will they grow on it?

[Gilraen]

I've seen tanks where people have trained GSP and/or xenia/anthelia to grow on their glass. Could I get zoanthids to do the same thing?

[dc_909]

Yep

[SIR PATRICK]

^ agreed.

[MUCHO REEF]

Sure you can Gilraen, many have done so. If you have a rapidly growing frag or colony already, just place the point or edge of the rock that has polyps closest to the edge against the glass and allow them to naturally migrate. Or, you can take a small frag with very little rock beneath the polyps and secure it to the coralline on the glass with a very small dab of 2 part epoxy. I'm sure there are other methods, anyone else want to chime in?

Mucho Reef

[650-IS350]

Some have used magnets or tiny algae magnet scrapers to see the glass growth.

http://www.nautilusreef.com/html/fragnets.html
http://www.aqua-mags.com/
http://aquakit.ca/index.php?cPath=37&osCsid=0e02205832523714b227405c849cd3ce

You can find similar things like these I believe in google or try ebay.

[IridescentLily]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14538790#post14538790 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MUCHO REEF
Sure you can Gilraen, many have done so. If you have a rapidly growing frag or colony already, just place the point or edge of the rock that has polyps closest to the edge against the glass and allow them to naturally migrate. Or, you can take a small frag with very little rock beneath the polyps and secure it to the coralline on the glass with a very small dab of 2 part epoxy. I'm sure there are other methods, anyone else want to chime in?

Mucho Reef

Gilraen, Mucho ^^^ would definitely know. His tank is ALL zoas, and they're climbing all over everything. It's quite something and has earned Tank of the Month (TOTM) for Mucho awhile back. I'm new here and when I first saw his tank I was like :eek: .
I can't find the link to his tank but hopefully he can post it.

Anyway, sorry to interrupt your thread for a moment, good luck!

[puckbs]

one thing i have found, (after you get them on the glass), is that the further you go down the tank, the more they wind up stretching to get out from the shade of the ones above and you wind up getting more of a horizontal look....no biggie obviously...but i found that if i kept flow good around them they hugged closer to the glass....just a little bit of my experience for what its worth...

i'm working on getting an encrusting monti on my back glass ;-)