Reef safe decorations

[lastlight]

Seen a lot of build threads. This is going to be a first

[Lampshade]

That would look awesome with some coral growing off it.

What about Mount Wannakockaloogie?

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by Lampshade

That would look awesome with some coral growing off it.

What about Mount Wannakockaloogie?

BUBBBBBLESSSSSS!!!@~!!!!

[The Grizz]

If a person could find a sunkin ship or plane decoration like this that would look sweet in a reef.

[Wayne]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

If a person could find a sunkin ship or plane decoration like this that would look sweet in a reef.

+1, and call me silly but I really like those shark teeth skeletons

[daniella3d]

Honestly though, it does not look very "reefy". How about something that is really meant to be in a saltwater tank? I have put some artificial sponges in my reef that look quite real and understanding how difficult it is to maintain non-photosynthetic sponges (nearly impossible) in a reef, I went with artificial ones from here:

http://www.oceanaquaria.com/Corals.php

and here is a pic of my tank with the artificial sponges in it, as the oranges sponges:

[don.ald]

is it a lot of work to keep them clean?
dont they get covered in algae?

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Honestly though, it does not look very "reefy". How about something that is really meant to be in a saltwater tank? I have put some artificial sponges in my reef that look quite real and understanding how difficult it is to maintain non-photosynthetic sponges (nearly impossible) in a reef, I went with artificial ones from here:

http://www.oceanaquaria.com/Corals.php

and here is a pic of my tank with the artificial sponges in it, as the oranges sponges:

[Maverick00]

^ i was about to ask the same question

[daniella3d]

Not that much no. I had quite a few bubble algae on one and the foxface cleaned that in one day.

I had to remove a barnacle shell that was all green from algae and dip it in javel water for a day in order to regain its colors but I don't have to do that with the sponges.

They seem to be a little less vibrant in color or less saturated than before but that in my taste is better anyway, looks more natural. So far I have them for 8 months and I have not clean those sponges yet. It seem that algae don't have much hold in that type of material.

I would suggest oxyclean to clean them and a little brush or dipping it for about a day and of course a very throughout rinse.

Here is a video done recently and you can see the sponges. As you can see I have lots of algae on my back glass but none on the sponges. I have since added 2 blue sponges on the left.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv2G0...yer_detailpage

Originally Posted by don.ald

is it a lot of work to keep them clean?
dont they get covered in algae?

[reefwars]

daniella your reef video is beautiful one of the nicer tanks ive seen love the diversity stunning for sure