Opinions on 3d frag plugs

[hortonr1982]

What are you guys opinion a on 3d printed frag plugs and tiles. Does soft coral like mushrooms and zoas actually stick to the plastic?

 

[Barrett T]

What are you guys opinion a on 3d printed frag plugs and tiles. Does soft coral like mushrooms and zoas actually stick to the plastic?

Soft coral basically weighs nothing, so I would be worried that these frag plugs will float if not glued down. (Most plastics will float even when printed at 100% infill)

 

[ilikefish69]

Soft coral basically weighs nothing, so I would be worried that these frag plugs will float if not glued down. (Most plastics will float even when printed at 100% infill)

i use only plastic frag plugs now. they will not float if printed properly, i just print them with 99 walls and its all wall and they look nice that way too. they are much lighter than ceramic so you will find them in the sand bed more often than ceramic if not glued in place, a huge draw back. for the pros, they are much easier to place in your rocks, and the hexagon shape i use makes the process of growing a coral off of a frag onto a rock much quicker and easier. the frags are also much easier to cut if you frag that way, you can put a pair of wire cutter through these if you have a firm hand shake. last pro is that they line up so nice on frag table , zoas and encrusters will move from A to B much quicker. they stick to the plastic just like any other surface. i use green lid gorilla glue gel, and will let it set for 1-2 minutes and never have had a polyp or SPS cut go missing. i will circle back here and post the .stl file ! i just have to find it..........

 

[ZoWhat]

Definite upgrade from 2D plugs

 

[ilikefish69]

ok i can not attach .stl file here is link https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/frag-plug

 

[ilikefish69]

Definite upgrade from 2D plugs

you won the internet for the next few hours , well done

 

[mastersushi]

3d printed plugs are too light weighted (plugs can be push around on egg crate racks easily). It takes a while to print 1 plug (not a 3-5min print. More like 10-20min per plug print). If you cut plastic with a 3d plier cutter. Plastic will shoot or fly (not good for fragging).