I bought a 3d printer and I am looking into making a couple of magnetic prints using PLA. Ive been looking at different designs and will be putting mine together shortly but I am stuck on the size of magnet needed. I have a 220g with 1/2" thick glass so I need something with enough pull force to not only make it through the glass but hold the frags up. So all in all what magnets should I be getting, I am in Canada by the way.
DIY Frag Rack Magnets
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Ron Reefman
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I made a big frag rack with egg crate and I used magnets from a Jebao Crossflow that I was trashing. They work great!
ReeferWarrant
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Looking at doing something similar. Here’s my thread from earlier. Using dry rock though.
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Floating Island DIY
Anyone have experience building these? Planning on making a floating island for the fast growing soft corals (GSP and Xenia). I've seen a couple threads but they dont go too far into the setup. From what I have seen you need rare earth magnets. Curious how to make them so they don't scratch...
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When I made frag racks for reef friends a few years ago, I used 1" x 3/8" neodymium magnets on the inside and 1" x 1/4" neodymium magnets on the outside. Used on 1/2" glass a 2 pairs of this combination would hold a 14" x 6" eggcrate frag rack piled high with frags and still had holding power.
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