No More Frag Shelves -New Prop System

[chin_monster]

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No more ugly ass shelves hanging everywhere, now just ugly ass corals.

[GEFRANKLE]

Can you provide more details on your new frag setup. I became disgusted with mine and ended up just making it into an sps tank. I still would like a frag tank but constantly having to clean the egg crate really sucks.

thanks,

George

[treylane]

Very nice!

You busy on Saturday? I'll have pizza+beer as bribes for those willing to help set up the 120.... :)

[MarLooney]

is your light really gonna stay about 2' away from the surface? if so, why?

[chin_monster]

24" X 24" X 14" glass tank drilled in the back left corner.

Single Tunze Turbelle Stream 6080 stuffed underneath the eggcrate shelves providing lots of flow.

Painted the eggcrate and pipe black to be a bit more presentable. I haven't ever had an issue with cleaning shelves before, they just turn purple -no nuissence algae.

PFO halide pendant shell w/ 14K Hamilton SE lamp and running off of an ASM HQI ballast.

[chin_monster]

Originally posted by treylane
Very nice!

You busy on Saturday? I'll have pizza+beer as bribes for those willing to help set up the 120.... :)

Should be free. It's about time you built that thing.

[chin_monster]

Originally posted by MarLooney
is your light really gonna stay about 2' away from the surface? if so, why?

New bulb and kind of built the wires shorter than I thought. It'll get moved down pretty soon.

[MrKrispy]

I don't have to clean my eggcrate in my prop tank now, the damn acros started encrusting on it. DOH!

[elgordoinavw]

Charles, It looks sweet- what did you use to paint the eggcrate?

[chin_monster]

Originally posted by elgordoinavw
Charles, It looks sweet- what did you use to paint the eggcrate?

Spray can of Krylon Fusion.

[chin_monster]

Originally posted by MrKrispy
I don't have to clean my eggcrate in my prop tank now, the damn acros started encrusting on it. DOH!

That happens quite a bit. I've got several that've glued themselves onto the shelves much better than I thought. Oops.

[reefsoul]

damn, that thing has changed so much...since i was last there. i'll have to see it again in person one of these days. (when there's no shots being drinkin')

;o)

[sdwrx]

nice prop tank. That krylon fusion is great stuff

[elgordoinavw]

Hey Charles, how about a close up? what are the tank specs(plumbed into main system, flow devices, gallons)? Do you think I can get a closeup how you have the eggcrate supported?

[chin_monster]

The tank is 24" X 24" X 14" (34.9 gallons = L * W * H / 231).

Plumbed into the main tank w/ new water being triclked in. Powered with a single Tunze Turbelle Stream 6080 (21-watts, 2240 gal/ hr).

The shelves are a triple layer of eggcrate zip tied onto a pvc framework.

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[elgordoinavw]

Thanks that is exactly what I wanted. Hey Charles, is the purpose to the triple thick to make it rigid?

[chin_monster]

It does make it more rigid, but it's more to keep the ORA-type plug posts from jingling around so much.

[elgordoinavw]

Thanks-