Home made frag rack

[DB9181]

Zip ties that's what I used

Andrew calvo

+1 to zip ties. If you dont want to use all egg-crate, you can use PVC as the 'legs' and drill hold it it to attach the pvc to eggcrate with zipties. That's what I did when I needed a quick frag rack.

 

[ifarmer]

you shouldn't have problem growing sps with that light on a 16" tall tank.

 

[oceanparadise1]

+1 to zip ties. If you dont want to use all egg-crate, you can use PVC as the 'legs' and drill hold it it to attach the pvc to eggcrate with zipties. That's what I did when I needed a quick frag rack.

Im going to use PVC and super glue the pvc to the egg crate, I've used zip ties before and i can never get it even lol

you shouldn't have problem growing sps with that light on a 16" tall tank.

thanks!

 

[oceanparadise1]

Pictures will be posted as I start tonight! Going to go with a three level rack.

Front level is going to be low

Back left high

Back right medium

Back middle left open for filter and heater


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[oceanparadise1]

SO, my pvc cutter sucks and doesnt cut the pvc even, can i just buy some sand paper and sand it down? will that work? any ideas?

 

[Liquid360]

Here was my solution...

 

[oceanparadise1]

cool idea but this is a frag only tank so i need lots of racks, so i just need to figure out a way to make them even or i might just buy sand then it wont matter cause i can sit the legs in some sand

 

[oceanparadise1]

i might just go buy some sandpaper to see if i can even out the ends of the legs ugh lol

 

[jerry26]

i use a reciprocating saw with a fine tooth blade(for metals) to cut pvc. wood blades have a tendency to break chunks off. sanding it will work but idk how much work its goin to be if your trying to do it by hand.

 

[oceanparadise1]

i use a reciprocating saw with a fine tooth blade(for metals) to cut pvc. wood blades have a tendency to break chunks off. sanding it will work but idk how much work its goin to be if your trying to do it by hand.

I may just rent a sander for a day, or just try to do it by hand, I'm in no rush

 

[Liquid360]

It would free up space to suspend from above. My idea could easily be adapted for multiple levels.

cool idea but this is a frag only tank so i need lots of racks, so i just need to figure out a way to make them even or i might just buy sand then it wont matter cause i can sit the legs in some sand

 

[justgotwet]

You could use a hack saw to cut the pvc----i think it would be faster than sanding.

 

[Mike J.]

They make PVC saws, they're wide so they cut straight. Or just mark the pipe all the way around. Or if I'm in a hurry I'll use a large flat file. I do a lot of plumbing, sorry.

 

[oceanparadise1]

Well, the better half wants black sand in this tank (its in her work out room so i cant say no lol) so im going to just buy the sand, this way i have no manual labor to do bc putting a 2 inch sand bed down will even out all the pvc, boom, problem solved lol

 

[oceanparadise1]

Finally started lol


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