Messing around with encrusters

[Doctorgori]

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

 

[JAMSOURY]

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

 

[Leishman]

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

yes.

 

[JAMSOURY]

yes.

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

 

[92Miata]

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

 

[Leishman]

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]

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

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

 

[lhuynh]

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]

Brilliant idea man...

 

[Leishman]

RR Tropic Thunder Monti take two:

Update on this guy:

 

[xtremeyolks]

This is such a cool idea! Following for growth updates

 

[Leishman]

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]

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]

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.

 

[Leishman]

Montis done encrusting

 

[KenO]

Montis done encrusting

How long did it take? Do you have pre pictures?

 

[Alexopora]

Update on this guy:

@KenO

 

[Alexopora]

RR Tropic Thunder Monti take two:

@KenO i’m amazed by the progress

 

[KenO]

@KenO i’m amazed by the progress

That is so cool. I have a couple of encrusters to try this with.

 

[zalick]

Wow. Love this!