Why do you have frag tanks?

[Spare time]

I was thinking about setting one up but the profitability seems so low. I am curious to hear your alls reasons for having frag tanks

Edit: I am talking about frag grow out tanks. Not display tanks or lowboys themselves.

 

[Webslinger]

put frags in it?

 

[Weevo]

I like the way they look honestly especially the waterbox frag tanks

 

[Spare time]

put frags in it?

I meant frag only as in it is not a display tank.

 

[IamLeE]

I like keeping the display tank clean of no frag racks... but my frag tank is plumbed straight to the same sump.. some people use a separate system if anything were to happen like a tank crash ... it’s a back up or quarantining coral before display

 

[magicwhistle]

I like keeping the display tank clean of no frag racks... but my frag tank is plumbed straight to the same sump.. some people use a separate system if anything were to happen like a tank crash ... it’s a back up or quarantining coral before display

How’s it a quarantine if it’s hooked up to the same sump?

 

[JPergamo]

I just find it fun and easy to sell and buy and trade out of my frag tank. I have a 50 gallon lowboy plumbed behind the wall of my display.

 

[Rogued_Reefer]

Things grow and keeping plugs all over the display is annoying. Sell some buy some keep the hobby fix going

 

[User]

How’s it a quarantine if it’s hooked up to the same sump?

He said “some people even plumb it as a separate system... act as qt”

 

[User]

Mainly grow out small frags until they are more interesting to look at. I hate hate hate looking at frag plugs and tiles in my display.

I either transfer frags to rock rubble (after QT) or, If encrusting like a cyphastrea, place the frag plug on rock rubble then grow it out in the frag tank. Shares water with display and I can set the par to match. Only takes a month or two to get good enough growth to break the frag plugs off and move the rubble to display. Then I do the same again with the same plug for a backup, Then give away or sell the original frag.

 

[doodledreads]

I am currently setting up a waterbox frag tank as a display. Love the shallowness of the frag tanks.

 

[User]

Mainly grow out small frags until they are more interesting to look at. I hate hate hate looking at frag plugs and tiles in my display.

I either transfer frags to rock rubble (after QT) or, If encrusting like a cyphastrea, place the frag plug on rock rubble then grow it out in the frag tank. Shares water with display and I can set the par to match. Only takes a month or two to get good enough growth to break the frag plugs off and move the rubble to display. Then I do the same again with the same plug for a backup, Then give away or sell the original frag.

Just picked this up- literally- for my fish room

This’ll be a combined mangrove lagoon grow out tank

 

[F i s h y]

I like the idea of having back up frags, room to trim my DT corals and save the frags for the opportunity to trade, and the opportunity to share with new hobbyist.