Quick Frag Rack

[MuralReef]

I never liked the idea of having an unsightly piece of egg crate in my DT but it's better than keeping my frags on the sand. All I used was a mag float, zip ties, and egg crate. It only took 5 minutes.

 

[Jadkins4]

I'm gonna make one tonight. I'm in the same situation at the moment and was thinking of rigging something up.

 

[Cherub]

nothing wrong with the sandbed usually. anytime I use eggcrate i get algae. use with caution

 

[Jeremiah]

sigh, i need a frag rack. I refuse to use egg crate...been looking for a nice small corner rack (smaller than the Eshops one) and one that is maybe 6" long, but only like 2" deep. They wouldn't hold much.

 

[MuralReef]

nothing wrong with the sandbed usually. anytime I use eggcrate i get algae. use with caution

Sifters keep knocking over and covering my frags. I also have enough tangs to take care of any algae issues.

 

[MuralReef]

I just used my old mag float that was acrylic safe, cut some egg crate to the size I wanted, and used a zip tie to hold it together. This way I can acclimate new corals to the light just by moving it slowly up the side.

 

[High Plains Reefer]

I do the same thing all the time but Gabe is right they love to grow algae I just do an acid dip on occasion to kill it. my dillema is i have some that is encrusted with red planet so I'll pry snip that piece off and mount it to a frag plug and pry dbtc it

 

[MuralReef]

Just making a spot to store frags for and from the swap on the 10th.

 

[CRW Reef]

To combat the algae that has been time and time again proven to grow really well on white egg crate - I have read that constructing your rack and then soaking it in bleach for a few days, air dry and then soaking it in vinegar for a few days will greatly reduces the chances of algae and or eliminate it. I have done this method on black myself (zero algae growth) but have not tried on white yet.

supporting thread on nano-reef http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/186060-eggcrate-causes-snot-algae-unless-you-paint-with/

Just food for thought

 

[High Plains Reefer]

Awesome tip Chad!

 

[Munch]

By the time you buy a magfloat, and tie it into eggcrate, for the similar amount of coin you can grab one of these:


http://www.blackrockreef.com/photos.html

 

[SkyShark]

By the time you buy a magfloat, and tie it into eggcrate, for the similar amount of coin you can grab one of these:


http://www.blackrockreef.com/photos.html

I just got one of these a couple weeks ago. Super fast turnaround time. Very good quality too.

 

[MuralReef]

Just a bunch of things I had laying around so no wait and it didn't cost me anything.

 

[MuralReef]

By the time you buy a magfloat, and tie it into eggcrate, for the similar amount of coin you can grab one of these:


http://www.blackrockreef.com/photos.html

Look nice though.

 

[MuralReef]

I'm ready for the 10th. I didn't cut a lot but there's an assortment.

 

[FishTV]

I really like the idea of mag floats for supports. I was thinking about doing something like this except just using them as mounts under my egg crate in my frag tank, kind of a adjustable base. I would need about 12 for the different layers that i have, so decided against it.. Looks awesome for a small rack though.

 

[MuralReef]

It's easy to adjust too. I can slowly move it up to acclimate to the light level I want and not worry about scratching the acrylic.

 

[FishTV]

Yep, Great idea!!

 

[Cherub]

By the time you buy a magfloat, and tie it into eggcrate, for the similar amount of coin you can grab one of these:


http://www.blackrockreef.com/photos.html

You're always showing something cool i haven't seen lol. thanks for the link! Just placed my order

 

[amonchak]

I think Scott has too much time on his hands to find all the cool gadgets!! Lol