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Reef Discussion => Fish Breeding & Coral Propagation => Topic started by: METZCOOL on March 11, 2010, 17:06:06

Title: Easy frag plugs
Post by: METZCOOL on March 11, 2010, 17:06:06

Picked these up at Lowes for $9.99 for a sheet of 144 plugs and comes out to just under 7 cents for each plug. They are marble which makes them calcium based and the frags are encrusting over them nicely with no ill effects and being marble they are heavy enough that they stay on the frag rack even with 2 Tunzes blowing on them, if a problem staying on your rack you could buy acrylic rod and cut in short sections and glue on the bottom of the tile and you have a pretty cheap frag plug.
Works well for me and thought I would pass along.

Title: Re: Easy frag plugs
Post by: jd on March 11, 2010, 17:30:18

I saw those when I bought my tiles. Are they rough on both sides?

Title: Re: Easy frag plugs
Post by: lazylivin on March 11, 2010, 17:48:57

Nice and the come with a convenient carrying mat

Title: Re: Easy frag plugs
Post by: ghurlag on March 11, 2010, 17:55:52

Awesome, now if I only I had anything both big enough and worth fragging :)

Title: Re: Easy frag plugs
Post by: HUNGER on March 11, 2010, 18:11:25

great idea

Title: Re: Easy frag plugs
Post by: reefman on March 11, 2010, 18:23:25

Nice idea!

Title: Re: Easy frag plugs
Post by: METZCOOL on March 11, 2010, 21:31:26

JD,
they are smooth on one side.

Title: Re: Easy frag plugs
Post by: jd on March 11, 2010, 21:33:19

Quote from: METZCOOL on March 11, 2010, 21:31:26

JD,
they are smooth on one side.

Thanks. Are they smooth as in glazed and fired or just smoothed stone? The ones I have are fired on one side and it can be difficult to get glue and frags to stick.

Also, I'm going to move this to the prop section if you don't mind.  ;D