Fuge into frag area

[Ahogue21]

Been all over the place on sumps and was thinking i may want a frag area well figure if im not going to actually use a fuge why not turn it into a frag area.....say a triton 44 and setup a light to grow out some of my frags i dont want in the display.....

Thoughts?

 

[CC13]

Been all over the place on sumps and was thinking i may want a frag area well figure if im not going to actually use a fuge why not turn it into a frag area.....say a triton 44 and setup a light to grow out some of my frags i dont want in the display.....

Thoughts?

I would keep them separate if you can. Corals and macro-algae usually have different lighting requirements. The fuge lighting is on for 12 hours every night - always on the same intensity.

For frag lighting, I decrease the PAR for new corals, and then slowly ramp the lighting up over the course of a month or so to match what my display tank will be hitting them with. I find acclimating them slowly gives the best results and reduces loss.

 

[Ahogue21]

Im talking no fuge at all just using the fuge area as a frag setup ill just run skimmer and reactors

 

[CC13]

Im talking no fuge at all just using the fuge area as a frag setup ill just run skimmer and reactors

I mean I guess you would be fine? Post a picture so we can see where it would be going.

 

[Ahogue21]

 

[rossco]

I have had a frag area in the sump for over 10 years, it’s very convenient to place newly made frags there and hold them without cluttering up the display. As well as a place to hold new frags if you don’t have a freestanding frag tank.

Snapped a quick phone pic on the way out of the house this morning. Hopefully the quality isn’t too bad.

 

[Ahogue21]

Going to go ahead and go this route im waiting for pricing and release of the new bashsea smart series and will pick one up local shop has a few used ai primes so going to go that route

 

[rossco]

I have used a metal halide pendant, black box LED, T5, and now the Radion XR15 Pro and they all have worked, AI Prime should work too.

I should mention that the flow through the sump probably won’t be enough if you put acros down there. I ended up adding a MP10 for flow.

 

[Ahogue21]

All zoas cus im lazy lol andthey are easy