Coralline covered back glass.

by **schigara** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:37 am

I got a wild hair last week and decided to scrape all the coralline off the back glass of my tank. Wow. I had no idea how good it would look. I have been seeing pics of Italian and Japanese tanks with Euro bracing and coralline free glass and thought it looked clean but didn't get the full impact until I did it myself.

I used to think the tank looked more mature with a solid covering of coralline on the back glass but it is amazing how much bigger the tank seems with a clean back glass, especially because it is painted black. The colors of the coralline encrusted rock, the corals and the fish just pop off the black/empty background!

Anyone else tried the "clean" look?

I'll get some new pics up soon. I sold my crappy Kodak Z712is because it had just basic presets for white balance and could never get a good picture with accurate color rendition and bought a Nikon D2H pro DSLR but am waiting for my charger to be shipped.

by **saltwaterpimp** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:43 pm

haha, coralline covered backs look like scince projects of some sort, merry x- mas man, here is some new stuff i got=)

by **saltwaterpimp** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:47 pm

here is the clean backround

by **saltwaterpimp** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:50 pm

hahaha, my pic wont work,

by **puffedupseagull** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:38 pm

i clean it off my glass once a week. i agree it makes everything amplifed

by **dick_headers** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:40 pm

Schigara,

I'm so glad you did it! I always loved your tanks, except the thick coralline on the back. I bet it looks better now. Post some pics please! How's the new fish? I seen pictures the other day...Pretty stunning!
Cheers,
Dick

by **blueshoes2208** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 5:24 pm

k got this patch of purple stuff, doesnt come off like algae pretty tough, is this the beginning of schigaras coraline covered wall

by **blueshoes2208** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 5:33 pm

btw i jus found the remains of one of my blue leg hermits.... does that happen very often? i have 6 scarlet herms, 9 blue legs now, 2 astrea snails, 2 turbos, and 6 nassarius (sp?)... cannibalism??

by **Snowboss4492** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:21 pm

make sure you don't have all the crabs.............from time to time they molt and it looks like they have been slaughtered .......when my big crab molts it looks like a war movie exploded in my tank...lol.......i panic and in a day or two he's running around like nothing happened

and yes that sounds like coraline on you glass

Boss

by **blueshoes2208** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 2:37 am

yeah i see other crabs in there...... it jus looks like a perfect set of legs and face and stuff, still holding a perfect blue coloration with fleshy stuff floating behind it

Coralline covered back glass.

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