Poll: Have you ever used skulls or other creative forms in your reef?

Have you ever used skulls or some other creative forms in your reef?

  • Yep! Skulls all the way!

    Votes: 37 5.2%
  • Yep! I used something other than skulls. (Be sure and post about it in the thread)

    Votes: 34 4.8%
  • Nope, but I'd like to try that.

    Votes: 148 20.7%
  • No way! I hate things that look unnatural in the reef.

    Votes: 506 70.9%

  • Total voters
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TreyC2010

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I have a crashed helicopter that my son wanted. It used to be covered in montipora, but that died during Irma so I've placed some bizzaro cyphastrea on it which I just starting to encrust again
Pic or it never happened. Lol
 

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Check out Salty Ceramics on Facebook if you are interested in skulls or any other custom ceramic idea you may have
 

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I love decor and I get really snarky when someone acts like saltwater tanks are too cool for corny decor. The quirkier the better I say!

2 skulls in my 20g peacock mantis aquarium. Nothing interesting growing on them other than algae. If I move her to the 45g maybe I'll buy more skulls and possibly a bridge. If I end up making it a predator tank, I will DEFINITELY put in more skulls. I've thought about getting a miniature skeleton and have it half buried in the sand.

A "roman coliseum" type decor in my 55g. I love it and will eventually add more.
 

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Quartz is a man made stone and i would totally feel safe putting that in my tank

Quartz is NOT man made. It's one of the most widespread minerals on the planet. (I'm a rockhound have been collecting for over 50 years)

http://www.galleries.com/Quartz

https://www.mindat.org/min-3337.html
"Quartz is one of the most common minerals found in the Earth's crust. If pure, quartz forms colorless, transparent and very hard crystals with a glass-like luster. A significant component of many igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, this natural form of silicon dioxide is found in an impressive range of varieties and colours."
 

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Not to get too off topic here, but is there any risk putting metal cans, aluminum, etc into a reef tank? I imagine they corrode/break down pretty quickly in saltwater. Can this release anything unwanted into the water?

That can which I found in the ocean was coated with fiberglass resin inside and out.
 

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I prefer the natural look but when your wife says you can upgrade from a 4' to a 6' if she gets to put a sunken ship in the tank..... then you put a sunken ship in the tank!

The H.M.A.S Compromise:
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Love it haha! Totally something my wife would say!
 

Making aqua concoctions: Have you ever tried the Reef Moonshiner Method?

  • I currently use the moonshiner method.

    Votes: 51 20.6%
  • I don’t currently use the moonshiner method, but I have in the past.

    Votes: 5 2.0%
  • I have not used the moonshiner method.

    Votes: 180 72.6%
  • Other.

    Votes: 12 4.8%
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