What corals can I mount to backdrop?
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Eckolancer
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Softies you need to let them just grow to the wall. Sps just glue, I have chalice that I have glued to my back wall, as well as war coral, Jedi mind trick and soon another chalice.
Exodus
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You can simply mount them the same way you do with any other coral. I don't know how well they would grow directly on glass but I do know they grow easily on False Walls of AIO Tanks. I have seen pulsing xenia, Green Star Polys, Chalice, and favia grown on the back wall. I'm sure there are others but those are off the top of my head at the moment.
Eckolancer
LED GURU
Green star polyps grow pretty good on glass and look awesome blowing on the back walls. I've thought about adding some to the back.
Thanks for the reply! The back of my tank is that black plastic material, I think that's what your referring too? I like the idea of using a chalice and montipora. I need corals that will not grow out from the wall as I have acroporas growing vertical infront of the backdrop!
Eckolancer
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That is how my tank is as well. I have a lot of sps in my tank.
saltyphish
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This is what I am trying to do in my 29 biocube.
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Please post some pics once you get the corals going. I'm always looking for new ideas and inspiration for my tanks. 
The black plastic is pretty easy to get them growing, I had montis on my biocube plastic back that I couldn't remove when I tore down the tank and I wasn't trying to get them to grow on it! I tried so hard to get coral on the glass back of my new tank. I tried everything I could think of. Superglue and the putty epoxy didn't work despite many attempts. I eventually found Mr. Sticky's Underwater Epoxy Glue that worked. I glued large frag plug with Mr. Sticky's to the wall and when cured superglued montis to it. The cure time on Mr. Sticky's was really long, so I had to hold it in place with a dab of superglue for a day or two.
I would love to put acros on back wall but the first time I tried to glue one, I lost it I. The rock work.How 'bout some acros? Found this pic of some pretty cool colonies growing on the back wall...
Harold Green
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I'd like to offer a bit of caution. Once your tank has gotten well established gsp, zenia, anthelia and many other varieties of polyps can not only cover the back wall of the tank but spread out over the rock work smothering hard corals. You're better off keeping them on rocks separated from the other rock work other wise you may have to tear the tank down to get them under control. I'd stick to sps for the back wall. Here's my hard learned example.
lisawolk
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I can attest to that. My GSP is growing like crazy and I just recently moved all plugs so the GSP is on a rock by itself. It will smother nearby coral.I'd like to offer a bit of caution. Once your tank has gotten well established gsp, zenia, anthelia and many other varieties of polyps can not only cover the back wall of the tank but spread out over the rock work smothering hard corals. You're better off keeping them on rocks separated from the other rock work other wise you may have to tear the tank down to get them under control. I'd stick to sps for the back wall. Here's my hard learned example.
