A once hidin frag tank has been resurrected ! Update Sept 8 / 2011

[Dez]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Wow you're sure you can't get away with a pair of 150w? Seems like a ton of light to me to begin with. My guess would be to hang'em high =)

When I had my frags in there I was only running 150 watt halides. But I did run a 250 watt halide on my 20 gallon frag tank which was only about 11" of water I think. They were all about 8" off the surface of the water I think. But it's really up to you - all you really have to watch for is acclimating the frags to higher or lower light with placement.

[Sebae again]

That looks better than most people's display tanks!

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Wow you're sure you can't get away with a pair of 150w? Seems like a ton of light to me to begin with. My guess would be to hang'em high =)

Originally Posted by Dez

When I had my frags in there I was only running 150 watt halides. But I did run a 250 watt halide on my 20 gallon frag tank which was only about 11" of water I think. They were all about 8" off the surface of the water I think. But it's really up to you - all you really have to watch for is acclimating the frags to higher or lower light with placement.

It is the only fixture I have ATM so it will have to do. I was thinking of putting it at 24" from the bottom of the tank to the underside of the fixture, that would give me lots of room together into the tank.

How is your frag supply Dez? Might be up there this weekend.

[The Grizz]

Update time.......

Euro braced the tank, changed the return pump to a Quite One 5000 & put my Tunze 9010 skimmer in.

Here's a FTS


Closer shot, half at a time

Left half:


Right half:


A few close up shots of some Zoas, paly's & SPS






NOW.... before anyone says ANYTHING about the Tangs in here, IT'S TEMPORARY helping out a few friends for a few weeks.

Need to hang the light yet but might just wait on that until I get some LED's built.

[freezetyle]

. I think you dropped the ball on that one...not much of a frag tank Greg. Would probably work good as a display though

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by freezetyle

. I think you dropped the ball on that one...not much of a frag tank Greg. Would probably work good as a display though

Ya I know but I had a buddy that needed to shut down a tank so we brought all his zoas, clam & a few other coral to this tank.

There are some frag's in there though

[The Grizz]

Managed to get a sweet shot of a buddy coral that is in this tank, don't really know what the name of it is so if someone know LMK.




Believe it or not but this was taken with my POS iPhone 3GS!

[Coleus]

very nice frag tank :-)