Lets see those corals on your back glass or overflows.

[ethridge78]

Some nice looking tanks

 

[Raptor72]

I just googled it because I remembered it from a post a few years back. I'm sure you could do the same and track it down.

That’s a great shirt. Link?

 

[TheSeaAndMe]

I hate how foreign and out of place overflows always look so I cover them with coral rubble, dead coral and shells and stuff we collect at the beach and it makes it easy to mount and grow all sorts of coral. I also never scrape the back glass, once it gets a nice layer of corraline pretty much anything can stick to it with a little dab of glue. Sorry for the crappy pics, I suck at taking pics of my tanks.. Which is a shame.

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[TheSeaAndMe]

Actually missing quite a few things on the overflow at the moment as I'm battling Montipora eating nudis and have all my montis (other than the Digi which these don't seem to care for) in QT

 

[TheSeaAndMe]

Palys love the back glass as long as there's ample corraline to hold onto

 

[ScubaShane]

Awesome photos! Here’s my purple-polyped Monti attached to and growing up the overflow box (by design). I love covering the back wall and box with coral.
Ya thats awesome, I might do that my self.

Thanks to all for their cool pics!

 

[302reefer]

GSP

 

[Dan13]

I would love to get my coral growing on my glass surrounding my overflow (as you can see through it and see the pipes inside there!), however I am worried about doing my water changes.....When I do my water changes, my water level in the display tank drops by a good few inches. Exposing the coral that is high up on the glass to air for a period of time whilst changing and cleaning would surely do damage.....What are people's thoughts on this?

 

[Stan-Lee]

I would love to get my coral growing on my glass surrounding my overflow (as you can see through it and see the pipes inside there!), however I am worried about doing my water changes.....When I do my water changes, my water level in the display tank drops by a good few inches. Exposing the coral that is high up on the glass to air for a period of time whilst changing and cleaning would surely do damage.....What are people's thoughts on this?

Depends what it is, i've had GSP out of water for at least an hour before and its been fine.

 

[pscheel2]

I would love to get my coral growing on my glass surrounding my overflow (as you can see through it and see the pipes inside there!), however I am worried about doing my water changes.....When I do my water changes, my water level in the display tank drops by a good few inches. Exposing the coral that is high up on the glass to air for a period of time whilst changing and cleaning would surely do damage.....What are people's thoughts on this?

I wouldn't worry about it if it's for a short period. You can also do water changes from the sump, if you have one, to avoid this.

 

[jgvergo]

I would love to get my coral growing on my glass surrounding my overflow (as you can see through it and see the pipes inside there!), however I am worried about doing my water changes.....When I do my water changes, my water level in the display tank drops by a good few inches. Exposing the coral that is high up on the glass to air for a period of time whilst changing and cleaning would surely do damage.....What are people's thoughts on this?

You will find this thread on the Intertidal Zone interesting...

 

[Rcpilot]

Yellow polyps on back glass. Right side up high - behind the rotating powerhead.

 

[ScubaShane]

I think I'm going to go with Monti Caps on my corner overflows, mid level. My overflows don't have center drains just surface skimmers. And I'm entertaining the Idea Zoa's on the upper back glass however I need to use a species that tolerates high light.

 

[Tony Sini]

Actually missing quite a few things on the overflow at the moment as I'm battling Montipora eating nudis and have all my montis (other than the Digi which these don't seem to care for) in QT

Is that a elwgance in the middle

 

[Jay1661]

If you guys had to to a tear down of your tank for let’s say moving purposes. What would you do with your corals on the glass/over flow?
Just try and salvage as much as you can?

 

[Timfish1]

Some nice corals pictured above! Here's a Povona cactus on an overflow.

 

[Timfish1]

@Jay1661 It's kinda going to depend on the species and how it's grown. I've been succesfull with montiporas and GSP draping a towel soaked in aquarium water and dribbling more water over it as it starts to dry out. Anything branching probably is going to have significant breakage using a towel but the base might be ok. The various seratopora species (aka Birdsnests) are so sensitive to air I doubt that technique would work.

 

[DonTavo27]

I thought my back panel was a good place for the space invader. I also have orange and grafted cap, and I’m even growing green star polyps on my loc-line. When you run out of place on the rocks, and the sand bed, you get creative.

 

[ScubaShane]

I thought my back panel was a good place for the space invader. I also have orange and grafted cap, and I’m even growing green star polyps on my loc-line. When you run out of place on the rocks, and the sand bed, you get creative.

I like the way that cap is growing.

 

[LadyMac]

I can’t even get coral to grow on the rocks lol

These tanks look amazing. One day I want to have something along the back.