sps frag tank
 

i'm thinking of building a frag tank for sps. what size do you guys think I should get? i was thinking like 60" x 10" x 10"? or something similiar.

How many frags do you plan on having :)

Amen to that. That's a whole lotta frags, friend!

Thats pretty narrow. I just had one built. Its 36longx20widex16"high. I really like it.

Maybe you could rent out frag tank real estate :) That sounds like a pretty huge frag tank...but pretty awesome.

The one I just got is 48"l x 36"w x 8"h, not hooked up yet.

I would think your light spread might be a good indicator for an idea of size.Not sure what your using for lights,but as an example lets say you have a t5 fixture 60" long you would be good for length, but at 10" width you would have a lot of light being wasted outside the tank due to the spread being more than 10" in width.( or maybe not if it only had a couple bulbs)Maybe check out what size of tank would maximize your available light.Sort of a cost effective thing.

good point, so maybe wider and not as long.

how many is too many? lol

There is no such thing as too many :D

My frag tank was 24" x 24" and 8" tall.
This was perfect for one metal halide pendant.
When constructing a frag tank I think it's important to maximize your light and equipment potential. The frag tank I just mentioned was only 20 gallons but it could hold a LOT of frags and all of them had great light and water motion with only one nanostream pump.
Think efficiency for a frag tank, at least, that's my opinion.

The benefit of a shallow tank is also better light penetration and it looks REALLY good! Top down is where it's at and if you're going to be selling these frags online you can take great top down shots.

If you're in Toronto I recently emptied that tank as I moved so it'll be up for sale soon. No more space for a frag tank.
BTW, it was plumbed to my display. Hard to keep 20 gallons of water at optimal conditions unless you plumb it to your main system.