Upside down ?

[ReeferRookie]

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

 

[KritikaL]

i very much doubt upside down ?!

 

[ReeferRookie]

you think lol ??

 

[spspirate]

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

 

[spspirate]

How long has the tank been up?

 

[ReeferRookie]

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]

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 .

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]

I found some !!!! Beautiful aquascape too

 

[BuilderofDreams]

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

 

[ReeferRookie]

I love it when people go out of.the normal

 

[chrishaire22]

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

 

[ReeferRookie]

What are the benefits of this ? Just weird formations ?

 

[Oldude]

I found some !!!! Beautiful aquascape too

This situation would only work with non-photosynthtic varieties.

 

[saltyfish]

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

 

[KritikaL]

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

 

[jordan banks]

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]

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]

Hmmmm weird

 

[laineyg6]

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.

 

[ReeferRookie]

I think it would be nice in a frag tank