Coral wall

#1
Hey all, I want to put out a feeler of what people think about coral walls like zoas or whatever taking over a back wall in an aio tank, aside from making sure the returns stay clear. This is my vision for my 7 gallon Waterbox I’ll be starting here in a few weeks. Obviously I have a lot of time before I add animals, but I want to have a game plan and see it through before I add my first coral. Thanks all for your input.
 
#3
Thanks Lmmchops, I did just noticed my typo, I wanted to ask if there were any problems or pitfalls people run into with doing this aside from possibly blocking flow?
 

TheRealChrisBrown

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#5
I've done it with green star polyps. Covered about 2/3 of my 150 tall tank (a 4ft x 30in. wall of aquarium) Added nice movement, easier to care for than scraping algae off the back. GSP can take over a tank and become a nuisance pretty quickly, but since none of my rockwork touched the wall it was more or less isolated. I've seen it done with zoas before, might work better on a smaller scale AIO. Good luck, keep us posted on how it goes!
 

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#6
Not intentionally, but the last classroom tank had palys and other polyps growing on it. I agree with Chris, I like the added movement and not having to worry about cleaning it.
 
#7
I've done it with green star polyps. Covered about 2/3 of my 150 tall tank (a 4ft x 30in. wall of aquarium) Added nice movement, easier to care for than scraping algae off the back. GSP can take over a tank and become a nuisance pretty quickly, but since none of my rockwork touched the wall it was more or less isolated. I've seen it done with zoas before, might work better on a smaller scale AIO. Good luck, keep us posted on how it goes!
Thanks much. I’ll certainly be posting updates.
 

Off The Deep End

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#8
My back wall is matted with GSP and I love the movement and color I get from it, I hit it with a razor blade when it needs trimmed, super simple.
 

zombie

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#11
I was curious about that, with some these corals being toxic,
GSP isn't one of the toxic ones. Its Palys you need to be worried about and to a much lesser extent zoas. Gloves and eyewear are a must when trimming those. Never boil a rock with zoas or Palys, and always wash your hands.

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