Question on aquariim decorations.

[koa25]

I was at petco contemplating getting a 55 gallon with their deal going on and i was checking out and daydreaming of ideas. I was looking at the decorations and scheming some ideas that might be cool. I bought one of those cheesy plastic skulls and was thinking about mounting some zoas or some neon gsp on the top if the head to grow it out. Thought it might be cool. And something for ****s and giggles. Mostly curious if the decoratio s are reef safe and won't leech anything off into the water? Anyone have any ideas? Experiences?
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[reefreak]

ha ha gsp would look great growing on the head and im not sure if it would leech into the water

[ElChicano]

Looked it up on petco site.. states Made of non-toxic, fish-safe materials and colors ..

[allan]

Go to a liquor store and get a fifth of skull vodka, drink it and then put the bottle in your tank. It's all glass.

You may have to drill it though, to get some flow through the bottle.

You could also ask James (scream) about it, he used to use the plastic decorations in his tank. :)

[tebstan]

The resin ornaments will get coralline all over them in a hurry. If you want to clean off the coralline, the color will fade a bit each time you clean it. The color loss is pretty faint, so you may get bored of the ornament before it looked too bad anyway.

[koa25]

I like that idea Allan. Might have to get a waterproof led to but inside of it. That would be cool. But I'm not too worried about massive amounts of coraline if i have gsp or zoas growing over it. Thanks Hugo for the input. I know there is a large difference between what tou can put in a sw setuo compared to a fw setup. Just wanted to makw sure.

[Mr Cob]

Bill had a glass bottle in his reef aquarium for years, I thought it added a nice look to the tank. Unfortunately, something that you might actually see in a live reef. I have thought about adding plastic things like boat chains or something as if it were a reef growing on a shipwreck or something. I've seen some pics in the past...will see what I can dig up

[ErikH]

Yeah there's a guy on RC, feeds his Moorish Idol bananas by hand, and has a "real reef" feel with a broken bottle, and other ite,s you may find in a polluted reef. It's a great tank.

[allan]

Hey rob, that's actually a pretty need idea. Remember those planes and boats with the coral growing all over it?

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In a tank I imagine water or plastic would be needed. But it would make for a neat reef design.

[Mr Cob]

I can't seem to find any of the home aquariums that I have seen do this, but here are some real examples like Allan posted:

Anchor reef:
http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog/underwater-archeology/museum-team-finds-historic-shipwreck-off-north-queensland-coast.html


oil barrel:
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-99516551/stock-photo-barrel-of-oil-after-shipwreck-reef-tiran-red-sea-egypt.html




I like the idea of a chain in the foreground of a reef similar to this image:
http://www.destination360.com/caribbean/caribbean-shipwreck




I also like the idea of not keeping the artificial stuff clean...so it looks aged and allow stuff to grow allover it.

***obviously no real stuff could be used and it would have to be made of a casting using something reef safe such as plastic***

[allan]

What I was thinking was a nice big tank with the remnants of a large wood boat with the prow statue intact... Sort of fading in from the back of the aquarium. Holes and dangling pieces of twine, coral growing over it, all of it reef safe materials.

Ace is probably trying to figure out how to make a custom damaged ship wreck now. Miniature skeletal figure half hanging out one of the holes...

[Mr Cob]

that would be really cool, something a little different from the everday reef tank