Real skull in tank?

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A friend found a cat skull on her farm and gave it to me. If I boil it and clean it well can I put it in my tank? I think it'd be neat to have an encrusting coral on.
 

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A friend found a cat skull on her farm and gave it to me. If I boil it and clean it well can I put it in my tank? I think it'd be neat to have an encrusting coral on.
I see no reason ,
It’s just like having extra snail shells , more calcium added to tank that may eventually break down but not anytime soon
 
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I see no reason ,
It’s just like having extra snail shells , more calcium added to tank that may eventually break down but not anytime soon
That was my instinct but in a Facebook group someone said I'd need to epoxy it to make it safe, which seemed like overkill...
 

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More than likely the bacteria will attack any organic left behind that will degrade the boney structure, unless you have a quick encrusting coral, cyphastrea comes to mind
 

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