DIY Frag Rack

[slugwall]

Last night I biult 2 frag racks... nothing special just something for my self to do, plus I was running out of space.
I don't have great systems and I don't spend tons of money nor do I have great coral.
What I do have is love for the hobby.

12.97 for a huge piece of egg crate 2'x4'
1.94 each 2 Pack of suction cups

16.85 total to build a lot more frag racks

I went to HD and built this.

I would also like to thank on this next one...
Diy simple Frag Rack

 

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Won't the metal rust in the tank? I would be careful with that, maybe coat the metal with putty. Other than that, it is a cool idea!

 

[gar732]

Yeah even if the metal is stainless it will still rust eventually. The walmart near me has some suction cups with plastic hooks in the hardware section where all the bathroom stuff is. You might want to switch them out for something like that.

 

[kodiak]

Here is my quick frag rack that I use on occassion from parts laying around.
Parts: Egg crate, mag float and zip tie.

 

[orlando809]

Here is my quick frag rack that I use on occassion from parts laying around.
Parts: Egg crate, mag float and zip tie.

same here and easy to move around

 

[Steven R]

same here and easy to move around

I do believe these can also leach metals in to the tank.. great idea. I am not sure on the whole metal leaching thing but that is what a owner of a LFS that is a aquatic engineer told me.

 

[Steven R]

Nice set up except for the metal.
QUOTE=slugwall;867250]Last night I biult 2 frag racks... nothing special just something for my self to do, plus I was running out of space.
I don't have great systems and I don't spend tons of money nor do I have great coral.
What I do have is love for the hobby.

12.97 for a huge piece of egg crate 2'x4'
1.94 each 2 Pack of suction cups

16.85 total to build a lot more frag racks

I went to HD and built this.


I would also like to thank on this next one...
Diy simple Frag Rack

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[Saltgator]

I had the mag float too as a frag rack, but too much tilt for me. I'll post pics, but a 10 x 6 piece of egg crate and a 12 x 5 piece of 1/8 acrylic and I made one. I took the acrylic and heated it up enough to bend it with a lighter. The bends were for the stability of the rack and a hook type to hang from the tank. 2 holes drilled in acrylic and 2 zip ties. Done! So far, so good. All pieces that I had laying around.

I'll try to resize the pics (being rejected due to size, my fault) and post them up in a bit.

 

[Devonjevon]

Here is my quick frag rack that I use on occassion from parts laying around.
Parts: Egg crate, mag float and zip tie.

So cool

 

[slugwall]

I went down and took a look and thank all of you for telling me about the metal... I will take those out asap... they are beinging to rust... grrrrr...

 

[slugwall]

This weekend I am going to revamp the second design... no METAL! Thanks again!

 

[Saltgator]

Pics added

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[coralcity]

thanks for the post and the update

 

[slugwall]

New updated rack

Not ready to set it up in place yet... I am working on my 55gl tank build... but here is a pic of the rack

 

[Wy Renegade]

Here is another cheap way as well;
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/do-yourself-diy/59324-lets-build-simple-do-yourself-fragment.html

 

[Chancereef]

Very cool everyone I just made one for my tank thanks for the pic bud

 

[slugwall]

Your welcome, glad we could help!

 

[reefknight]

Tagging along, see some great ideas. I purchased an Eshoppes frag shelf only to discover that it's magnets will not work on my tank. Tank glass is 3/4" and I can't find any frag shelfs that will work with it.

Any ideas for thick glass?

 

[_sludgefactory]

Be careful with the eshopps frag racks. I read a thread where the guys whole tank crashed. He found out the coating on the magnets was faulty and they oxidized in his tank.

As far as diy frag racks i pretty much did the mag float version but with the cheapo Walmart magnet glass cleaner.

 

[KhensuRa]

Here is one I made. I really like the raised edges so frags don't fall off due to crazy snails.