LPS and glass

[moze229]

This may be a stupid question, but in my 15 or so years of reefs, I've never had any experience with this.

To shake things up, recently I decided to go bare bottom. I don't want to get into the argument of what's best - sand or bare bottom etc. etc. But I would like to know what experience people have with having corals sitting directly on glass. I have a fairly large Acan and Maze Brain coral sitting on the bottom. Over time, are these going to grow onto the glass? I've always had them sitting in the sand with little concern of them "sticking" to anything. I don't want these colonies to attach directly to the glass, so if this is a possibility, I can put something else for them to grow onto that's less permanent. What is your experience with this? Thanks!

 

[Member No. 1]

This may be a stupid question, but in my 15 or so years of reefs, I've never had any experience with this.

To shake things up, recently I decided to go bare bottom. I don't want to get into the argument of what's best - sand or bare bottom etc. etc. But I would like to know what experience people have with having corals sitting directly on glass. I have a fairly large Acan and Maze Brain coral sitting on the bottom. Over time, are these going to grow onto the glass? I've always had them sitting in the sand with little concern of them "sticking" to anything. I don't want these colonies to attach directly to the glass, so if this is a possibility, I can put something else for them to grow onto that's less permanent. What is your experience with this? Thanks!

I run BB but with HDPE (Starboard) on the bottom to protect the glass. I have quite a few encrusting corals on the bottom, I prefer the look. But to answer your question, if you don't want it to encrust the glass but still want a clean look, go to Lowe's/Home Depot and get a white or black ceramic tile. You can cut it to size, put the coral on top of that. It's pretty thin, so you won't really see it. People use these cut into small squares to mount frags without ant issues.