Plugs

[siloxane]

Has anyone tried making their own frag plugs? If so, are there recommended cements?

 

[Virginia Reef]

portland cement i believe.

 

[siloxane]

awesome

 

[ade]

I think it is like a 4 to 1 ratio, please don't take my word on that you are going to have to try it first. I have been told that it takes around 8 weeks to cure the plugs. Seems like a lot less work to get them off line, tey are not that heavey on the pocket, unless you are going through a ton of them.
Good luck and please keep us posted.

 

[J. Montgomery]

You should be able to find many posts in the Do-It-Yourself forum. Personally, I've moved away from using frag plugs and glue frags to live rock rubble instead. I think it looks better once they get settled in the tank.

 

[manderx]

same here. i got a 25# bag of rubble from bulkreef (mostly to make a rubble-zone in my sump) and the stuff is perfect for frags.

 

[siloxane]

Thanks everyone. I'm thinking of making custom frags of various sizes and shapes. In particular, templates for zoanthids and encrusting montipora.

 

[stripevt]

I cant find the thread right now. But to make molds people use a tray of sand and make the molds out off them. Like playing in a sand box. You can get whatever shape you want, and once the piece dries take it out smooth the sand and go again.

 

[manderx]

to make disks, just slice some pcv into rings to use as molds.

but i have *plenty* of this rubble if you want any...