Upside down ?

ReeferRookie · Aug 28, 2014

Ive recently been hearing people sometimes prefer to put their sticks sideways or upside down. Anyone have ne tanks with upside down sticks ?

KritikaL · Aug 28, 2014

i very much doubt upside down ?!

ReeferRookie · Aug 28, 2014

you think lol ??

spspirate · Aug 28, 2014

Sure it will work! You won't have a base but will have some crazy irregular growth formations.

spspirate · Aug 28, 2014

How long has the tank been up?

ReeferRookie · Aug 28, 2014

Not my tank. This is the photo that inspired me to ask if anyone else is doing this whacky stuff i kinda like it

KritikaL · Aug 29, 2014

thats not upside down thats just hanging!

off that way they can grow but u put them up side down there is no benefit when on frag plugs

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Hanging means they just grow in every direction, i find that your gonna have to superglue a tip if you do that, because they end up growing everywhere and then there isn't a 'bottom' and i might be odd but that just annoys me and doesn't look very natural

Imo best to try and get as much surface area in the light, and thats how i get my frags to grow and encrust

ReeferRookie · Aug 29, 2014

I found some !!!! Beautiful aquascape too

BuilderofDreams · Aug 29, 2014

i have never tried to grow a stick upside down but i do commonly stand Montipora-plate corals vertically...

ReeferRookie · Aug 29, 2014

I love it when people go out of.the normal

chrishaire22 · Aug 29, 2014

In the coral conservation building at the Pittsburgh Zoo they have them hanging.

ReeferRookie · Aug 29, 2014

What are the benefits of this ? Just weird formations ?

Oldude · Aug 30, 2014

ReeferRookie said:
I found some !!!! Beautiful aquascape too

This situation would only work with non-photosynthtic varieties.

saltyfish · Aug 30, 2014

Are you sure that pic is of an sps? The shape almost looks like a gorgonian to me.

KritikaL · Aug 30, 2014

Idd that's a gorg not sure if it's non photo synthetic but deffo not sps !

jordan banks · Aug 30, 2014

I hang all my nps upside down in a cave with flow. They do very well like that. As for sps I am no expert on them but I doubt they would do well since they mostly grow right side up in nature.

saltwaterpicaso · Aug 30, 2014

I know a guy that just grows sps to sell and all his tanks the frags hang from fish line... he says they grow faster

ReeferRookie · Aug 30, 2014

Hmmmm weird

laineyg6 · Aug 30, 2014

Fantastic idea, especially for those who are growing and fragging corals. Would be a great help for any slow-growers because you can grab the multiple pieces and put them near each other to fill in empty spots. Not a good look for a display tank, in my humble opinion. But like I said, great idea for people just growing corals.