The thoughts of a ten-year old reefer...

[SquidwardTentacles]

My son is new to the hobby / helping me on a ~two-month old 28 JBJ Nano. He is into it.

He had an idea... And I couldn't tell him if it was a really bad one or really good one.

He thought we should glue some small frags to the back glass (false wall / black). The inside surface of the false wall is actually plastic (ABS?).

We have six (now seven) yellow polyps that have already "volunteered" to move onto this surface. Was wondering if anyone else tried it and with what success. The surface is still clean (no corraline yet) so I know I could get a good gel coat on it and attached some small frags. Thoughts?

 

[jfl14609]

Mark Klier attaches frags to small mag floats

 

[Japsican]

I've seen people do it with GSP and Xenia. I'm sure you could do it with any other matting type coral as well. I say have at it if you want. If they get out of hand, just scrap or peel them off.:thumbsup:

 

[Landolakes]

I've had some cap and star polyps do that by them selves. I have seen others glue them on to.

 

[josepha]

Just be careful here if they are aggressive growing species, i.e GSP, anthelia, xenia and some other soft corals, even some SPS. They have a tendancy to take over entire back walls and eventually entire tanks as they can become become "water" borne i.e start babies that come off the wall and attach to rock work. With enough coverage on the entire back glass, spawning and growing and taking over is a tough thing to overcome.

 

[SquidwardTentacles]

Thanks for the input. I should have noted that I will never willingly allow Xenia to enter any of my set ups. Been there / done that.

 

[block head]

I d go for it. The 28 lends itself to tank resets. If it doesn't work, just change it.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

I think

I think

your son has a great idea :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[Bluephish13]

I have seen some encrusting montis look cool grown on glass bottoms and sides. Plus it makes for some easy fragging.

I imagine most corals would take to the glass even faster with a coraline coating.

 

[NirvanaFan]

I'd use some high strength magnets if you can. That way you can move them around if you want/need to.

 

[Young Reefer]

seems like a good idea to me

 

[toddmh]

Mark Klier attaches frags to small mag floats

I do this with my plating montipora :thumbsup:

 

[naprestsleep]

I used mags to start my GSP on the glass, once the mat expands past the frag I moved the frag to another part of the glass, works well so far