Rubbermaid Frag Sump

[JeffCo]

I wanted to take my small frag rack out of the main display and also wanted a little more room to start propogating my corals.

So, I made my 150 gallon rubbermaid sump into a frag tank as well.
I'm using 2 175 watt halides that I had laying around from an old tank I had setup. Made the rack out of eggcrate and PVC cuttings.

I'm also using the returns from my skimmer and chiller for flow over the corals.
Here are a couple of pics:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/JeffCo/For%20Sale%203-4-08/FragSump.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/JeffCo/For%20Sale%203-4-08/FragSump2.jpg

Probably have about 60 frags in there right now and still have room. Only problem is I'm starting to get a little algea growing in there now.

[bigmoe21]

man thats cool!

[villjr]

Wow, are any of those frags for sale?

[JeffCo]

They will be, probably post this week or next in the for sale forum. I've had this setup for a couple weeks already. I plan on bringing a ton of frags to the March Frag Swap, but will prearrange if anyone is interested.

But, back on topic, looking for suggestions if I should add a fish to the sump now to help with the algea or just let it ride. Opinions from others with frag tanks?

[apedroza]

I would just prune the algae manually. Adding a fish may cause your pod population to crash. That being said I have seen fish in fuges before though.

[captexas]

Maybe add some macro so it absorbs the nutrients instead of the bad algae.

[JeffCo]

Maybe add some macro so it absorbs the nutrients instead of the bad algae.

I like this idea, I don't currently have one setup on this tank. Maybe I could get a plastic basket full of macro and just sit it in the sump. I'll have to think about this a little more. Right now, I just have the diatom algae and my main tank is a barebottom.

[crossxfire2]

Maybe you could get a seahare to eat the algae? Of course you will still have to feed it after it has eatin all the algae.

[BIGBIRD123]

Jeff, I agree on a couple of sea hares and maybe a Kole Tang but only one fish. The Kole will devour the algae. After the sea hares are thru, just loan them out....


Steve

[JeffCo]

Thanks for the suggestions, I might just let ride for a little while longer and see if it get's any worse. If it does, I might go with the kole tang.

[JeffCo]

Bought some cheato today, was about to throw it in the sump, when I started thinking.....
do I need to treat the cheato for any type of parasites before I add it to the sump? I'm so paranoid about getting any type of parasite, I dip everything.

I have some coral revive and lugols, would this be fine to dip or will it kill the cheato?

[apedroza]

It will kill off what comes in the chaeto (pods etc) , but I usually dip my chaeto in lugols and flatworm exit and rinse in clean saltwater.

[JeffCo]

OK,
thanks, I think I will dip in both the lugols and coral revive. Then rinse it good in saltwater.