Ceramic Reef Plugs vs Cured Reef Plugs?

[weaglereefer]

For a pack of 25 plugs, the cured aragonite sand ones run $5, and the ceramic ones run $6.

So is there a reason to choose one or the other? I'm about to order a frag rack and the plugs ship for no additional cost, so I'd like to order them all at once.

 

[skriz]

The ceramic need no curing and will not affect ph. Aragonite plugs generally raise ph. Since these are pre-cured, they shouldn't raise ph.

Make sure the disc surface is rough, otherwise it's tough to mount the frags.

 

[schwaggs]

The Aragonite ones dissolve or break apart over time. If you plan on re-using them, I would go ceramic.

 

[weaglereefer]

I also found some that are plastic, $7 for 25 (+ s/h). Look pretty nice, and they "lock" into eggcrate so they won't wobble or blow off. Any thought on those?

 

[thedeper]

I was reading on some site that this one person took army men and cut them off at the waist. It gave you a nice flat surface to mount to and the other half could be stuck in eggcrate, frag racks, or whatever.

Dunno how it works myself but seemed like a cheap, cool idea.

 

[weaglereefer]

Hmm, never thought of that. I assume he was using the army men that stood up and had a round base, then just stuck the legs in crevices. I used to have buckets of those, but they're back home. Plus, I don't have that many frags that I'll need to resort to that.

 

[thedeper]

Yeah, the ones with the flat base- Creative idea, but unless you need 1000 of them it would probably be best to just buy some other kind.

 

[weaglereefer]

Haha, didn't someone just post that they needed like 1000+ plugs.

 

[thedeper]

Ha now that you mention it they did. Rit I believe. Doubt say he would wanna mess around with army men on his expensive frags though lol.