Frag rack out of light defuser

[Themastaa]

Seen a local reefer using light defuser as a frag rack. Bought some from Home Depot for $16. I did not think about this, is that material ok to put in a reef tank?

 

[prdubois]

white and black yes
Metallic looking NO the chrome will flake off

 

[Themastaa]

Thanks

 

[prdubois]

zip ties work to hold it together

 

[Themastaa]

That’s my issue I’m having. I have zip ties but I’m trying to make 4 legs to hold it up

 

[Themastaa]

I think I’m just going to go back to homedepot and get small pvc pipe for the legs

 

[DC Reefer]

I made a frame out of PVC and then zip tied the diffuser to it.

 

[Themastaa]

200iq

 

[Themastaa]

Or I may settle for this since I got hanna testers now!

 

[prdubois]

PVC Pipe hangers will make one you can hank on the tank:

 

[prdubois]

Just zip ties on this hold up my skimmer:

 

[TheDragonsReef]

I used the same eggcrate and just super glued it to a magnafloat and added some supports.

 

[JMetaxas]

Some guy on Reef2Reef sells really nice legs to hold up eggcrate/light diffuser. They come in different heights. I believe he offers them through Etsy:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/838425159/egg-crate-frag-rack-legs-set-of-4?ref=yr_purchases

With black egg crate they look really sharp.

 

[Themastaa]

Have not went to Home Depot yet, but was able to make this for temporary. Not perfect but it can hold 2 water bottles

 

[GGonzo]

I did mine like this:
Used reef glue to attach suction cups to eggs crate and after glue dried for 24 hours placed a zip tie through it just to be sure it held.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Tie some fish line to it and hang it in the water from ur light or hanger.
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[blasterman]

If you have some extra magnet scrapers you can glue one to the rack and lock the other on the outside of the tank. Position it where you want.

I also went to the dollar store and got these little 2" square mini ceramic flower pots. I epoxy them to the underside middle of a length of grid and the make a perfect stand. Also heavy enough to keep the stand from moving around.