new guy with a unique question looking for feedback

[geoff harrison]

can coral grow on bone? i'm wanting to take a European deer head mount and use the deer skull as the center piece in a 60g cube, and have coral grow on the skull and antlers with a couple perching fish (frog, scorpion, or hawk) any ideas or suggestion would be great. i want to make that deer head pop with color, if it is possible (might be trial and error)

thanks for your time

geoff

 

[aKlevans]

You can grow coral on basically anything, as long as you attach it with superglue or something.
I would suggest cleaning the bones first.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Hahaha. Awesome first post!
Welcome to reef to reef.
Yea it should. Just make sure you get all the organics off. Not that it'll hurt anything really.

 

[gooch Verified Sponsor]

I think the bone may break down and get soft over time. I do know someone that did this with a freshwater cichlid tank. Those fish picked that skull clean. He didn't keep it in the tank very long though. Not sure why. Maybe bored with it.

 

[geoff harrison]

the skull is being boiled and bleached to remove all organic material,

 

[dbl]

Welcome to R2R Geoff and very interesting first post! I too agree you'll likely be able to grow coral on it, but just make sure it's cleaned very well prior to installation. Not sure of the long-term effects on the bones/antlers so you'll have to keep us posted if you go for it!

 

[Wiz]

Are coral skeletons the same? Chemically I mean? Really cool post.

 

[Krzydmnd]

Still adding live rock?

 

[JaimeAdams]

It could be like on of those statues covered in Cyphastrea!

 

[Eddie7144]

Awesome idea, though I think the bone will degrade over time. As far as corals ? They will grown pretty much anywhere once flies on. If you want it covered with color glue some entrusting corals on it like a superman monti and the like

 

[KJ]

Welcome to R2R Geoff

 

[SashimiTurtle]

You gotta post pics when you do this!!!

 

[geoff harrison]

krzydmnd, i was assuming i would have to add live rock for filtration but wasnt sure

 

[Krzydmnd]

krzydmnd, i was assuming i would have to add live rock for filtration but wasnt sure

Definitely a good idea to add rock for filtration imo. You wouldn't want to have to use sponge filters if possible.

 

[Krzydmnd]

Definitely a good idea to add rock for filtration imo. You wouldn't want to have to use sponge filters if possible.

You could creatively stack the skull on top of the rock hiding as much as possible as the main feature of the tank.

 

[Butitor]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[skiergd011013]

Cover it with gsp. Itll grow on anything and will cover it fast.

 

[Salty1962]

Welcome to R2R!