Coral on outflow wall?

[A777flygirl]

I am wondering if there are benefits or problems associated with attaching coral on the outflow back part of my tank?

Will it cause problems downstream?

I am thinking entrusting coral that would look nice instead of the black and give me more space for coral. What kind is or is not recommended?

Thanks for your recommendations!

 

[Crabs McJones]

I am wondering if there are benefits or problems associated with attaching coral on the outflow back part of my tank?

Will it cause problems downstream?

I am thinking entrusting coral that would look nice instead of the black and give me more space for coral. What kind is or is not recommended?

Thanks for your recommendations!

@DSC reef has green star polyps growing on the overflow. Don't know anyone whose used SPS encrusting coral though.

 

[cracker]

How does one going about attaching GSP to an overflow? I would guess get some going on a plug & gluing it to the box?

 

[DSC reef]

An encrusting coral might look cool but it might all break off when it comes time to trim. My wife had the idea about the GSP on the overflow and it's very easy to trim back with a razor.

 

[DSC reef]

How does one going about attaching GSP to an overflow? I would guess get some going on a plug & gluing it to the box?

You can glue it, we did that on my wife's nano and it took off and looks natural.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

It's hard to get a picture of the GSP in the nano but this is what DSC was talking about. We glued a piece that was a inch big and it has taken over pretty fast. I love the look of GSP on the over flow. You would need to trim it as it got closer to the drain openings but so worth it and GSP is super easy to remove. Just peel it.

 

[cracker]

Nice !

 

[themcnertney]

Here is mine

 

[DSC reef]

Here's the GSP in our reef

 

[Grelby]

Awesome!

 

[HB AL]

Pocilapora and GSP,

 

[cracker]

How did you get it to stay there?

 

[themcnertney]

I just place a couple rocks with some gsp near the overflow and they jumped on to it. I don't see any reason why you couldn't just superglue a frag to the overflow though.

 

[Neo Jeo]

Im thinking about doing this. Can they jump off of the overflow and go on the rocks? Can they detach and float around the tank?

Thanks

 

[A777flygirl]

Those are all awesome reef pics using the GPS!!

Thank you for sharing!