Using dead skeletons for mounting

[rocko918]

I have been using some old dead frogspawn or hammer skeletons to mount zoa's to. The skeletons are nice and soft which makes it really easy to cut up with a dremel. It's like cutting through butter. I did have a really nice size hammer that died so I had a nice size Skelton to work with. I cut out some flat squares and just glued the zoa on that. Then it makes it nice and easy to frag later. I will take a pic tonight to show what it looks like.

 

[divecj5]

Sounds like a cool idea....looking forward to seeing the pics of the final product. Thanks for sharing the idea.

Adam

 

[twon8]

yeah, some skeletons work better than others, fox coral has a very porous skeleton and is very easy to break up hand.

 

[Chelsey]

I've used LPS skeletons to mount zoas on before too. There has been some speculation as to whether the calcium in the skeleton helps the corals grow faster, especially amongst the SPS guys.

 

[familyreefer]

skull and bones

I waste nothing. All DRT's (dead right there) end up as zoa plugs. Makes for come cool looking colonies when branching SPS are used.

 

[rocko918]

Here are a few pictures

 

[divecj5]

Very cool looking Rocko....great idea although I hope not to have any dead corals any time in the near future to use (since I just started not too long ago now )

 

[rocko918]

it happens to the best of us.

 

[Patwa]

i've been using old pieces of montipora caps every now and then to glue my zoas...they're flat and fairly easy to manage....you just got to use the thicker species of monti caps, as there are some common ones that are very thin and brittle.

Zach