GSP ideas

[Navyblue]

I have a nice sized mat of GSP that is not attached to anything.

My initial idea is to put them on sand bed between rocks to form some sort of corridor. But I worry that one day I might get lazy and stop trimming them and they latched onto the rocks and take over the tank. So I am not sure if I would regret this.

Of course there is the classic solution of having them on an isolated rock. But don't really have space for that. I also don't want it on the back wall. If anyone has an cool idea I would like to hear them.

 

[greg1786]

I have a book on coral propagation where I saw a picture of them on a power head. They completely covered the powerhead except for the small opening where the water pumps out. It was a cool look for concealing it. The whole section was on using gsp and similar corals to "hide" equipment in the tank


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[Navyblue]

Thanks for the input. I think in the right setting, that can look cool. But I only have round Tunzes in the tank.

I think I'm just going to leave it on the sand bed for now.

 

[b0bab0ey]

Thanks for the input. I think in the right setting, that can look cool. But I only have round Tunzes in the tank.

I think I'm just going to leave it on the sand bed for now.

Just be careful with it. I got lazy, and now I'm constantly having to peel it off of one of my Monti caps. You really have to just take the rock out and soak it in f/w to completely get rid of it. Not always possible when you have other things you want to keep growing on the same rock.

 

[Navyblue]

Just be careful with it. I got lazy, and now I'm constantly having to peel it off of one of my Monti caps. You really have to just take the rock out and soak it in f/w to completely get rid of it. Not always possible when you have other things you want to keep growing on the same rock.

That is what I am worried about. If it got latched on the bottom of the main rock structure, I'll have to tear it down to get the bottom rocks out. If I have to do that, I would never be able to put the rocks back the same way, and I would have to waste days again to make the tank look right. I just spent weeks doing aquascaping and was reminded how unpleasant it was.

I am usually very particular about invasive species, and for this reason I don't have any mushrooms, as they might float off and take roots who knows where.

I intend to put it away from the main rock structure, in case I got lazy. It won't be so bad if the rocks can be easily removed. I just hope these would only creep asexually, and not detach or go sexual and have them pop up else where.

 

[b0bab0ey]

I just hope these would only creep asexually, and not detach or go sexual and have them pop up else where.

I've seen GSP pop up numerous times far away from the "mother rock". I think sometimes a little piece of it breaks off, gets blown around the tank and lands elsewhere. If it's not near anything else, you can sometimes use kalk paste to kill it off.

I probably won't be putting GSP, Xenia, Mushroom, Kenya Tree, etc. in my next reef. Too much constant hassling. The only softies I will keep from now on are, say, leathers that grow but don't spread.

 

[ptreef]

Just keep it isolated and always away from rock. You have to get reall lazy to not take 20 sec out of a day a pick it up and rip it to size.

Plus it doesn't happen over night! :-0 I love me a little GSP here and there......Just on the sand tho!!

 

[Navyblue]

I've seen GSP pop up numerous times far away from the "mother rock". I think sometimes a little piece of it breaks off, gets blown around the tank and lands elsewhere. If it's not near anything else, you can sometimes use kalk paste to kill it off.

Now this is scary. If something float off in my tank, it would always end up under some inaccessible rocks where the flow is the weakest which made effective intervention very difficult.

Now I wonder it is better for me to try to attach them on a rock, as oppose to just leaving the mat on the sand, to best prevent it from happening.

 

[Navyblue]

Just keep it isolated and always away from rock. You have to get reall lazy to not take 20 sec out of a day a pick it up and rip it to size.

Plus it doesn't happen over night! :-0 I love me a little GSP here and there......Just on the sand tho!!

I like the look of GSP too. The thing is, if there is only a tiny piece and under some inaccessible spot, it would be kinda hard to spot before it is too late. If they don't break off it's not that bad to have to trim the lawn a bit every once in a while.

 

[coralsnaked]

I have attached them to the back wall in my tank in my softie only tank and it looks really cool, but i do not have my rock against the back wall either, so they remain isolated.

 

[96slowbra]

i have a piece that i attached to my return pipe, and a month or so later the whole return pipe is coated. i wouldn't want it anywhere else though.