just a new frag tank

[benny z]

finally got my new "frag tank" up and running. this will be my "favia garden", and other random lps growout area. my fish room is getting seriously crowded! :neutral:

 

[litenyaup]

very nice setup!

 

[xmjxflipx]

ben take close up pics of your lps frags man....i would love to see them cause i know you bought several frags...

 

[xmjxflipx]

is that FT favia getting better in color?

 

[benny z]

i intend to remove all of the favia frags from their current plugs/disks and glue them to the empty "frag rocks" you see in the tank for growout. i'm going to use the new glue that "SoGoneRG" made to do this once i receive it, and will post a review of the glue after i've done it. i'll post some closeups once they are attached to their new homes.

no, the ft favia hasn't changed...i'm not expecting miracles! lol! :D

 

[xmjxflipx]

whered u get the frag rocks?

 

[benny z]

Propagation Supplies

i bought 50 of em. :D

thanks bigian for the lead!!!

 

[xmjxflipx]

is this what bigian uses? i would put them on there but one of my favias is well encrusted on the frag disk already.........its gonna look weird if i just plopped it on top of the rock any suggestions ben?

 

[benny z]

yes, same things he uses.

some of mine are that way, too. i'll cut what i can of the disk off with a diamond band saw and glue just the corals to the rocks. at least that is the plan. some of them i will just cut a couple of heads off and glue those down.

 

[Supreme Reefs]

ooo i like! is that black bottom and back painted? or did you use something else to make it black?

 

[xmjxflipx]

looks like black painted....either that or theres just a black background below the actual frag tank.

 

[benny z]

the back and bottom are black acrylic.

one of the guys in our local reef club is a professional cabinet maker and has a really nice cnc machine. he makes tanks/sumps for club members for basically the cost of materials. i paid $100 for the tank.

i used the tank as our store's display at a recent frag swap, and asked for the black bottom/back to make the colors "pop" for the show. i suspect it'll cover in coralline in no time, but i may scrape it every now and then for some pictures.

 

[xmjxflipx]

is your frag tank plumbed into your main one?

 

[benny z]

yes. just feeding it with a mag3 and the drain line feeds back into the filter sock for the rest of the system.

 

[Russellaqua]

Great setup! Nice clean design. Wish you all the best with your frags. It's great watching them grow. Keep us updated.

 

[RaysReef]

Nice Benny Z can't wait to see some fragging ;)

 

[benny z]

you got it! ;)

thanks for the compliments.

 

[LegoZ81]

Nice up and running and I didn't even have to help this time! looks great Ben!

 

[myzislow]

balllin!!! very nice setup!

 

[inactive]

balllin!!! very nice setup!

+1 I an fiending for a frag tank