Has anyone tried making rocks like this?

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I stumbled upon this... Using low DC power to make Calcium carbonate
440px-Manta_ray_Biorock_reef.jpg

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biorock
 
I'm thinking I might do this in my next build when I get my new house. I'm just wondering if anyone else has experience with this?
 
"Later experiments showed that the coatings can thicken at the rate of 5 cm per year"

I would get started now if I was you lol.
 
I was thinking of using a a little higher volt and adding a lot of lime water to boost the Calcium carbonate levels... Do you think it would speeds it up?
 
No idea, but I would imagine that if there was a %100 proven way to speed it up they would have done so, so that the reefs could have been built faster. Would love to here what others think
 

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