Artificial Reef!

Squeaky McMurdo · Sep 4, 2018

The pink ones, I’m so pleased. There are 3 of them and they were around $4 each from Chinese ebay. They aren’t very big, but can be fitted together. USPS crushed both boxes and the green one just has a tiny chip. It has a tag that says www.aquaspectra.com

vetteguy53081 · Sep 4, 2018

kennydoll said:
also, here’s the tank with all the pieces. ifbyou guys want to see more updates on the tanks, you can follow my instagram?? @kennysreeftank
it gets updated daily of my reefs sooooo

These are Nice pieces. I in the past used similar and blended them with real pieces and turned out nice

rock_lobster · Sep 4, 2018

They will look good for a little while. When the tank hasnt really cycled but after a few months the fake corals will turn the color of liverock basically all brown, green and pink because algae and coralline will grow all over them. You could take them out and clorox them every 6 months or so I guess.

vetteguy53081 · Sep 4, 2018

rock_lobster said:
They will look good for a little while. When the tank hasnt really cycled but after a few months the fake corals will turn the color of liverock basically all brown, green and pink because algae and coralline will grow all over them. You could take them out and clorox them every 6 months or so I guess.

I kept my current on the pieces and for the most part, they remained clean. Any buildup, I was able to clear with a turkey baster. They're pretty durable resin pieces.

kennydoll · Sep 5, 2018

my tank has already cycled through and is getting coralline. but my halloween urchin makes any type of algae difficult to grow (thank god) and i am very on top of my care of the tank so i think i’ll be okay! we will see, but so far so good

Squeaky McMurdo · Nov 7, 2018

Just a little update. My clean up crew loves the resin pieces so I have never had to take them out to clean. I have had them since August so I think that’s enough time to determine whether algae would be a problem. I had some brown diatoms on the plastic branch corals but it didn’t last long. I have a lot more algae on my glass than on these artificial corals. I have a couple more things on order.

Squeaky McMurdo · Nov 12, 2018

I may have a problem

I happen to like my partial-artificial reef. I have a few real things, but these resin ones have been really nice. And cheap! I don’t know if I'll like some of these in person, but worth a go.

JRAD · Nov 13, 2018

At those prices it is worth a shot!

lagatbezan · Nov 14, 2018

how big are those pieces for that price?

Squeaky McMurdo · Nov 14, 2018

About 2-3” which is why I got several of each, so I can clump them together.

lagatbezan · Nov 14, 2018

nice! please post some picks when you get them and place them in your tank. Are these the same ones you used previously?

Squeaky McMurdo · Nov 14, 2018

Different seller, but about the same size and the same material as the pink ones I have bunched together.

Squeaky McMurdo · Dec 17, 2018

I got the little corals in the mail! The orange ones arrived with some broken bits and I had to superglue them back together. The seller is sending replacements. Other than that, they look pretty good in person.

Any feedback on placement is welcome. I like my scape, but I’m not completely satisfied with how some of the corals are arranged.

Devaji · Dec 23, 2018

nice! I have one big piece for my QT tank I just sat up. was thinking it would be nice to add some colors to the tank. not sure if they are compatible with meds tho...hmmm

Squeaky McMurdo · Dec 24, 2018

It is. The bases of the purple plastic things are polyresin and I run cupramine and Prazipro in my quarantine. Most of the ceramic-like artificial corals you find are made of polyresin. The rock and branches are plastic and the anemone is urethane