My Diy Frag Tank

[Alex Brown]

Yes, rock band drum sticks!

 

[ben1987]

wow that tanks lovely alex. nems are great

 

[bagu]

that looks gorgeous!

 

[Alex Brown]

Just finished siliconing the glass inside the tank, let me get a shot up

 

[youngfisher]

Wow, that is beautiful.

YF

 

[VictorMeldrew]

Very good job Alex, stunning tank.

 

[SkiFletch]

Looks good so long as snails and algae are not allowed into the frag tank

 

[Alex Brown]

Here it is! I siliconed the dividers in over the weekend. The center pannel can come out if needed. I designed it so I could have an algae area seperate to the frag tank area. Or I could take the glass out and have one large area. No silicone can be seen on this center pannel.

My first silicone attempt was so poor, I wont scare you with the photo!

I mixed up the new water over the past 2 days, using a new salt. I used to use Red Sea Coral Pro, I now switched to D&D H2ocean. Better mag and cal levels.

The new frag tank is 39x10x10"

 

[scott133]

looks like you have been busy then alex are you going to frag soft corals or are you going to do a lot of diffrent corals

regards scott

 

[Alex Brown]

Start with softies but aim to do any corals. Need to move the 2nd half of my nemi up there also, the ### thing getting huge. Would like a green BTA maybe

 

[SkiFletch]

Alex, I'd STRONGLY reccomend you cover that drain on the left with a weir or box of some kind. Cause if algae gets in the drain and clogs it, you'll have an awfully low display tank and a wet floor...

 

[Alex Brown]

Fair shout. I will get on that first thing in the morning. Whats a weir box?

 

[TigerIssey]

If you look in the corneer where there is a pvc standpipe, the glass section is a weir box, you could use glass with a weir comb or acrylic and a weir comb.

This is a weir comb - the black comb part.

 

[Alex Brown]

I got ya, thanks. So just a comb to keep any blockage out the way?

Got a question on lighting. I got an arcadia 3x 39w T5 luminair for £20. Will this be sufficient light in a 10" deep tank, or will I need more? I want good growth and colour, and be able to keep any type of coral.

 

[SkiFletch]

Depends, how shallow are you going to keep the frags? Are you going to situate them on a tray? If so, you can prop the tray up a bit in the tank and it'll be more than enough light.