Corals for your glass!

DmitryB · 2026-09-04T21:40:39-0400

I've seen a handful of people actually attach a frag to the back of their tanks and it grows! I'm intrigued by an idea of attaching something encrusting and letting it grow on the back wall as much as it will. What kind of coral might be good for this? Any ideas?

stephenwjr · 2026-09-04T21:47:21-0400

I have green stylo all over my back walls. It went crazy in my tank and I have been cutting it off with a razor and selling the frags.. Take a look at my build thread.

rowenaad · 2026-09-04T21:51:06-0400

I do gsp, but have heard others doing lepto, monti, zoa, chalice, cyphasrea

DmitryB · 2026-09-04T21:52:49-0400

Runaway SPS's are pretty rare I think!

DmitryB · 2026-09-04T21:57:49-0400

rowenaad said:
I do gsp, but have heard others doing lepto, monti, zoa, chalice, cyphasrea

I was going through the SPS's. Cyphastrea is a low-light coral, so it may be too much in the upper half of the tank. (Rock covers the lower half.) Lepto, Monti and Chalice may work (although according to Tidal Gardens Chalices (I don't have any at this time) are kind of medium lighting creatures. I need to find a cheap frag and see what happens since this is an experiment. Would not want to lose an expensive coral if this didn't work out!