Lowboy frag tank addition to shaky's reef

[shakygator]

At last the battle of bryopsis is over. After the bryopsis died I had a pretty nasty episode of cyano and after a few weeks of that I gave in to a treatment of chemiclean I had laying around. I like to do half doses, but it took two. A large water change and we are ready to go.

Made some layout changes (and there will be many more to come) to accommodate my shroom prop stations.

 

[spideybry]

At last the battle of bryopsis is over. After the bryopsis died I had a pretty nasty episode of cyano and after a few weeks of that I gave in to a treatment of chemiclean I had laying around. I like to do half doses, but it took two. A large water change and we are ready to go.

Made some layout changes (and there will be many more to come) to accommodate my shroom prop stations.

Lookin great. I like the basket method for curing up rubble plugs. Glad the vibrant worked for you.

 

[shakygator]

Some new additions as I continue to move extra pieces over. Everything has been doing excellent. Couldn't be happier so far.

 

[spideybry]

Some new additions as I continue to move extra pieces over. Everything has been doing excellent. Couldn't be happier so far.

Lookin great so far. Nice to see the bounce back.

 

[shakygator]

Some updated photos. She's filling up nicely.

 

[LaxFrags]

updates?

 

[shakygator]

Not much to update. Added a few new pieces: frankenstein and neptune bounces. Picking up an OG bounce tonight. Will try to get some good pics of those guys in the next few days.

 

[LaxFrags]

what size baskets are those?

 

[shakygator]

what size baskets are those?

4x8

 

[LaxFrags]

4x8

Thanks! I’ve been looking for some.

 

[shakygator]

Some photos as promised:

OG bounce, he's still loose which has caused him to curl up around his foot. Waiting for him to flatten out and attach to some rubble.

Frankenstein that already has a baby

BBG digi, sunkist, and a pink/blue ric (the pink looks like orange in photos)

Some of my other sunkist from a different mother.

Fish poop on this one? lol

Golden Gonzos

And yeah I have managed to contract red planaria. You can see how bad they are in that most of the photos. I have since added a sixline and blue velvet nudi. Hopefully that gets them under control or I may have to take more drastic measures. I'm considering building a flatworm vacuum too. Like a mini pump that siphons water through a filter sock so I can reduce their numbers. I'll definitely be adhering to better dipping procedures in the future.

Blue velvet nomming some flatworms

 

[LaxFrags]

Love the pics! Do you know the spacing on each hole on your frag racks and the diameter of them?

 

[shakygator]

Love the pics! Do you know the spacing on each hole on your frag racks and the diameter of them?

The spacing is 2" on center. Each row is then offset 1".

I made a few different racks like this. Some with holes, some with slots. Some I made 7/16" holes but I find those too tight especially once the plug is mature it becomes a tight fit or gets stuck. I would use at least 1/2" in the future and may even opt for 9/16".