my new frag tank

[VCoo71]

chris4693 of heartland custom acrylic delivered this new tank to me this AM .....very well built no bubbles in the seams and it only took a week..im very impressed...we are pretty lucky to have a custom acrylic builder in the area you cant beat his prices and he gives comas members a discount!

pics of it dry

i used 2 3/4 inch stand pipes drains... one drains back into the main sump the other in the a future fuge that will fit under the stand (a big thanks to prater for the stand deal!)along with my Ca reactor and 5 ga auto top off bucket

i just used a mag 12 i had laying around to plumb both the 90 ga main tank and this 17 ga frag tank

pics of the first wet test

and finally running with the main tank...i put 25 frag disks in that i also got from chris i figure i can put around 75 disks in at a time

now the fun part comes....i will be getting out my cutters and filling it up!!!

a big thanks to chris4693
if anyone is wanting any kinda fuge,fragtank,overflow,or custom sump contact chris

charlie

PS chris let me know next time upi come up this way i will take 100 more disks

 

[chris4693]

Looks good Charlie, Let us know when you have frags ready to go.

 

[VCoo71]

chris

i couldnt be happier with your work!

i will have the 25 disks filled up tomorrow....i will post more pics then

charlie

 

[pwhitby]

Looks good charlie.

I also have some of chris's disks and will have a busy day fragging tomorrow.

P.

 

[kpk]

Nice Charlie looks good. What we can see of the main tank looks to be doing good too. PM me when you got some frags ready.

Kyle

 

[VCoo71]

kyle

will do...i still have one more intercepter treatment to do next weekend

i want to be 100% sure i dont spread any possiable pests

charlie

 

[kpk]

I can understand that don't wanna get the blame for the little red terrors. I got me some interceptor to drip frags/colonies before they even enter the tank. I only have a few frags atm, but gotta get my stock up.

Kyle

 

[VCoo71]

i have both intercepter and TMPCC on hand but have yet to try the TMPCC
i know the intercepter is 100% effective i have read mixed reviews on the TMPCC

charlie

 

[kpk]

I have read a few things on TMPCC whether it does anything to the redbugs or not also. I got a bottle awhile back and have dipped a few frags, but they didn't have redbugs to start with.

Would be nice if they proved it to kill red bugs...

Kyle

 

[VCoo71]

got the disks filled up...didnt take long....wish i would have gotten the 100 to start with

a FTS this one shows the overflow a little better....i went with the coast to coast overflow or the calfo style overflow....it runs the entire length of the tank

and a few closeups of some frags

purple millie and hot pink cats paw

ORA blue tort and a blue stag

green base with orange polyp digitata and flurescent blue tipped stag

and an overview of them all

charlie

 

[mskohl]

very nice frags. I may need to talk to you when I have my new tank up and running.

 

[VCoo71]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8070734#post8070734 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mskohl
very nice frags. I may need to talk to you when I have my new tank up and running.

thanks for the compliment....i would reccomend waiting at least 5 months before adding any SPS corals to a new tank

JMO

charlie

 

[chris4693]

I had the same fun today Charlie.

14 Purple Polyp Monti Cap, 3 Green Birdnest with Blueish Polyps, and a Deep Green Milli

Getting ready to slice and dice a couple of Blue Rics.

 

[chris4693]

I also want to call dibs on the Purple Milli and the Catspaw

 

[VCoo71]

Chris

there already spoken for ...sorry man

i do have a frag of blue millie nobody has spoken for i would gladly hold for you and trade you for some disks next time your up this way

i wont be letting them go until next weekend after my 3rd
intercepter bomb

charlie

 

[Russ Braaten]

Chris, How are you going to contain or connect the rics to rock or sand or anything. I have had a heck of a time with mushroom frags. The release themselves from glue and out from under rubberbands and pinning them to rock has never worked. Right now I have some frags sutting on sand and I hope to glue the sand to the rock. I even cut small tubes to put around the frags so they would not flow away. They ended up turning to slime.

 

[VCoo71]

russ

i have had good luck using fishing line and tying them any way possiable(it wasnt pretty but it worked) to small peices of rubble

charlie

 

[chris4693]

Russ,
I use wedding vail material I purchased at walmart. I put them between the vail and the rock then rubberband around the rock to hold on the material. Wait a couple of weeks and remove the vail and most of the time they have attached.

Charlie,
Sounds good

 

[VCoo71]

chris

just let me know next time you head up this way....i didnt get to frag half the corals i would have like to/wanted to

charlie

 

[_Sooner_2]

VN Charlie!!! I'm jealous. lol

I wonder if Dawn will allow a frag tank as my next winter project?

Ronnie