Messing around with encrusters

Doctorgori · Jun 22, 2020

Wow I was doing this exact same thing but with a real coral skeleton ....I just crashed my tank so enjoying and following

JAMSOURY · Jun 26, 2020

Leishman said:

Awesome! Is that a 3d print (petg)?

Leishman · Jun 26, 2020

JAMSOURY said:
Awesome! Is that a 3d print (petg)?

yes.

JAMSOURY · Jun 26, 2020

Leishman said:
yes.

Can you please share the print file? I’ve been looking for something like that!

92Miata · Jun 26, 2020

how long does it take for one of the cyphastrea to cover the fake corals?

Leishman · Jun 26, 2020

92Miata said:
how long does it take for one of the cyphastrea to cover the fake corals?

Months. Never really tracked it. I will with these.

Leishman · Jun 26, 2020

JAMSOURY said:
Can you please share the print file? I’ve been looking for something like that!

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2033856

lhuynh · Jun 26, 2020

This is very cool. I have just started with some encrusters and was just thinking about how you can make them encrust in interesting shapes. Big fan of this.

samnaz · Jun 30, 2020

Brilliant idea man...

Leishman · Jul 22, 2020

Leishman said:
RR Tropic Thunder Monti take two:

Update on this guy:

xtremeyolks · Jul 22, 2020

This is such a cool idea! Following for growth updates

Leishman · Sep 10, 2020

Little update on the 3D printed Bizzaro Cyphastrea project. Coverage is still thin as it spreads, hence the @Orphek flashlight to show it better. It will thicken up from past experience. The smaller one is progressing the same way. One will make its way to the display, the other will eventually be sold off.

Alexopora · Jan 24, 2021

Leishman said:
Update on this guy:

Please do give us an update on this. I plan on doing something like this for my montis and cyphastrea once they have grown to decent size. So far I have only attempted something like this using Porites, in an attempted to “cheat” and get it to grow vertically faster by using dead Acropora skeleton. Here’s my Porites way back in August 2020 and now in Jan.

Udest · Jan 24, 2021

Neat-o I was planning on doing something similar with some blue ridge on a skeleton of the same coral but things got set back a bit since a dipping accident.