my very first frag tank, pics included

[dmilne85]

well i just set up a 20 gallon tank that has been running with nothing in it for about 5 months now to my main system. i decided to turn it into a frag tank and thought i would share it with everyone. im pretty excited. its a 20 gallon tank with a 150 watt hqi metal halide over the top and i have tons of flow powered by a sieo and a maxijet. here are a few pics. let me know what you think! now all i need to do is load this full of some cool frags and watch them grow. the frags i have in here currently are ones that have been sitting in my fuge and dont look to hot right now. hopefully they will color up!

full tank shot


side shot


top down shot of all the frags i have so far

[dmilne85]

frogspawn frag




green with purple rim montipora cap frag

[dmilne85]

blue tipped staghorn acro frag


green acro frag- i think its a green slimer, not sure since it looks diffrent from my other green slimer i have

[dmilne85]

dougie the hermit crab, he keeps everything nice and clean.


yellow acro frag, not sure what exact kind this is either


ORA rose acropora milliora

[dmilne85]

here is a pic of one of the many pods, there are so many in this tank!



lastly here is a pic of the devil crab that lives in the live rock, he has killed a few fish in my main tank so he is jailed in this tank till he becomes a puffer fish snack

[dmilne85]

anyways let me know what you think. im not sure if the 150 watt will be enought to make these grow at a reasonable rate or not so maybe someone out ther knows from experience

[Pmolan]

If you want real grow out, switch to 10k bulbs. Otherwise, you've got a nice collection.

[dmilne85]

yeah im debating that, although im not sure if i rather have my corals keep better color or grow a little faster. it seems like most large scale growers use 20 k's no matter what.

[Finding Emo]

Really nice setup. Like the frogspawn!

[Scubadiva7]

Cool Set-up!

[Scubadiva7]

i think that 150 watt halide should be fine

[Davidb6]

I think the 150w and 10k is the best for growing considering you have the frags nice and high in the tank.