Who else is excited about the no glue frag plug!?

[Daniel@R2R]

Hey guys, I saw these posted earlier, and got excited about it! Finally! No more rubber bands for mounting softies! No more dealing with glue on frag plugs! This will be great for pest control too! IMO this is one of the best low-tech innovations to be rolled out in a while! I can't wait to try these out!

What do you guys think?

 

[Ocelaris]

You know battlecorals does something like that with their shipping cups, and I thought it was ingenious. So I'm not surprised someone came up with the idea. He just snips a cross in the bottom of the small cup, embeds the frag plug in the bottom and no damage while it's being shipped.

 

[Victoria M]

This is seriously innovative.

 

[dantimdad]

People were doing this same thing with bud vases years ago.

Same principle, this just looks nicer.

 

[mattzang]

glue is the bane of my existence in this hobby so.. this would be awesome. somehow i feel like one of my tiny snails would somehow dislodge the frags, though.

 

[flchamp89]

Still looks like mushrooms might me difficult

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

Looks very cool, but I bet they aren’t very cheap.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Hey guys, I saw these posted earlier, and got excited about it! Finally! No more rubber bands for mounting softies! No more dealing with glue on frag plugs! This will be great for pest control too! IMO this is one of the best low-tech innovations to be rolled out in a while! I can't wait to try these out!

What do you guys think?

I love it, I love it. ...... me buying it.

 

[Karl M]

I would wager to guess I have lost at least 1k in Frags that have been dislodged from frag plugs, only to be discovered later as a white skeleton lodged somewhere in the rock work...frustrating is putting it mildly

 

[Katrina71]

No more mitten hands!

 

[ChrisQ0904]

This is a very nice design. Hope it works as good as I think it will!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Im a colony person and have never fragged but this concept may entice me to do such !!

 

[TvanB1]

Meh...
Unless they are the same price as regular plugs and available in large quantities I won’t be buying any. Gluing takes a bit of practice but it isn’t terribly difficult. People tend to use way to much which ends up in a big mess.
Also seems like high flow, snails, urchins, etc would be able to knock the frag out.
I am interested in seeing how sps will encrust on it.

 

[motortrendz]

It doesnt look like it gives a good base for acros to grow out on. But I would think for leather frags this would work very well.

 

[saltyhog]

I would love to see a video of how to insert different kinds of corals in to the plug. Am I right in assuming the diameter of the coral has to be at least a little bigger than the opening without any spreading of the fins.

 

[azbigjohn]

I know Bob, and know he has been testing these for many months.

This excites me for leathers and softies that have always been hard to keep on a frag plug

 

[Vivid Creative Aquatics]

We're excited to be part of this new product. Bob at Reef Stew & More approached us to help him develop his idea and bring it to market and it's awesome to see the Frag Gripper being so well received.

We'll have a supply available of these at Reef-A-Palooza in a few weeks - stop by the VCA booth (#917) to see them in person and pick up a bag of them

 

[shred5]

I will have to wait and see.
What's the price.
I go through allot of plugs.

 

[Karl M]

We're excited to be part of this new product. Bob at Reef Stew & More approached us to help him develop his idea and bring it to market and it's awesome to see the Frag Gripper being so well received.

We'll have a supply available of these at Reef-A-Palooza in a few weeks - stop by the VCA booth (#917) to see them in person and pick up a bag of them

How do these work for acros, any pictures

 

[Vivid Creative Aquatics]

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I am interested in seeing how sps will encrust on it.

How do these work for acros, any pictures

We have a few frags mounted in Frag Grippers in our office nano we used for some photography. Two of which are SPS. You can see them encrusting on and into the springs. I'll post a few photos in the morning.