Frag tank

[atticus]

Looking at starting/getting a frag tank. What is the minimal tank size can get away with? Ocean box sells 4gal wasn’t sure if that was too small to have a successful grow out tank

 

[Crabs McJones]

Looking at starting/getting a frag tank. What is the minimal tank size can get away with? Ocean box sells 4gal wasn’t sure if that was too small to have a successful grow out tank

Anything wide and shallow seem to work best. Otherwise I have seen people take 20 gallon long tanks and build a rack system for them to get the higher demand corals near the top and lps and softies bear the bottom. Pretty much any tank can be made into a drag tank :) just remember the bigger the better, more room, more water volume

 

[atticus]

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[PatW]

Anything wide and shallow seem to work best. Otherwise I have seen people take 20 gallon long tanks and build a rack system for them to get the higher demand corals near the top and lps and softies bear the bottom. Pretty much any tank can be made into a drag tank :) just remember the bigger the better, more room, more water volume

I agree. A frag tank only needs to be 10 to 14 inches deep. Frags are small. They do not take up much space. A 40 or 50 gallon tank will support about 75 frags. Unless you are trying to go commercial, you don’t need that much. If you have the tank, a good powerhead, and a good light, you are pretty near in business. The problem with larger stock tanks is that they tend to be 24” deep which is way more than you need. Large frag tanks are low production. I have seen some people using large plastic troughs for frag tanks.