[e_baer]

Im gonna be ordering the 130w light from aquatraders soon! besides that, I have everything I need. I just need to get rid of that damsel.....

[Lowej82]

you dont have a damsel in your prop tank do you?

[Lowej82]

Originally Posted by jimw369

So...who is all in on this? Got my tank from wally world. Great looking peice of chinese craftsmanship! I now find out the little 50W heater doesnt work...so...back to the store!

Aint life Grand! I will pick one up in the next couple days and hopefully be set up by the end of the week. Hey, I have to get some frags!

Also want to put a plug in for Tank of the Month. I hope we can get 10 tanks posted this month. That would be awesome. Please post some pics of your tank there so we can see everybodys progress! Seeing others tanks is a great way to share ideas!

Looks like its Jim, Elliot & me for sure. My tank is the same as in pic lol. well I did finish toping it off. I have a couple frags thanks to elliot. (in my dt). I am going to place an order for some zoanthids and plan to place them in there to grow out some then I will frags and place some in mt DT.

I posted I was looking for another tank...... I found a 135 gal!! $225.00 was set on it and started thinking how long it would be before I would start that tank being that big. so i did somemore looking found a 75 gal for $75.00.I am going to try and get it drilled while it is there.

[jimw369]

All this sounds good

My light is going to look a little funny cause its from a different size tank but it will do for now.

[e_baer]

Originally Posted by Lowej82

I have a couple frags thanks to elliot. (in my dt). I am going to place an order for some zoanthids and plan to place them in there to grow out some then I will frags and place some in mt DT.

how are they doing? Did they all survive?



and yeha, my damsel is in the prop tank, hes coming out this week! hopefully.

[Lowej82]

Originally Posted by Lowej82

notice the blue spot?

Out of what you sent the ol rusty id doing good, the yellow poylps are doing good, these other zoanthid/ button poylps purplish are doing great. the red shroom also made it. There was a major bag leak, usps wrapped the whole box in a big garbage bag lol (box was soggy/smashed). Next time I would duct tape all seams on the bags or use cheap tupaware and super glue lid shut

[e_baer]

yeah, lol. LOL!!! Im still laughing.

I can imagine getting a package and it being wrapped in a garbage bag.

Well, it sounds like almost everyhting made it at least.

Ill be getting some good thick bags and some sealer stuff to seal it in the future.

[rlcline76]

You guys want to be left in charge of giving frag tutorials as you stock these tanks? Would be most useful!

[Lowej82]

I will definalty be posting pics and updating often, everything i do with it, add to it, or frag from it will be noted in this thread.

Hopefully 3-6 months from now we will have atleast 10 ppl here with a frag tank setup, that can trade back and forth. another forum I am on did something like this they got together everyone who wanted to be involved, set the limitations. I think it was a zoa swap mainly since they can handle 2 day priority shipping. The Mods placed everyones name in a hat (kinda like christmas gift swap) and drawed names to see who swaped with who. Maybe something we can try for here at RB

they used cheap a thermas to ship in. It was winter when they did it because of this fact I dont think they had a good turnout in some locations. do it in the spring when its not to cold or hot, with proper packaging, and we could have a good turn out.

To me this would be a good way to get alot of different things in your tank without draining whats left in the fish funds account.

[e_baer]

Originally Posted by rlcline76

You guys want to be left in charge of giving frag tutorials as you stock these tanks? Would be most useful!

yeah, I plan on getting loads of pics, and possibly getting a few short vids going too.

Ill most likely frag some various colony polyps, shrooms, leather corals, maybe a brain?

mostly shrooms and polyps though.

[glasta]

ok i know im ganna ask the dumb question here but what all do you need for a prop tank besides light flow and racks? do they need a filter and or protein skimmer? if so would a cheap filter do? also would they need a refuge?

[Lowej82]

I picked up some eggcrate lastnight!! moving foward lol

[Lowej82]

Originally Posted by glasta

ok i know im ganna ask the dumb question here but what all do you need for a prop tank besides light flow and racks? do they need a filter and or protein skimmer? if so would a cheap filter do? also would they need a refuge?

Good lighting, Good Flow, Racks, I will more than likely be runing a protien skimmer on mine. A fuge would be a good benifit for any marine system. Pending what you have in your frag tank, what if any you feed, the bio load shouldnt be that heavy ( I could be wrong here) I will have about 40-50 lbs of LR, a fuge & RDSB.

[jimw369]

My tank will have an MJ 900 or 1200 with a hydor on it. Light, 1 Piece of egg crate for a shelf and a 50 watt heater. I will do a 2 gal water change every sat am. Thats it.


OH, and hopefully a few frags

[e_baer]

for me, its a simple sponge filter just to get the loose debris, a seio m620, 130w of PC light, and some egg crate. and a 50w heater. all this and a 20g long.

[Lowej82]

Here is a pic of my bigger frag rack.



I am going to make one more rack that will hang off the side of the tank, after I get them in the tank I will take post another pic.

Still have to pick up a heater, and a power head, I will put my light on the tank when Iget some frags.

[e_baer]

that looks really good Jim. Ill probably be doing the same sort of deal, but since my tank is gonna be a lot smaller, I will probably only have 2 levels.

And for shipping, cut blocks of styrafoam about 3"x3" and then you can rubberband the rock with coral to the block and it will always float face down in the water. That is what liveaquaria does with their aquaculture corals.

[Lowej82]

Originally Posted by Lowej82

Hmm, I have a 45 that would be perfect, the tank is 16" deep and I have an extra light that would give me 4.3 wpg of PC. I plan to be at a frag swap next weekend so that would give me a great start.

Do you think my PC lights would be enough? In reality the eggcrate would be about 8"-10" under water surface.

I could see myself going Zoo crazy!!

I am going back to this ideal, with the space I have and lighting, it just makes more sense. It wont take much work or put much stress on the damsel or emerald crab.

[Lowej82]

update.....sold the 55 for $120 on ebay, I have everything in the frag tank now except or a heater, I have a used one, not sure on its history if its been used in a QT, can I just clean this good with vinager water?

frag tank is a 45 gal, I have skimmer, powerheads, light, LR, I will also add a hob mec filter. I will post pics soon, camera was broke so I will get some up once tank is complete.......camera phone yay!

[Lowej82]

..........ITS FRAG TIME BABY !! .....

So I got everything in, I still need to play around with the frag racks a little, For now it game on, Well with what little I have is 2 small button poylp frags, 2 small zoo frags, 1 kenya tree that is growing like a weed in the DT so it will be having babies soon, My hammer I will be fragging soon, Next up is the small zoo piece I have with about 50-65ish poylps that open and more on a side that gets little to no light, I hope to get 3-5 frags with 8-10 poylps on them to start growing out, So these will be my first frags to swap, Hopefully within a couple weeks I will have some more in there.

So here is a few pics of the new 45 gal frag tank VIA LG500 camera phone under antinic pc lighting, glass is dirty from me setting it up, I will clean it up and get a better camera for next pics......

Full frontal


Side shot


Shot of little frag rack

[e_baer]

hmmm......thats not a bad idea, a spray bar......

I know what Ill be doing this week!

OH, and the lights are being ordered...hopefully tonight!

[Lowej82]

Originally Posted by e_baer

and the lights are being ordered...hopefully tonight!

Get these yet? Have either of you got anything in your tank yet?

[e_baer]

no not yet, ill order them tomorrow? I just got my paycheck and Ill be taking soem money out for the lights. Its just a matter of getting to the bank.

My original plan was to have this tank in my room. but since I have my own fish room, maybe it can go in there!

[Lowej82]

So can we get a couple more people to do this with us? If your frag tank is already setup join us post pics of your setup and explain what youve done so far.

[e_baer]

Ill be going to the bank tomorrow to get the money. Then Ill order the light for the tank.