Has anybody had luck growing coral on the back wall?

[childress5tyler]

I glued a green star polyp frag onto the back wall of my tank and I was wondering if anybody has had luck growing any type of coral on the back of their wall? Would anybody mind posting a picture if you have had luck? thanks

 

[geoj]

Yep, no pics but I have seen GSP, Mont cap, and Favia

 

[flower]

I did on my last SH tank. A rock wall helps.

 

[snakeblitz33]

I successfully grew a few montipora colonies on my overflow box. Of course, that's plastic, so I'm sure it's a little different.
I've also thought about gluing GSP to the bottom of a barebottom tank and letting it take over - and wave back and forth like grass.

 

[childress5tyler]

I glued a GSP frag onto the back of my red sea max (which is acrylic) and towards the top of the tank also...probably should have glued it towards the bottom but maybe I can do that after this current frag grow out (shouldn't take long hopefully)
My hope is to have my back wall covered in GSP, ricordeas, blue clove polyps, and maybe monti
any advice on how to grow favia on the back wall? thanks?

 

[childress5tyler]

SORRY, they do not allow links to competitors or other sites here.....Meowzer
about a quarter way down the page is what I want my back wall to look like except more full
I want the left wall to be covered in blue clove polpys
I want my right wall to be covered in zoas, mushrooms, and maybe montipora
I realize this will take a year for the GSP, blue clove polyps, and probably a long time for the monti

 

[geoj]

I glue the stony frags to a ceramic magnet. Works pretty good for a few years.

 

[novahobbies]

I have some Anthelia frags given to me by Theresa that are glued to my back wall. No real spreading growth yet, though, so we'll see.

 

[travelerjp98]

I wil definitely grow some coral on the back wall of my tank. I love the way that looks.

 

[childress5tyler]

I have a quarter size frag on my back wall right now, hoping it will spread across and cover my back wall in less than a year

 

[childress5tyler]

this is what I want my small frag to turn into...that looks amazing! and I want some monti or something sps on my right wall and leave my front and left wall clear

 

[snakeblitz33]

I'm going to have to figure out which SPS corals I want to glue to some ceramic magnets to my back glass. I know I want to glue some GSP to the bottom of my tank, but I have no idea if it will take off in a low nutrient tank.

 

[geoj]

I'm going to have to figure out which SPS corals I want to glue to some ceramic magnets to my back glass. I know I want to glue some GSP to the bottom of my tank, but I have no idea if it will take off in a low nutrient tank.
It will do very well. If you get the flow and light right.

 

[snakeblitz33]

I'll give it a go either way.

 

[childress5tyler]

Snake, what do you mean by "low nutrient tank?"
and please follow up on what SPS you decide to go with

 

[snakeblitz33]

Low nutrient tank means that the water is completely overskimmed and stripped of all dissolved organic compounds through protein skimming. For some reason, SPS enjoy tanks that are highly overskimmed and overfiltered water conditions. Soft corals such as GSP, like a little nutrients in the water and don't like the tank to be completely devoid of DOCs. That's why I asked if GSP would do well in an SPS tank, basically.

 

[childress5tyler]

Thanks for explaining...zoanthinds prefer nutrients correct? and what about euphillia coral such as hammer and frogspawn? thanks!

 

[snakeblitz33]

Nutrients aren't the same thing as nitrate and phosphate. soft corals and LPS corals enjoy being "fed" with phytoplankton, rotifers, meaty foods such as mysis and enriched brine. Of course, all that food breaks down and has to be removed through your filtration - protein skimming, scrubbers, chemical filtration medias. SPS corals feed indirectly off of the waste of fish. Feed your fish what you normally would and in turn, SPS corals also feed off of whatever nutrients is left in the water column. HOWEVER, SPS corals do rely on photosynthesis in their zooxanthellae more than their predatory instincts to capture live foods and organic matter from the water column.

 

[childress5tyler]

Okay, that makes a lot more sense..thanks for the explaination...I typically spot feed my hammers and frogspawn 2 times a week in addition and can tell a difference

 

[snakeblitz33]

I think, though, that having GSP grow on the bottom of the tank is going to be a good thing. Most leftover food will settle somewhere on the bottom of the tank and will then be eaten by the coral. Win/Win