1st Frag tank going up today

[Peterock]

Hello all just wanted to let everyone that the first of 4 frag tanks is going up today. It is a 88 gallon long acrylic tank that measures 48x25x17.5 This tank will house mostly SpS and LpS stuff for all to buy. Pics will be posted tomorrow.

[FragOutpost]

Can't wait to see some pics.

[Peterock]

Here is the pic of the tank on the homemade stand in the basement

[FragOutpost]

Are you going to run bare bottom or a sand bed? What about for water circulation? Are you going to keep any fish in the prop tank?
Looking good. Keep the photos coming. :)

[Peterock]

My plan is to have 1.5 inch sand bed of South down sand with 1.5 inches of Aragronite

Run a 40 gallon Refugium underneath with Sand
Have fragging stations set up with cut up PVC pipe
The two ph you see there will be the only two ph i use because i have a spray bar return that will be running.
Lights will be 2 175 watt 12k with 2 40 watt P/c

There will be a few fish in there mainly to control Alage and pest that arrive in. Dont know what yet I am thinking of these

1 six line wrasse
1 yellow tang
4 Scooter blennies
5 green chromis

If any one has any questions please speak up.

[FragOutpost]

You said you were setting up 4 tanks right? Are they all the same size? What do you plan on propagating in the others?
This will be interesting to see your progress. :)

[Peterock]

The other tanks are not the same size 1 is a 92 gallon that will house more sps, lps and anemones

the 3rd tank is a 20 long that will go next to the one you see now that will house shrooms, xenias and polyps trying to keep them under control since they grow like weeds.

the 4th tank is still undecied since we will have a ton of room with the other tanks but I think i will still set it up or use it as a QT for my clients fish as i order them in before placing them in the main tanks.

[Peterock]

This morning I added 70 lbs of sand to the tank and it is still not enough i added 50 lbs of south down and 20 lbs of aragonite I am going to add another 20 lbs of aragonite tonight and mix things around. since i used south down the tank should be clear in 2 days but we will see I will post pics later tonight.

[Peterock]

:D Here's a few more pics of the progress i have going on with the 88 gallon frag system.



The first is just cloudy water because i am using 50lbs of south down and 30 lbs of aragonite

The second is a pic of the 40 gallon sump with a coralife super skimmer and a rio 1200 pump.

Third is a pic of both tanks together.

This a pic of the retro 175 watt MH and P/c combo that will grow everything I am running 2 attincs and 1 14k or 10k

The last pic is of half the room with my mini fridge that will house all the coral food, fish food and my beer.

[FragOutpost]

The last pic is of half the room with my mini fridge that will house all the coral food, fish food and my beer.
Glad to see that you planned for the necessities! :D

Looks good so far. What kind of MH bulb do you plan on running?

[Peterock]

Well today is day 7 of the 1st frag tank going up added a few pieces of lr to help get some bacteria growing in the tank. Still cloudy but after tomorrow that should be no more problem. Tomorrow will set the lights up and start getting water parameters where they need to be will be running a high salt level around 1.025 or so.

[Peterock]

Hello well woke up this morning to about 10 gallons of water on the basement floor due to my return hose poping out of the holder. :eek: But after the wife yelled at me I got everything back to working order. That was a close one glad i did not have any fish in yet.

[Peterock]

Ok today is the day so far my water has cleared enough to do a accurate water test and check the parmeters and possible add 3-4 chromis to the tank to help aid with the cycle. Getting all my PVC cups and frag plugs later today and we should be up and running by the end of the week

[D12monkey]

possible add 3-4 chromis to the tank to help aid with the cycle.

You can acheive the same thing using 3-4 pieces of cocktail shrimps and not be cruel and torture the fish.

[Peterock]

Well everyone disastor has hit my 88gallon frag tank is now broken so I broke everything down and will hopefully start up again once the other tanks are built. As far as corals i have/had well they are in my business partners 300 until we get back from a 2 week trip to Italy with the family. Will be back in town on Monday so again if there's any corals that you want please send me a message and let me know. :eek:

[D12monkey]

That sucks... I too had to deal with a disaster... My reef tank crash all of a sudden. Lost 4 corals and a fish. Still don't know what caused it. All Parameters were good.

[D12monkey]

Any status updates?

[Peterock]

Hello there well i have nothing to comment on except i gave it a shot, after leaving town for a long while i broke everything down and gave it to a friend who owns a shop. i guess it works out because i am going to be running the frag section for him so we will see.