aquascape advice please

[kpiotrowski]

This pic is a month old, diatoms are gone now but the aquascape is the same. I would like to promote the growth of corals all over ( encrusting) the upright tonga branch but honestly have no clue of what corals with do that. encrusting monti? which ones? zoas? any suggestions or should I look at a different aquascape? I am really realizing not only the limits of my current design but a peninsula tank in general, so yeah, advice is much needed!




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[Aquanaut]

I think: stardust or rainbow encrusting mont --see BR LFS.-- Zoanthids, star pollup (beware its use), encrusting sponges, Paly's. I have encountered some SPS that will encrust surfaces first before building extensions: Validia(Tri-color), Red Planet (Tabling Acro), Hydnopora, Porcillipora, Digitata, Chalice. Hope this helps.

 

[jrgilles]

If you are near seattle, I can hook you up with some star polyps. I'm not too far from barrier. Be careful though. They will spread, I would say keep them somewhat isolated, or just occassionally peel up the mat around the edges to keep it cut back. It will spread around.

I actually grow them on my overflow boxes, where they are really happy and can't go anywhere

 

[kpiotrowski]

thank you both. I will research all of your suggestions and see what combinations I will like. Currently I am still trying to get my system back to normal after adding that herbtana junk, then I will defintatley be going coral crazy!

 

[Sculpin]

Agree that rainbow monti is a great choice because I suspect the diffrent hights might show off the rainbow colors better.

Another one you might try are yellow polyps. I was told that they like to grow up and not down, so as long as you mount them at the peak of a rock, they don't really spread. I didn't totally trust that this was true, but after trying it I found they never spread beyond the peak I placed them on in my tank.

 

[DBM Reef]

Kevin I would go with this!

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LOL!

 

[1guydude]

If it were me, id lay that taller piece out front down on the side and use that as one of my base rocks. The tonga rock i would break into some smaller pieces if need be and place those on the bottom as well....stack watever u have left on top of that! As for encrusting stuff....ive got a polliporas and some monti that are encrusting...