SurfLife
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This was pulled from the water in the Fl Keys about 2 years ago. I am guessing its not actually a rock but hoped someone here could tell me what it is. Not the first time I have seen them, just never thought much about it.
What is this 'rock'?
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CC13
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This was pulled from the water in the Fl Keys about 2 years ago. I am guessing its not actually a rock but hoped someone here could tell me what it is. Not the first time I have seen them, just never thought much about it.
Looks like coral skeleton to me. Not sure which kind though.
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SurfLife
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I was thinking the same thing now, but when I got it I was thinking it was just a rock of some type. Now, after learning what a coral skeleton is over the last few years, it got me wondering.
Pipe organ skeleton.
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SurfLife
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Thanks guys, now the important question.. can it be put in my tank? It sat in bleach for a few weeks(it was already that color white before bleach) and then dry in a box since then(few years). Or will it break down in the water over time adding calcium, phos or something else to my water?
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I don't know, but that would be awesome with a crazy cyphastrea growing over it!
It is aragonite. It is just like most other rock that comes from the ocean. I would not hesitate to use it... heck, people use rock that was mined from inland quarries that were reefs a million years ago... so this has to be better than that.
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Yeah looks like aragonite based (could be a coral skeleton like Siderastrea) but definitely not a Pipe organ which is not found even remotely near the Keys
