just a new frag tank

benny z · Oct 22, 2009

finally got my new "frag tank" up and running. this will be my "favia garden", and other random lps growout area. my fish room is getting seriously crowded! :neutral:

litenyaup · Oct 22, 2009

very nice setup!

xmjxflipx · Oct 22, 2009

ben take close up pics of your lps frags man....i would love to see them cause i know you bought several frags...

xmjxflipx · Oct 22, 2009

is that FT favia getting better in color?

benny z · Oct 22, 2009

i intend to remove all of the favia frags from their current plugs/disks and glue them to the empty "frag rocks" you see in the tank for growout. i'm going to use the new glue that "SoGoneRG" made to do this once i receive it, and will post a review of the glue after i've done it. i'll post some closeups once they are attached to their new homes.

no, the ft favia hasn't changed...i'm not expecting miracles! lol!

xmjxflipx · Oct 22, 2009

whered u get the frag rocks?

benny z · Oct 22, 2009

Propagation Supplies

i bought 50 of em.

thanks bigian for the lead!!!

xmjxflipx · Oct 22, 2009

is this what bigian uses? i would put them on there but one of my favias is well encrusted on the frag disk already.........its gonna look weird if i just plopped it on top of the rock any suggestions ben?

benny z · Oct 22, 2009

yes, same things he uses.

some of mine are that way, too. i'll cut what i can of the disk off with a diamond band saw and glue just the corals to the rocks. at least that is the plan. some of them i will just cut a couple of heads off and glue those down.

Supreme Reefs · Oct 23, 2009

ooo i like! is that black bottom and back painted? or did you use something else to make it black?

xmjxflipx · Oct 23, 2009

looks like black painted....either that or theres just a black background below the actual frag tank.

benny z · Oct 23, 2009

the back and bottom are black acrylic.

one of the guys in our local reef club is a professional cabinet maker and has a really nice cnc machine. he makes tanks/sumps for club members for basically the cost of materials. i paid $100 for the tank.

i used the tank as our store's display at a recent frag swap, and asked for the black bottom/back to make the colors "pop" for the show. i suspect it'll cover in coralline in no time, but i may scrape it every now and then for some pictures.