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Old 10-24-2007, 09:34 PM
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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.
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Old 10-24-2007, 09:37 PM
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How many frags do you plan on having
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Amen to that. That's a whole lotta frags, friend!
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Old 10-24-2007, 11:06 PM
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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.

Thats pretty narrow. I just had one built. Its 36longx20widex16"high. I really like it.
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Old 10-24-2007, 11:45 PM
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Maybe you could rent out frag tank real estate That sounds like a pretty huge frag tank...but pretty awesome.
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The one I just got is 48"l x 36"w x 8"h, not hooked up yet.
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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.
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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.
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How many frags do you plan on having
how many is too many? lol
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Old 10-25-2007, 11:17 PM
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