was tired of cleaning it. I will try to use the krylon technique. Is there any curing involved with that?
Thank you for taking the time to look for the article.
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I was not offended by the response about my asking for documentation. We do not know one anothers experience level. My experience is with thousands of tanks, and 20+ years of my bills being paid by the hobby. Whatever this study is- I do expect it to be more anecdotal than scientific. But I come here to learn- and if there is a proper scientific study I am all for learning the result. Success comes from keeping an open mind. I consider things that I "know" to be opinions that must be fluid, because more is discovered all the time. But eggcrate is in thousands of healthy tanks.....
Thank you for that. I was writing as if I were speaking casually to a friend not a stranger on the internet - lol I just listed my experience because I noticed I only had a hundred something posts on this forum so I didn't want anyone to think I was unexperienced. This hobby is supposed to be fun so if I were to offend someone, it would bother me - but you guys are great sports!
I didn't want to muck up the original authors thread here so I poste don my own here: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2277701
JZinCO
New member
I would suggest going to a fabric/hobby store, buying the stitching mesh (the material often used for algae turf scrubbers) and ziptieing that on to the eggcrate louver.
I want to say that eggcrate louver was standard (1/2" spacing) and my firefish, which had never ever been caught jumping or swimming erratically in the tank, ended up on the carpet jumping through the eggcrate. He was my first fish..sigh.
Seriously. Eggcrate is a jumping deterrent, and has worked for others, but is not jump proof.
edit: Also if you end up cutting more, I cut eggcrate effortlessly with tin snips.
Kevin Guthrie
Member
I cut eggcrate with needlenose pliers. One at a time grab the web you want to remove and twist.
