Frag Tank Build (1 Viewer)

[RR-MAN]

still hammering out lighting for this setup. might do a floating canopy with two 250 se lumen brights with a pair of t5's or might do an all t5ho setup. any suggestions?

Tank is shallow...go with T5s. You can save on electricity, less heat, and no chiller...IMO.

Just an FYI: make sure you have a running fan 24/7 in that bedroom. High humidity could actually do some damage to the walls over time.

 

[AquaNerd]

still hammering out lighting for this setup. might do a floating canopy with two 250 se lumen brights with a pair of t5's or might do an all t5ho setup. any suggestions?

Tank is shallow...go with T5s. You can save on electricity, less heat, and no chiller...IMO.

Just an FYI: make sure you have a running fan 24/7 in that bedroom. High humidity could actually do some damage to the walls over time.

yeah, the door stops have actually rusted a little bit :-o .

with the halides, i'll have them off the tank quite a ways (if i go this route). with the lumen brights, the tank actually won't get that hot. i used lumen brights over my 180 and it ran the same temp as with t5's. but, t5's would be less electricity.

 

[AquaNerd]

ok, i did some price checking...

i'm going to go with a sunlight supply sunblaze 48 (four foot, eight bulb) t5ho fixture.

 

[RR-MAN]

ok, i did some price checking...

i'm going to go with a sunlight supply sunblaze 48 (four foot, eight bulb) t5ho fixture.

Change of plan that quick.

 

[AquaNerd]

ok, i did some price checking...

i'm going to go with a sunlight supply sunblaze 48 (four foot, eight bulb) t5ho fixture.

Change of plan that quick.

well, the price difference between the sunblaze and my planned mh/t5ho combo was about $600. so, yeah, it became a quick and easy decision.

 

[AquaNerd]

ok, so i'm ordering the sunlight supply sunblaze and 8 bulbs from premium aquatics (if anyone wants to do a group buy or something, i'm game...just let me know. they package t5ho bulbs in boxes of 6, and i need 8 and i don't want to pay a bunch of shipping for 2 bulbs).

i also started building the frag racks. the racks are made of black eggcrate (ordered from bulk reef supply) and the legs are made of 1/2" acrylic rods (ordered from us plastics).

i cut the legs to a length of about 9" (for this rack, other racks will be shorter). then i took a dremmel tool and cut a + into the top of the rod. this allows the eggcrate to slip down into the grooves on the acrylic rod. i then added a dot of silicone to the connection just to keep them in place. turned out pretty good to me.

 

[AquaNerd]

the tank is lit!

 

[flexrac]

Nice!

 

[mario8402]

I think your water level is low

 

[cliner]

Looks good B. You should be ready for frags soon! I got em. Thanks again for the tub, it was a lifesaver.

 

[jamesw]

Looks great Brandon. Any reason to go w/ black egg-crate over white? Is it a lighting thing?

I have decided I'm up for making the center section of your old sump into my frag tank. I have a spare 250w ballast so it shouldn't be too hard to set up.

I'm looking for a good place to get "frag plugs" what do people use?

Cheers
James

 

[trb]

Looks good Brandon! The racks look good. That tank pic makes me think of an offshore oil rig.

 

[AquaNerd]

Looks good Brandon! The racks look good. That tank pic makes me think of an offshore oil rig.

lol, hopefully it won't catch on fire