Good encrusting corals for vertical rock surfaces?

[Yedgy]

Hi all,

I need some advice. I have some challenging bare rock surfaces that I'd like to cover. They are vertical, receive little light, and are fairly close to the glass. What would you recommend as a good matting/encrusting coral that won't be too invasive? Might these be good surfaces for GSP? Are there Zoanthids that will enjoy such conditions?

Thanks!

 

[trinidiver]

I think GSP and the other encrusting gorgonians require good lighting and flow...... zoas also. what about some mushrooms

 

[Yedgy]

Mushrooms might work, as long as I don't have too many of them. I understand they release plenty of allelochemicals, far more than Ricordea. Anyone have any photos of 'shrooms growing on a cliffside they can share?

 

[wireefman]

why not get some dendros and or sun corals

 

[Yedgy]

why not get some dendros and or sun corals

I've considered these, but I can't help but wonder how difficult it would be to feed each polyp individually when they're hanging on the side of a cliff--won't the bits of food simply fall out of their mouths?

 

[Monkeyfish]

The food won't fall out of their mouth, but it gets to be pain, IMO, to feed them.

 

[trinidiver]

yedgy, post a pic of the rock in question

 

[SantaMonica]

I've seen xenia cover vertical walls pretty good. And yellow clove polyps look really nice too, and may end up covering everything.

 

[wolfenstein87]

I have GSP growing on a vertical piece of branch. Are you looking for anything specific as far as aesthetics go? Or just something to cover rock?

 

[mt4sure]

can you show a shot of the cliff that you are talking about? also does it receive a decent amount of flow for that matter...