A thread to show the frag tank I am setting up.
This is the sump and fuge that I have set up.
The fuge will draw water out via a maxi600 or 900 and then drain it back into the sump past the intake for the fuge and past the intake for the skimmer. The heater is between a baffle and the return to the tank is going to be a mag950 which will be here tomorrow. The return will be routed through ¾†pipe and have two return nozzles at opposite ends of the tank pointing away from the overflow which is pictured here.
I have constructed a grate for corals that might demand a bit more light that sits about halfway up in the tank on one of the edges.
The tank will get a 250W MH with a lumenarc reflector. I am not sure if I wanna go magnetic or electronic ballast suggestion and tips please.
Below are some pics of the current frag tank inhabitants.
Zoo’s with T-5’s and actinic
Zoo’s with actinic only
Ric’s with T-5’s and actinic
Ric’s with actinic only
In the above pics with the rics there is what looks like a mushroom that is porangish and greenish that I am not sure what it is. I have fragged it and that can also be seen in the same pic. It is still rather small.
Green encrusting Gorgonian I am growing out on a plastic QT lid.
You can see that the Zoo’s are growing out on a CD case and the gorgonian as mentioned is growing on a plastic QT lid. The Zoo’s show a straight line down their left side in the picture. This is the last cut I made on Sunday when I fragged them last. It is simple to frag these out on plastic because you cut the mat of the Zoo’s and then slide the razor blade under them along the plastic and there is your frag. No mess with chipping rock and such. I then superglue the mat of the Zoo’s onto rubble rock.
I am hoping to do the same with the gorgonian. It has just covered it rock and has begun to grow onto the QT lid. Once the Zoo’s grew down onto the CD case their growth has been great. I bought this rock about 6 months ago and I have about 8 frags with 5-12 polyps a frag. (I need to start selling things).
Well feel free to comment or question any of my tactics or ideas.
Here is a crap picture of some of the frags. They are in the back and hard to take a picture of.
This is the sump and fuge that I have set up.
The fuge will draw water out via a maxi600 or 900 and then drain it back into the sump past the intake for the fuge and past the intake for the skimmer. The heater is between a baffle and the return to the tank is going to be a mag950 which will be here tomorrow. The return will be routed through ¾†pipe and have two return nozzles at opposite ends of the tank pointing away from the overflow which is pictured here.
I have constructed a grate for corals that might demand a bit more light that sits about halfway up in the tank on one of the edges.
The tank will get a 250W MH with a lumenarc reflector. I am not sure if I wanna go magnetic or electronic ballast suggestion and tips please.
Below are some pics of the current frag tank inhabitants.
Zoo’s with T-5’s and actinic
Zoo’s with actinic only
Ric’s with T-5’s and actinic
Ric’s with actinic only
In the above pics with the rics there is what looks like a mushroom that is porangish and greenish that I am not sure what it is. I have fragged it and that can also be seen in the same pic. It is still rather small.
Green encrusting Gorgonian I am growing out on a plastic QT lid.
You can see that the Zoo’s are growing out on a CD case and the gorgonian as mentioned is growing on a plastic QT lid. The Zoo’s show a straight line down their left side in the picture. This is the last cut I made on Sunday when I fragged them last. It is simple to frag these out on plastic because you cut the mat of the Zoo’s and then slide the razor blade under them along the plastic and there is your frag. No mess with chipping rock and such. I then superglue the mat of the Zoo’s onto rubble rock.
I am hoping to do the same with the gorgonian. It has just covered it rock and has begun to grow onto the QT lid. Once the Zoo’s grew down onto the CD case their growth has been great. I bought this rock about 6 months ago and I have about 8 frags with 5-12 polyps a frag. (I need to start selling things).
Well feel free to comment or question any of my tactics or ideas.
Here is a crap picture of some of the frags. They are in the back and hard to take a picture of.
