encrusting coral on a figurine

[ocnbrze]

hey guys,
so i have a cloudberry chalice which i believe is an encrusting coral. i was thinking of gluing it to a glass figurine. i was thinking something like a skull or a dragon head.

what do you think? will this work for me? is this the wrong coral to do this?

do you have any encrusting coral on a figurine? post pics if you do.

 

[CanuckReefer]

hey guys,
so i have a cloudberry chalice which i believe is an encrusting coral. i was thing of gluing it to a glass figurine. i was think something like a skull or a dragon head.

what do you think? will this work for me? is this the wrong coral to do this?

do you have any encrusting coral on a figurine? post pics if you do.

It's a neat idea imo. Chalice might both encrust and plate out same time. I'd try it.

I have a Green Monti that is growing ever so slow about an inch a year on some old Fiji branch rock , thought it would look cool EVENTUALLY, So also recently put favia on same branch and we see who wins the turtle race....

 

[damsels are not mean]

Chalice corals usually plate out as said above. I can't find any pics of that strain grown out so I don't know for that specifically.

 

[ocnbrze]

from what i know about chalices is that it will depend on the species whether they will plate or not. i believe that the cloudberry is an encrusting coral. the reason why i say this is that it is on a coral frag plug and it has growing down the sides of the plug now. if it was a plating coral it would have started to plate already.

my lights just turned off so i will post a pic later of the coral.

 

[GrizFyrFyter]

I've done this. Created a silicone mold and cast figures with reef safe cement and grew corals on them. Skulls with GSP for hair were really popular

 

[ocnbrze]

I've done this. Created a silicone mold and cast figures with reef safe cement and grew corals on them. Skulls with GSP for hair were really popular

awesome idea!!!!!

did you do this with a 3-D printer? and then made the silicone mold?

 

[mdb_talon]

from what i know about chalices is that it will depend on the species whether they will plate or not. i believe that the cloudberry is an encrusting coral. the reason why i say this is that it is on a coral frag plug and it has growing down the sides of the plug now. if it was a plating coral it would have started to plate already.

my lights just turned off so i will post a pic later of the coral.

It depends not only on the chalice but on light. I would expect if the figure has shaded areas it will start plating more than encrusting further into shade.

 

[GrizFyrFyter]

awesome idea!!!!!

did you do this with a 3-D printer? and then made the silicone mold?

Yes

 

[Reef Jockey]

quite bit of other are doing this with cyphastrea coral

looks really cool actually. good luck

 

[vicefire17]

I used skull shot glasses I ordered online. Cyphastrea worked well. Lepto started to encrust then plated.

 

[Sean Clark]

I tried doing this with a resin mermaid figure but it never took off. I love the idea.

 

[ocnbrze]

i just bought an Aquaman monti from TSA. i was thinking of gluing it to an Aquaman figurine.

can anyone 3-D print me one? i'll pay of course. otherwise i'm gonna search for something.