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PoonTang
07-25-2009, 04:09 AM
Just a shadow of thier former beauty but somehow thier skeletons are somewhat pretty in a odd sort of way. L to R Pink Birdsnest, Brown Birdsnest, Baby Blue Mille, Green with Blue tip Stag)
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa28/m3bimmerboy/deadcorals.jpg
lastlight
07-25-2009, 06:09 AM
People NEVER post pics of dead corals especially after a total loss. Takes courage I imagine! Thanks for showing us...I for one haven't seen pics like these too often. They still look beautiful.
BlueAbyss
07-25-2009, 06:30 AM
Awww... too sad. :sad:
mark
07-25-2009, 06:42 AM
I've started a collection as well (and looks like more to come)

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/das75/P7250057.jpg
BlueAbyss
07-25-2009, 07:34 AM
^I have a feeling that if I ever get into SPS I'll likely have a small collection of dead coral skeletons gracing my mantle. :lol:
whatcaneyedo
07-25-2009, 07:52 AM
I started collecting a few... but then I changed my mind and turned them into calcium reactor media.
Key Equine
07-25-2009, 12:07 PM
Those do look kind of neat. My seahorses would love them as hitching posts!
Myka
07-25-2009, 03:36 PM
It is sad, but yes they are still beautiful! I just bought a couple dead pieces to get my GSP to grow on. I think it will look cool.
StirCrazy
07-25-2009, 04:27 PM
People NEVER post pics of dead corals especially after a total loss.

I posted these about 4 years ago after I lost my entire tank due to a defective heater. your looking at two 30 gallon buckets pretty much full of coral.. the second bucket had a bunch more added after the pic. just for referance the milli skeliton in the second pic is about 19" accross. was one of my prized corals.. I also had a green cap that was about the same size which is not in the pic..

http://www.members.shaw.ca/crystalk/tankwrek/bucket1.jpg

http://www.members.shaw.ca/crystalk/tankwrek/bucket2.jpg

Steve
fishoholic
07-25-2009, 04:30 PM
It's beautiful but sad too.
PoonTang
07-25-2009, 06:39 PM
I posted these about 4 years ago after I lost my entire tank due to a defective heater. your looking at two 30 gallon buckets pretty much full of coral.. the second bucket had a bunch more added after the pic.

http://www.members.shaw.ca/crystalk/tankwrek/bucket1.jpg

http://www.members.shaw.ca/crystalk/tankwrek/bucket2.jpg

Steve

Yep I have a salt bucket full of nothing but skeletons, and a sundeck full of dead rocks.
BlueAbyss
07-25-2009, 09:28 PM
It is sad, but yes they are still beautiful! I just bought a couple dead pieces to get my GSP to grow on. I think it will look cool.

That's a super cool idea!
Millepora_Maniac
07-26-2009, 02:00 AM
I think if all of my coral died, I would feel so ashamed that I couln't display them in my house! If it happend to me, I'd tear it down, and crush it into reactor media to make new corals!! It would give me piece of mind, knowing that even though they died, they can once again bring life:mrgreen:
StirCrazy
07-26-2009, 04:59 AM
I think if all of my coral died, I would feel so ashamed that I couln't display them in my house! If it happend to me, I'd tear it down, and crush it into reactor media to make new corals!! It would give me piece of mind, knowing that even though they died, they can once again bring life:mrgreen:

the other thing to do is bleach them nice and white, then sell them. worth quite a bit for larger ones.

Steve
Lance
07-26-2009, 04:21 PM
Terrible sights! Comparable to $100 bills ran through a shredder.