Buying small frags -- do you put directly on rockscape or do you put on rack first?

[125mph]

Curious what is the usual... if you are getting a tiny coral/sps frag, its like a little step 1" high... Do you take the frag off the plug and put it directly on the rock, or do you place the frag on a frag rack holder and let it grow out a bit before putting it in permanent location? What does everyone like to do?

Is there a benefit to putting it in the frag rack, like letting it time to adjust and heal from the shipping etc.

 

[TX_REEF]

Unless you're not sure where it will be happiest, I'd say right into the rockwork.

 

[etcee]

Right on the rockwork.

 

[Om84]

Rock-work preferably though these days not having any available real estate means on to the frag rack. However, now with no space on the frag rack means time to plumb in a new frag tank .

 

[Narideth]

I chuck them on the frag rack, but have a habit of leaving them there too long.

Frag rack lets the corals have time to adjust to your lighting - which I have learned is especially important for SPS - before they go under what will usually be the higher PAR ranges wherever they will live. I do it with all of my frags regardless of what kind so I can watch them for things like aiptasia, etc. I use it as a sort of semi-quarantine.

Then they graduate onto the rock and it feels really rewarding for me personally

 

[Cell]

Sometimes it's nice to let small frags grow out a bit to get a better idea of where you might want to place them.

 

[AlyciaMarie]

I placed mine on the sandbed until I figured out where I wanted them. No reason other than I'm indecisive.

 

[REEFRIED!]

Frag rack first

 

[paragrouper]

Frag rack and I put the rack in a lower par area.

 

[william Lutman]

Frag rack so they can get use to your tank, temp, light, flow. If they melt you don't have a plug glued to your rock. After acclimated then glue them up.