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Complete Saltwater Aquarium Setup: How I Run My Reef Tank

Complete Saltwater Aquarium Setup: How I Run My Reef Tank I have put together this page so you can see exactly what I use in the running of my complete saltwater aquarium setup. When I first got the the saltwater

How To Post Coral Frags Safely: All You Need To Know.

How To Post Coral Frags Safely Many reefers come to a point in their saltwater tanks when corals need to be trimmed back, or fragged. This can happen fairly quickly with soft corals such as Zoanthid and mushrooms as the

What Are Coral Frags?

What Are Coral Frags? As an owner of a saltwater aquarium, the making of coral frags benefit both buyers and sellers of coral. Buyers are able to purchase a desired coral at a fraction of the cost of a larger

Do You Need Fish In A Frag Tank?

Do You Need Fish In A Frag Tank? When deciding to run your own frag tank, your main motivation is to grow corals out.But given that you now have another tank, should you take the opportunity and add a few

Do I Need To Cycle A Frag Tank?

Do You Need To Cycle A Frag Tank? The main purpose of a frag tank is to house coral frags. When asking, ‘Do you need to cycle a frag tank?’, what you are really asking is what requirements need to

Does A Frag Tank Need A Skimmer?

Does A Frag Tank Need A Skimmer? To ascertain the requirement for a protein skimmer, you need to ask the question, ‘Does a frag tank need a skimmer, and what will a skimmer do?.’ When we think of a frag

Frag Tank Basics: Plumbing, Drilling and Sump Requirement

What Is A Frag Tank? A frag tank is shallow saltwater aquarium specifically designed to temporarily hold fragmented corals, or frags as they are more commonly known. They are usually no more than 30 centimetres deep. This limited depth allows the

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