Aquascapes made of dead coral skeletons

[Takaki1980]

My coral tank layout is made up of dead coral skeletons.
I assembled a large table coral base with a variety of coral skeletons. So far, the coral is growing actively without any problems.
I'm sure you'll have a dead coral skeleton in your tank that will be part of your layout before you know it!
You can use it in various ways depending on your ideas, so why don't you create an aquascape with coral skeletons too!

My build threads

 

[Ron Reefman]

Nice looking final result.

 

[NashobaTek]

Lots of coral skeletons in the tank! I love the color and the look of them. Not ready to add the live coral yet.
There's blue ridge, red pipe organ, elk horn, stag horn, fire, and a large table along with a slipper coral skeletons.

 

[Takaki1980]

Lots of coral skeletons in the tank! I love the color and the look of them. Not ready to add the live coral yet.
There's blue ridge, red pipe organ, elk horn, stag horn, fire, and a large table along with a slipper coral skeletons.

That's a very fun tank! Are blue ridge and red pipe organ the original color of the coral?Or is it coloring?Those colors are so bright!

 

[NashobaTek]

That's a very fun tank! Are blue ridge and red pipe organ the original color of the coral?Or is it coloring?Those colors are so bright!

That's what the skeletons look like, no artificial colors.

 

[TriggerFinger]

Where did you get your coral skeletons @Takaki1980 and @NashobaTek?

 

[NashobaTek]

Where did you get your coral skeletons @Takaki1980 and @NashobaTek?

Mine came from Richards seashells in Florida.

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He's got a lot of things I still want to get, big conch shells and more coral skeleton.

 

[CCauthers]

I have a 260 that crashed 6-7 years ago when it was first switched to LEDs and was chock-full of colonies that I just revamped around a year ago, so almost the whole scape is dead acros and monti caps. The acro colonies are great for placing frags and the like

 

[Takaki1980]

Where did you get your coral skeletons @Takaki1980 and @NashobaTek?

The coral skeletons were collected by searching for coral decorations on Japanese auction sites.There are various kinds of decorations for interior and aquarium use.

 

[Takaki1980]

I have a 260 that crashed 6-7 years ago when it was first switched to LEDs and was chock-full of colonies that I just revamped around a year ago, so almost the whole scape is dead acros and monti caps. The acro colonies are great for placing frags and the like

It's surprisingly common to find cases of dead coral in aquariums that have been left in the layout.You are right. Coral skeletons are a great way to put a frag down!

 

[Daniel]

What an amazing concept! OP's aquascaping is on-point. Great job and thanks for sharing.

 

[Takaki1980]

That's what the skeletons look like, no artificial colors.

Just a layman's idea of how coral reefs are formed in the tank.I would be happy if it would help someone else.

 

[ylreefer]

This is one of the best looking reefs I've seen in a long time. Well done

I am in the process of converting my 180g reef to a fish only system due to time commitments unfortunately.

I have been debating on using dead corals skeleton or real reef rock as the aquascape. The skeleton was the final decision, although its 2x the price of live coral here in Hong Kong. Haha. Go figure.

There are some very nice large pieces though and at the end of the day I'm a little bored of the rock look. So bye bye reef for now and hello angle/butterfly fish .

Here is a final shot of the tank as it is now.