Corraline on back glass as background

[reefin_with_jesus]

How many of you let the corraline algea build up on the back of the glass in your tank and just use that to serve as your background? I would love to see pics if anyone has some. Thanks.

 

[wolffam]

I'm letting mine build up. I'll eventually be covered by the corals in front and by the LR. I only remove it if it's on the front or side glass. HTH

 

[nacl-h2o]

I let mine build up. Coraline love actinics, if you want it to florish on the back, put your actinic's in the rear.

 

[byrself]

here's a pic of some green coralline i got on my glass. got a couple spots of purple, but not like the green..

can't wait til it's all covered!

 

[reefin_with_jesus]

Actinics in the rear, huh? I thought you were supposed to evenly distribute the light as best you could across the tank. Does this not have much effect on that? Thanks for the replies everyone.

 

[broomer5]

Here's a pic of my old 55 tank from last year.
I've converted it over to a freshwater tank now, and have 75 as my reef tank.
The coralline in the 75 is just getting started now after 4 months of set up.
I still use a black background - but love good coralline growth on the back glass.

 

[oneflysi]

i have a background....but am letting the coralline grow also. tank has been setup since late december....here are some shots:
<a href="http://photos.netclubs.com/live/photos/photocenter/d/q/1/e/1er31ruvk7vk9a7cgmus1edgis/halide3.jpg" target="_blank">http://photos.netclubs.com/live/photos/photocenter/d/q/1/e/1er31ruvk7vk9a7cgmus1edgis/halide3.jpg</a>
<a href="http://photos.netclubs.com/live/photos/photocenter/d/q/1/e/1er31ruvk7vk9a7cgmus1edgis/halide2.jpg" target="_blank">http://photos.netclubs.com/live/photos/photocenter/d/q/1/e/1er31ruvk7vk9a7cgmus1edgis/halide2.jpg</a>
<a href="http://photos.netclubs.com/live/photos/photocenter/d/q/1/e/1er31ruvk7vk9a7cgmus1edgis/halide9.jpg" target="_blank">http://photos.netclubs.com/live/photos/photocenter/d/q/1/e/1er31ruvk7vk9a7cgmus1edgis/halide9.jpg</a>
(lycos isn't letting me link at the moment, so you'll have to click the link)
those are older pics also. about a month to two months old. the coralline is REALLY taking off now, since the addition of my halides.
-One