frag tiles?

[subman]

Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

You can buy 25 frag tiles from bulk reef supply for 4 dollars

good to know thanks Wes.

[toytech]

i use the tumbled marble tiles form home depot there 1inchx1inch peel them off the sheet rub off the glue and good to go no need to soak for a month . There cheap like 8 bucks for 140 and i have an ocd frag tank and everything has to be in neat little rows with no spaces so plugs and rubble just dont work .Once the zoas grow out a bit you wont ever see the tiles anyway.

[subman]

Reading through this thread really sold me on the tiles.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2070455

He is using the tiles as a major portion of his live rock. Plus I think the Zoa's look really cool on the tiles (and his colony of Rasta's is Unbelievable!!)

[Myka]

Originally Posted by subman

Reading through this thread really sold me on the tiles.

I've thought of spread the little 1" tiles on the bottom of my tank instead of sand. Would make Zoa fragging real easy.

[subman]

Originally Posted by Myka

I've thought of spread the little 1" tiles on the bottom of my tank instead of sand. Would make Zoa fragging real easy.

I am still considering this in my frag tank for rare Zoa's. Simple fragging!

[mike31154]

I've used a wet tile saw to cut standard ceramic tile into small pieces. The stuff on the mesh with glue tends to cost a lot more than a standard ceramic tile. Probably don't really need a wet tile saw either, just take a hammer to a tile & rinse off the dust when you're done. Voila, a bunch of irregularly sized, random frag tile pieces. Who says they have to be square? And you can always wrap a blob of epoxy putty with a tail around it to give it purchase on a frag rack.

I've also cut up a few chunks of marble since it's nice & heavy. Works fine & haven't had an issue with any toxicity (spelling?) to the best of my knowledge. If you search the interweb for info on marble constituents, you'll find it's >90% calcite or dolomite. Veins in marble are impurities, generally granite which could contain some nasties, but I doubt that a small chunk used as a frag plug is going to leach enough of anything into your tank to be harmful.