Saving the Reef 1 frag at a time…

The weather has been bad here over the last week or so and temperatures have been very low.

So far the The Reef Shed has been doing pretty well, the Xtratherm  insulation has been doing the Job.  The temp outside varied between +4 degrees Celsius to -10 degrees Celsius so that is quiet cold for these parts. It has not been this “wintery” since the early 1980′s. The inside of The Reef Shed stayed a nice +20 degrees Celsius to 24 degrees Celsius.

Who would have imagined, growing Corals in the Snow!

PS: Look at the neighbours shed, that is not a shed!!!

With the Concrete Slab and Shed now in Place the next steps is to make sure that the shed stays nice and warm.

There is enough insulation purchased to cover the entire inside of the shed. I used 2″ Xtratherm insulation to make sure everything stays nice and warm.

Some pics of the insulation being installed. I used expandable foam to fill in ALL the gaps.

Once the Insulation was done and covered I assembled the racking that will hold the Frag tanks.

It fits like it was made for it, perfect. I got the idea of the racking from a friend of mine who owns a warehouse, he uses much larger versions for his stock. Each pair of Orange bars is able to hold +200KG, more then enough for the frag tanks.

Then there is the aftermath…

It is getting there slowly but surely.

G