Are you a Bone Collector?

[Dbichler]

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

That’s awesome

 

[i cant think]

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

I cant lie, Poor man’s acros look better than the real things!!

 

[i cant think]

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.

I too have thought about this for my indoor plants because the skeletons are
formed from calcium carbonates.

 

[ScubaShane]

Other. Never had the opportunity to collect a coral skeleton from my aquarium.

 

[danieyella]

I have kept a few, they go with my other bones....

 

[littlebigreef]

That's the beauty of zoas, no painful reminders when it doesn't work out lol.

But yep, if they're nice I'll set the aside, if not I'll throw them into my aiptasia tank for rubble.

 

[DeniseAndy]

I keep them for the kids in my outreach programs. I will put them next to pictures of it alive for comparison. Fun to look at.

 

[flashsmith]

I've got quite the collection of Coraline covered acros. Nobody knows the difference.lol

 

[H@rry]

I was tempted to save them for CARx media but I was worried that whatever killed the coral would still be present on the skeleton and infect the rest of the coral.

What do y'all think?

 

[jabberwock]

I am sorry, I misunderstood. I have a collection of mammal skulls. On my fireplace mantle I have the skulls of a squirrel, box tortoise, coyote, a large bird, an armadillo, and there are several deer skulls in the room.

For corals, could you grind them up and use them as a water supplement?

 

[Karen00]

I too have thought about this for my indoor plants because the skeletons are
formed from calcium carbonates.

Exactly! It seems like such a waste to just throw them out (and somehow disrespectful). There are probably a bunch of nutrients our terrestrial plants can benefit from.

 

[Karen00]

I was tempted to save them for CARx media but I was worried that whatever killed the coral would still be present on the skeleton and infect the rest of the coral.

What do y'all think?

Personally, I feel if the coral simply died from improper conditions in the tank then the skeleton would be fine to use. If it died of an actual virus or bacteria than I would say it's probably not a good idea to use it for that. Although there might be a way to sterilize the skeleton. I would like to hear others chime in about sterilization (like with hydrogen peroxide or something like that).

 

[ying yang]

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/

What a great idea for the kids to have fun and also educational I presume as I bet you talk and show what the real coral alive would look like,nice one

 

[ying yang]

I keep them for the kids in my outreach programs. I will put them next to pictures of it alive for comparison. Fun to look at.

Also great,same as last post,bravo.

For myself,I've kept a few off the torches,green slimer and recently a chalice which died,in hopes can grow back but also looks cool covered in coraline ^_^

 

[DanATL]

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?

Yeah, that's what builds reefs.

 

[Waters]

I dump them immediately....the last thing I want laying around is a reminder of my failure lol.

 

[Klyle]

I keep them. They're cool to pull out of a box and look at... plus when I'm explaining corals to friends it helps. I'm trying to get a jack o lantern leptoseris to grow over some old birdsnest skeleton at the moment

 

[Klyle]

iam keeping my coral skeleton, not only keeping, but also coloring with my soon

consider to vote, which one what do you like

I vote second from the top! I may steal your idea...

 

[TWOODZ]

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 crush mine and throw them where I cannot see them, sometimes with larger ones I use them to hold a frag plug, I don't like to waste anything I don't have to.

 

[In the sticks]

iam keeping my coral skeleton, not only keeping, but also coloring with my soon

consider to vote, which one what do you like

Hopefully I don’t loose any coral soon, but my kids would have a blast doing that!