Coral Frag Plugs – 3D Printed Round & Square, Pack of 10
Every frag needs a home the moment it is cut. Glue a fresh piece straight onto rock rubble or a scrap of old plug and it ends up wobbling in the flow, falling between the rocks, or stuck in a spot you can never reach again. A proper plug gives the frag a stable base, lets you move it under the light you want, and makes it easy to lift out later for trading, selling, or placing on the main rockwork.
Our Coral Frag Plugs are designed and 3D printed in-house in Wales from reef-safe PETG. Each pack contains 10 plugs in the colour and shape you choose: round or square heads, in black, white, sky blue, orange or translucent.
Why These Plugs Work
A textured top for the coral to grip. The top of each plug is printed with a fine textured surface inside a thin raised rim. Gel superglue and coral putty key into that texture instead of sliding off a smooth face, and as the frag settles in, the tissue has a rough surface to encrust across and over the edge.
A plain stem that fits where you need it. Under the head is a single smooth cylindrical stem. It pushes into standard frag rack holes, sits in egg crate, or can be pushed into the sandbed or a gap in the rockwork.
Made to fit our frag racks. These plugs fit every Reefphyto 3D printed frag rack: the 13 Hole Hex Stand, the Hex Grid, the Sandbed Base, the Suction Mount rack, the Tank Wall Honeycomb rack and the new Honeycomb Frag Rack Stand.
A matching stand for the sandbed. The Honeycomb Frag Rack Stand uses the same 58-hole honeycomb deck as our wall rack, standing on four legs that lift your frags 50mm clear of the sand. Each stem drops straight into a hexagon hole and the plug sits upright and secure. You can add a pack of 10 of these plugs when you buy the stand and save £1.95.
Round or square, your choice. Round plugs are the classic choice and turn easily in a rack to face a frag into the flow. Square plugs sit edge to edge, so you can pack more frags into a shelf or grid and give encrusting corals a little more surface to spread across.
Colours that suit your setup. Black and sky blue blend into the rockwork, white matches clean frag tank racks, orange matches the trim on our orange Tank Wall Frag Rack and Honeycomb Frag Rack Stand, and translucent lets light through and almost disappears once a coral starts to grow over it.
Using Your Frag Plugs
- Cut your frag and let any excess slime run off.
- Pat the top of the plug dry and add a small bead of gel superglue or coral putty.
- Press the base of the frag into the glue for a few seconds, then return it to the tank.
- Place the plug in your frag rack, egg crate or sandbed in moderate light and flow while the coral settles.
Plugs can be cleaned and reused once a coral has been taken off, so a pack of 10 goes a long way in a busy frag tank.
Specifications
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Pack size: 10 plugs
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Round head: 20mm diameter
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Square head: 20mm x 20mm, rounded corners
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Overall length: 24mm
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Top surface: textured, with a raised rim
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Material: reef-safe PETG, 3D printed
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Colours: black, white, sky blue, orange, translucent
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Suitable for: SPS, LPS, zoanthids, mushrooms and soft corals
Made by Reefphyto in Wales
We have been culturing live foods and keeping reef aquariums since 2008, and we design and print every tool in our 3D reef range ourselves, with the same care we put into our cultures. If you have questions about fragging, grow-out or setting up a frag tank, Darren is happy to help directly.
Give every new frag a solid start and somewhere sensible to grow.