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I've been talking about building myself a new frag tank system for about nine months or more. I'm just about to commence that project in the coming weeks. The corals that are in the tank right now are demanding more space, and it's pretty awesome to see. The tank has become dominated by a few species, and they are literally growing up the walls and out of the tank. It's becoming a "frag tank" in the singular sense, instead of a tank filled with dozens of frags.

Here's a bird's eye view. The orange Montipora is the original Orange Blob from my 280g reef so many years ago. I started a tiny chip in this tank in 2011, and have given away a few frags as it grew in. There's a chalice hiding under those curved plates in the dead center. The other montipora in the lower right is Sunset Montipora. I need to also rescue those pretty duncans, which the orange blob has grabbed onto.




The walls are encrusted completely internally.




And the coral has grown above the water line.







Pretty neat, right?



I wanted to see how this Vortech pump would do, and allowed the coral to encircle it completely. It's impossible to clean currently.



So why does it take me so long to build a new frag tank when this is what I do for a living? Because I try to get customer orders completed instead of working on my own desires. When I don't have to work, I try to relax and decompress. But it's obvious I need to get this project tackled now - no more waiting. Guess I'll be my own customer.