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Originally Posted by Zephrant
These are magnetically mounted frag plug rack for marine aquariums. They were printed in PLA, but I suggest ABS or PETG for the longest life.
Uses 32mm x 2mm rare earth magnets, available from numerous online sources. Mine came from Amazon.
The magnets were coated in aquarium silicone, then glued in their holders. After several days to dry they were coated with multiple coats of black spray-on plasti-dip. For my next build, I'll use the solid plasti-dip and simply dip in the magnets.
I'm hoping that will seal them enough to last, but no promises.
Note: Fits most plugs, but not the 1/2" ones. Holes are 10mm, which is a good fit for most of the plugs I have found. I'm using the Oceans Wonders coral frag plugs in the picture: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y6DYQXW
Files for printing your own:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2672482
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2672511 |
Thats really cool Zephrant. I like the idea of having the rack in the corner of the tank out and away from everything. I have been looking for a 3D printer or someone that has one to make new guards for my four MP40's. I have a 16" shallow reef and the plastic propeller guards that come with them cause to much air to be pulled into the tank from the surface. So I was thinking I could make a new guard that only had slots on one half of them. This would only allow the MP40 to pull from the bottom side and not the top. Do you think this could be done? Or even a simple snap on cap that went over the existing guard to block off the top portion.