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corallineadam
about how many frag plugs (little ones that are about 1" in diam) can one fit in an area of egg crate that is about 18"x10" ?
just trying to design my frag system biggrin.gif

Thanks in advance!
corallineadam
help ? smile.gif
corallineadam
WHAT ABOUT AN AREA OF 10"x24"???
thanks!
majtek862
With no space between the plugs you could fit 240 on the 10x24 and 180 on the 10x18. Max wink.gif
corallineadam
QUOTE (majtek862 @ Oct 27 2009, 11:08 AM) *
With no space between the plugs you could fit 240 on the 10x24 and 180 on the 10x18. Max wink.gif

NICE! thanks man! biggrin.gif
Aquanist
QUOTE (corallineadam @ Oct 27 2009, 08:59 PM) *
WHAT ABOUT AN AREA OF 10"x24"???


You pretty much answered that already. 10"x24" = space for 240x1" diameter plugs. Assuming you want some frags on plugs as well it would be less, depending on the fize of the frags. I'd say you could get away with 140-160 frags if they aren't too big. I think.

EDIT: Yea - Mr. Slowhand typing here. biggrin.gif
majtek862
That kind of reminded me of one of those math questions on the SAT. I just tried to come up with the simplest answer. So, if we know 240 is the max then you could say it with hold quite a few even with space in between. smile.gif
cptbjorn
If they are plugs and not just discs though ~100 for 10x18 and ~140 for 10x24 depending on which edges you can hang off a little. The squares of eggcrate are 5/8" center to center so most plugs can only be on 1.25" spacings.
corallineadam
lmao!!! yeah i already knew the answer, i was just checking to see how bright the nano-reef community is biggrin.gif

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majtek862
QUOTE (cptbjorn @ Oct 27 2009, 01:16 PM) *
If they are plugs and not just discs though ~100 for 10x18 and ~140 for 10x24 depending on which edges you can hang off a little. The squares of eggcrate are 5/8" center to center so most plugs can only be on 1.25" spacings.


This is probably more accurate then my simplistic answer. biggrin.gif
corallineadam
hmmm i think my frag tank is going to be a hit! biggrin.gif lol
evodrgn@
can't wait to see the next frag tank design haha
corallineadam
QUOTE (evodrgn@ @ Oct 27 2009, 11:52 AM) *
can't wait to see the next frag tank design haha

lol!!!

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