Frag Tanks... small, medium, large... let's see 'em..

[MarvinsReef]

title says it all... set up, specs, and pics would be awesome...

I'm in the process of setting up the 12g nano as a frag tank again... it's the very first nano that came out so it has 4 chambers in the back... I have the surface skimmer for it so that'll be by the first chamber w/ possibly some LR rubble inside a fish net (so I can clean the detritus when needed).. second chamber will have a sponge for mechanical filtration.. 3rd chamber will have some chaeto.. and the 4th chamber is stock return (possibly upgrade to MaxiJet 600)... I have 2 Koralia 1 on the way for flow as I'll be running it BB... it will have a Viper 150w MH for lighting.. I plan on moving the pair of false percs in there so I'll have some kind of bio load.. and lastly, it'll house zoas and palys mostly for grow out and prop...

my last attempt on this frag tank was good in the beginning but I neglected it a little coz it had a 96w PC lighting over it... it was more of a hassle cleaning it since I had to remove the lights to get to the frags or to clean the glass... and I didn't have too much flow in there hence some detritus build up and algae came after... this time I plan to stay on top of maintenance and do the bi weekly 15% water change...

 

[Leishman]

OLD PICS of my 65 long (It's kinda like a 65g laying on its back 36"x24"x18"). It is plumbed into the display sump via gravity and is fed by a Mak5 from the sump. Flow is the return plus a Tunze nano (the big one) and 2 MJ1200's with the mods added.

My Tubs Blues Colony:

This thread will now make me clean my frag tank, stock it, and take new pics.

 

[reefermadness]

Holy crap! Look at that rock of TUBS!?!?

 

[MarvinsReef]

Holy crap! Look at that rock of TUBS!?!?

LoLz.. yeah I think I read somewhere Leishman had several hundred polyps before..

keep 'em coming guys.....

 

[143gadgets]

Tank is 24"x24"x10" lit w/ a 250w radium 20K

 

[NapoliNewJersey]

Chris, what's the deal with the plugs on the outside edge of the tank? Is that so the frags don't fall off, or just for safekeeping, or to cure the plugs...

 

[Leishman]

Chris, what's the deal with the plugs on the outside edge of the tank? Is that so the frags don't fall off, or just for safekeeping, or to cure the plugs...

my guess is to stop the discs from blowing off the rack

 

[iani]

Tank 48x30x12 acrylic
Lighting Elos planet II 2x250 de, 4x39 T5HO
Hooked up to my display system's sump.

 

[MarvinsReef]

awesome guys..

 

[NapoliNewJersey]

my guess is to stop the discs from blowing off the rack

That's what I figured too.





Those tanks look really good. Nice work guys!!

 

[143gadgets]

Yup! So the snails don't push them off.

 

[143gadgets]

Tank 48x30x12 acrylic
Lighting Elos planet II 2x250 de, 4x39 T5HO
Hooked up to my display system's sump.

VERY NICE!!! Any close-ups of the goodies?

 

[Who Dah?]

Leishman: awesome rock o' tubs there!!! What's w/ the bald spot? That rock just has to be amazing in person!

 

[Leishman]

Leishman: awesome rock o' tubs there!!! What's w/ the bald spot? That rock just has to be amazing in person!

The syringe kinda popped and blasted an aptasia with the mother-load of kalk. A few (~30) Tubs paid the price.

The rock is no longer a rock. I still have several hundred polyps but the largest single rock now is ~200 polyps.

 

[iani]

VERY NICE!!! Any close-ups of the goodies?

Too many to post lol. My tank has since been filled up pretty well. Here is my photobucket link.

http://s132.photobucket.com/albums/q13/ianiwane/?special_track=nav_tab_my_albums

 

[I-K@ndY]

Question to you guys are all your frag tank connected in your main display?.. My question is if its not connected are you using separate reactor or dosing 2 part manually? thanks

 

[MarvinsReef]

just getting started... about 10 days old here..

 

[ConcreteReefer]

 

[JuniorMC8704]

eh about 250 frags and colonies.

 

[revhtree]

I'll have my yearly one going up in the next week or so in preparation for our Aug frag swap.