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Old 12-19-2011, 09:42 PM
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Old 12-19-2011, 11:05 PM
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I doubt you would ever find clear.
I believe the egg crate is to direct the lighting from fluorescents downward so clear wouldn't accomplish that task.
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Old 12-20-2011, 03:15 AM
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I doubt you would ever find clear.
I believe the egg crate is to direct the lighting from fluorescents downward so clear wouldn't accomplish that task.
Yeah, clear would defeat the purpose of what eggcrate is meant to do.

OP could probably manufacture some out of acrylic strips if it is really important.
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Old 12-19-2011, 11:34 PM
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Old 12-20-2011, 01:27 AM
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be VERY careful putting eggcrate (in large quantities like completely covering the bottom) in your. Some brands/types of it are Algae Magnets. It's assumed that the plastic is leaching out phosphates. As an example here's a frag rack I made out of egg-crate. Take note that I painted this one with Krylon Fusion to try and seal/lock any phosphates inside but apparently it didn't work.

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Old 12-20-2011, 01:34 AM
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be VERY careful putting eggcrate (in large quantities like completely covering the bottom) in your. Some brands/types of it are Algae Magnets. It's assumed that the plastic is leaching out phosphates. As an example here's a frag rack I made out of egg-crate. Take note that I painted this one with Krylon Fusion to try and seal/lock any phosphates inside but apparently it didn't work.

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Old 12-20-2011, 01:39 AM
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wow!! and that was the only spot growing gha in your tank?
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Old 12-20-2011, 01:44 AM
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Wow! Thanks for the heads up!! Need to rethink putting crate in my tank then!
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Old 12-20-2011, 02:07 AM
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Apparently there are a few different "compositions" that go into making egg-crate. I think one of them is more of an "Acrylic" material than plastic so that's probably better.

No it wasn't the only spot. I had 2 egg-crate racks and they were the only places that had more than just a pinch of it. It was obvious even to people that knew nothing about reefing or GHA that the "racks" were growing it very well. Once I took all of the egg-crate out the GHA was gone in a few weeks from every where. It couldn't be just a huge coincidence.
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