Frag plugs, keep or remove them?

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Do you remove frag plugs when adding frags to your DT?

  • Yes I remove them

    Votes: 11 28.9%
  • No I leave them on

    Votes: 6 15.8%
  • Depends on the frag and how it is on the plug

    Votes: 22 57.9%
  • I don't have frags

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    38

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I see a lot of people just glue the frag plugs to the sub strait when they add new frags so I though I would do a poll on everyone's thoughts of this.

My question is do you remove the frag plug or not and why do you do it your way? Please explain.

I made this a multiple choice poll so please if you do it more than one way choose the appropriate answers.
 
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For me I try to remove all of them if I can, but some times there are some frags that ether just won't come off or I think they will do better on the plug so I leave them there.

My opinion is that the frag plugs release phosphates so I want to get as many of them out of the DT as possible, plus they don't look natural to me.
 
I remove EVERY single time. I HATE frag plugs in my display. Since this tank has been up and going, I have a small bucket full of them since I've bought most of my corals at frag swaps.
 
I keep them on the plug til I find where they like to be in the DT and the razor them off and glue them to the spot they liked.
 
Depends on the frag... I would usually opt for gluing it to a piece of rubble and then gluing that to a piece of 3/16in. acrylic rod. Much easier to place.
 
My post above was referring to softies... now that I'm getting into SPS it will change :P
 

IF YOU HAD TO OPERATE EVERYTHING ELSE MANUALLY, WHICH AUTOMATED SYSTEM WOULD YOU KEEP?

  • Auto top-off

    Votes: 62 57.9%
  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 6 5.6%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

    Votes: 4 3.7%
  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 2.8%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 1 0.9%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 21 19.6%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

    Votes: 4 3.7%
  • Leak detection and emergency shutoff

    Votes: 2 1.9%
  • Automatic water changes

    Votes: 3 2.8%
  • None. I prefer to operate everything manually

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something else (explain in the comments)

    Votes: 1 0.9%
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