Are you a Bone Collector?

[Scubadoo4u]

Yes BUT NOT by choice. Ever go to a frag swap and bring home frags and place into your frag rack or hole in rock for it to fall into a crevice you will never reach or have than clumsy fish that knocks it into a hole

THAT WOULD BE ME !!!

You're not alone in that department brother!

 

[dennis romano]

Yes. I use the bigger skeletons to decorate the large rocks in my FOWLR.

 

[ForrestGump]

I have a few skeletons in my closet.

 

[Mschmidt]

Is that beneficial for the rest of the system like bacteria and supplements wise?

It'll add calcium, but at a negligible amount. At least as afr as I'm led to believe.

 

[Slocke]

I suppose so but then I don't buy goniopora anymore so that hasn't been a problem.

 

[Dburr1014]

They will be repurposed, going into the Carx.

 

[pulpfiction]

I left the skeleton of a clove polyp to see if it came back. One little polyp suddenly popped up on it so I'm glad i didn't toss it.

 

[Reefer_kano]

I've personally don't like the $500 master scoly (old school price) reminder.

Yea, those specific ones suck as a constant reminder

 

[i cant think]

I keep them as decorations… I swear it’s not like I’m collecting coral just to have them die!!

 

[Fish Think Pink]

SO, before Reef Police jump on me, these corals were collected perhaps before many of us were born... My parents used to go to Keys on honeymoon and then vacations, and they would bring back corals.

When I grew up and got into the hobby, I asked for their decorative corals and used them in my FOWLR tanks... Kept them in storage and couple years ago, mom asked get out of her basement...

Now they live on shelves in my fish room (office)

 

[CherryStReef]

I am a teacher. My 7th grade students painted these. I had to buy them -- any donations of coral skeletons greatly appreciated
I was inspired by https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/drews-dry-never-die-3x3-table-top-reef.354636/

 

[vlangel]

Yes as I have putties them to rock to make a more interesting shape for rockscape.

 

[i cant think]

SO, before Reef Police jump on me, these corals were collected perhaps before many of us were born... My parents used to go to Keys on honeymoon and then vacations, and they would bring back corals.

When I grew up and got into the hobby, I asked for their decorative corals and used them in my FOWLR tanks... Kept them in storage and couple years ago, mom asked get out of her basement...

Now they live on shelves in my fish room (office)

Those are stunning pieces!! How big is the largest colony?

 

[i cant think]

I am a teacher. My 7th grade students painted these. I had to buy them -- any donations of coral skeletons greatly appreciated
I was inspired by https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/drews-dry-never-die-3x3-table-top-reef.354636/

That makes for a beautiful display, and I bet the kids had great fun painting them.

 

[homer1475]

I've said a few times, that if scientists ever came to upstate NY, and combed the woods next to my house, they would think a thriving reef once lived there.

I chuck my dead coral in the woods next to my house. LOL

 

[BigSkyRich]

It's going to happen to 100% of those of us who keep coral. Coral deaths. One of the saddest parts of being a reef aquarium owner is the loss of coral. To watch your beloved livestock become irritated, close up and then to literally die in front of your eyes is terrible! With all that trauma, who needs a reminder that gets left with certain type of corals? Yes, we're talking the skeleton here. Let's talk about it.

Do you keep your coral skeletons, why or why not?

I have 2 decent sized ones I keep. I like to use them when doing my educational talk to folks looking at the tank when I go overboard with explanations about my corals and about every other aspect of keeping an aquarium. I usually stop about 10 minutes after I see their eyes glaze over.

 

[Catnip885]

Yes we usually throw them in our refugium or sump (depending on tank) as extra biomedia if they are really cool we will save them and put them on a shelf.

 

[JKBrown]

I repurpose the branchy pieces by letting GSP grow on them. I call it a poor man's Acro.

 

[Karen00]

I keep the skeletons thinking I might be able to break them up into small pieces and use them in the substrate. I also wonder if I can grind them to powder and give them a burial in my garden and possibly add nutrients back to the soil at the same time. I have a hard time with the thought of just tossing them in the garbage. Another thought is possibly putting them into the compost.

 

[MillennialReefer]

I usually add them to my refugium, as extra bio-media