+Mlaw Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I'm considering attempting to grow some coral on part of the back wall of my biocube. I have the live rock set up so that the upper half of the back wall is visible for about half the tank. I don't particularly care for the bare black expanse and thought it might be nice to grow some palys or zoas on it. Anyone have any experience with this? What's going to grow fast, cover well and look good? I would like to avoid a lot of red at this point as I have quite a bit of dragon's breath macro that is providing plenty of red. I have medium flow on the back wall and have recently upgraded the lighting to Ecoxotic Panoramas using 1 12k white bar, 1 solid blue, 1 12k white/blue mix and 1 blue/magenta mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Anything that meets those criteria has a potential to get invasive on the parts that you don't want it on ( I assume). Candidates could be green star polyps, xenia and anthelia. Most zoas/palys are going to grow at a rate much slower than the three I mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I would recommend using magnets on the backwall. That way you can have a couple different ones but not have to worry about putting something like xenia that could throw babies into other parts of your tank. I've been mixing monti caps w/ zoas so the caps can have the bottom of the rock and zoas the top. Not the best pic but you can see them up on my wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I've seen GSP backs, and I've seen Montipora Backs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mlaw Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 I'm okay with invasive, as long as reasonable maintenance will keep it down. Besides it should be relatively easy to remove from the smooth back wall and then frag. Do you think that I could get a pulsing xenia to grow up the back wall? maybe a pom pom? Next question is how do you do it? I've read that you can just glue them to the back wall but that seems a bit odd to me. I've been thinking about gluing it to a magnet and then mounting it on the back wall so I can move it if I need to. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 +1 on the magnets. Glue some LR rubble to a magnet and attach a frag. Then you can move them around etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mlaw Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 Where do you get the magnets? The LFS don't seem to have them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+etannert Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Most people use small magfloats or similar items, which you can find at the LFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I get my magnets from here http://www.gaussboys.com/store/index.php/magnet-shapes/blocks/b2506e-n42.html You want them epoxy coated for our tanks. With a biocube you may not want as much pull but it wont hurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua-Dome Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Teri's 29 Biocube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Teri's 29 Biocube Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esacjack Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 i just bought a bunch of epoxy coated neodymium magnets from cms magnetics. They're based out of Dallas, so shipping is cheap and fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Yeah. Re gauss boys, I felt I needed a thicker cost of sealant, so I used easy cast, which doubled the cost :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mlaw Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 managed to get the pom pom xenia to attached directly to the wall without the magnet. Didn't do it on purpose but we'll run with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scutterborn Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 An older side profile pic of my 28g nanocube. -Ben- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I just used superglue gel to attach a monti to my back glass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mlaw Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 wow Scutterborn! That's what I'm going for. How long did that take? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scutterborn Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 (edited) Maybe 4 months. I let it grow out about an inch on the side glass and cut it back with a kent scraper blade. Super easy to trim. Just cut it before it gets to your overflow teeth! Lol. I learned the hard way. I should add that I started with a piece that was nearly 6"X8", though. -Ben- Edited February 5, 2013 by Scutterborn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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