Frag Tank - Hydroponic Equipment?

stscream4187 · Feb 24, 2016

Hey all,

I am looking into frag tank options for my basement and came across this system:

http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-HGS...C_UL160_SR83,160_&refRID=12GWH8A2003SPF59H709

It seems reasonably priced and would be very functional. Does anyone have experience with these or use these currently? I would love to know and see more.

Thanks
Jeff

jmanley7 · Feb 24, 2016

I am currently using a hydroponic tray as my frag tank. Works great.

stscream4187 · Feb 24, 2016

jmanley7 said:
I am currently using a hydroponic tray as my frag tank. Works great.

Great to hear. Any pics of the system? How deep is the one you are using?

jmanley7 · Feb 24, 2016

stscream4187 said:
Great to hear. Any pics of the system? How deep is the one you are using?

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It's about 8 inches deep, and holds about 25 gallons. It's a 2' x 4' tray. I built the stand myself, and made a gravity fuge to the right.

stscream4187 · Feb 25, 2016

Wow, very cool. Thanks for sharing. That's just what I want to do. Did you just place egg crate on the bottom or elevate it? I am just worried about the depth.

jmanley7 · Feb 25, 2016

stscream4187 said:
Wow, very cool. Thanks for sharing. That's just what I want to do. Did you just place egg crate on the bottom or elevate it? I am just worried about the depth.

I placed egg crate on the bottom, but detritus gets trapped under it very easily so just be on top of water changes.

dbrewsky · Feb 25, 2016

cut some 1 inch pvc into 1" pucks. Put these down and the eggcrate on top and it will reduce the detritus build up

dorky · Feb 29, 2016

brs is carrying stuff like that now

Surfrat · Feb 29, 2016

My first frag tank setup, as basic as it gets but it worked great.

stscream4187 · Mar 1, 2016

Thanks everyone.

After looking into it more, I think I am going to go a different route because the hydroponic tanks are so shallow. I would like to be able to grow out some corals in here as well and with these I cannot.

dorky · Mar 1, 2016

So Wat depth are you looking for

Surfrat · Mar 1, 2016

The one in the pic above has 6" of water above the rack powered with a prime and has grown coral like a demon. That said I did just buy a IM lagoon 25 for growth leaving the hydro as a hands in daily frag unit

stscream4187 · Mar 1, 2016

At the end of the day, I don't want to have to have 2 separate frag tanks, one for growing out and one for small frags. I just want one. So I guess at a minimum, 12 inches depth? I didn't see any hydroponics at that height.