Use for Dead Montipora?

firebirdbandit · #1 12/15/2006, 09:25 AM

I have a few pieces of dead montipora and caps that happened because of shipping in cold weather and the sender did not use enough heat packs. I'm wondering if there is a use for these bleached skeltons. Also has anyone seen Montipora's come back alive after they bleach themselves in the home aquarium? do you think I could have some of the healthy Montipora, that I have now when he resent them, grow over the old skeltons? Just curious as to the uses of these dead skeltons. I'd hate to just throw them away.

Aquaduck · #2 12/15/2006, 09:53 AM

Use them to mount frags on or grow green star polyps or xenia on them and sells them.

DaddyJax · #3 12/15/2006, 10:11 AM

Calcium reactor?

Big Boy69 · #4 12/15/2006, 11:00 AM

For mounting frags or in your sump.

Serioussnaps · #5 12/15/2006, 03:51 PM

use it as one of those corny dead coral skeletons for a fish only tank

hobogato · #6 12/15/2006, 03:53 PM

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Originally posted by Serioussnaps
use it as one of those corny dead coral skeletons for a fish only tank

do people still do those? dont you have to run those with crushed coral on an undergravel filter with powerheads in the riser tubes?

GMAX · #7 12/15/2006, 04:09 PM

and a bubbler!

hobogato · #8 12/15/2006, 04:13 PM

well yeah, my lionfish loves to swim thu the bubbles rising in the back of my 29 gallon tank

lpkirby · #9 12/15/2006, 10:38 PM

throw in your sump to help pod growth??

Jasonincuritiba · #10 12/16/2006, 02:09 AM

Attach encrusting montipora, and they will live again ( well not really but they will at least have a cool shape

Serioussnaps · #11 12/16/2006, 03:52 PM

put GSP's on it and pretend its a digi with huge polyps

firebirdbandit · #12 12/16/2006, 06:22 PM

Thanks for the cool suggestions. I might try the encrusting montipora on one and GSP's on another. I'll post if they come out cool.

Laakmann · #13 12/16/2006, 11:29 PM

try putting something encrust on it, I put an encrusting monti on a dead acro and its looking great, it just needs another couple months.

MammothReefer · #14 12/17/2006, 03:22 AM

have a bucket o doom like i die..

sooner or later i'll bleach them all and put them in the reactor.

xtm · #15 12/17/2006, 01:37 PM

I use mine as paperweight in the office

Ti · #16 12/17/2006, 07:56 PM

desk ornament

bond007069 · #17 12/17/2006, 08:36 PM

christmas tree ornament

DaCourtjester22 · #18 12/17/2006, 08:38 PM

I hate it when stuff dies

poknsnok · #19 12/18/2006, 02:33 PM

frisbee

bond007069 · #20 12/18/2006, 04:20 PM

toothpic?

dvanacker · #21 12/18/2006, 10:29 PM

A HAT

adddo · #22 12/19/2006, 03:31 AM

Eating dish?