Artificial Corals

[Strongbad]

Dear FOWLRs,

Surely some of you have thought about beautifying the setup with artificial corals....for example,

http://www.pangeashop.com/group.asp?group=69

http://www.signaturecoral.com

Do you know where we can get a good variety of artificial corals in the shops here?

They're rather expensive to buy from overseas + shipping costs....

Moreover, it'd encourage conservation of our marine reefs.....

[dravan]

many of these so called faked corals are actually corals that had rtn n painted on... b4 releasing to the market...

[Achilles Tang]

No, there are plastic replicas.

Try contacting Deepblue... I think he knows where.

[DeepBlue]

many of these so called faked corals are actually corals that had rtn n painted on... b4 releasing to the market...

Not true, there are a lot of companies that produce quality well crafted and hand painted 3D corals. I recently sold a few to fellow reefers I brought back from Hong Kong. They were going ard $10 to $14 with a few exceptions going near to $18.

If you have frens going HK, go to Tung Choi Street, 2 shops selling these ...go for the discounted price ones

[dravan]

opps my fault then... but many i saw in LFS are actually skeletons of corals

[DeepBlue]

keke....I know a few old timer kind of LFS still practicing this....

not worth lah, the hand crafted ones are really nice

[reefer guy]

there's a fish shop in tg pagar market 2nd storey which sells them....

[arcanehacker]

Rainbow has tons of them.. all displaying outside their shop.

[Strongbad]

Hey AT, DeepBlue, Reefer Guy & ArchaneHacker,

Thanks for the info

Hmmm....will keep that in mind when I go Hong Kong !

I saw Ra*w's collection, not very nice leh....and i don't like to deal with them lah....

In the meantime, I'd check out Tg Pagar's ....

If anybody else has more information, pls post here...

Still trying to resist very hard not to convert my FOWLR to Reef Tank...hehe...

[hypervtec]

bro strongbad,i got 1 artificial coral & 1 so call dead coral,can rise up ph,use to keep in my african cichlid tank.if u interested,can pm me.

[damsel-in-distress]

Not true, there are a lot of companies that produce quality well crafted and hand painted 3D corals. I recently sold a few to fellow reefers I brought back from Hong Kong. They were going ard $10 to $14 with a few exceptions going near to $18.

If you have frens going HK, go to Tung Choi Street, 2 shops selling these ...go for the discounted price ones

Deep Blue,

Just wondering if the paint used on the corals will affect water quality when immersed for long periods of time in salt water?

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

I have some artificial corals from corallife never used before. They are handcrafted and looks almost real enough....one sea fan , acropora and a lettuce. Sitting on my self not doing anything..... coated with a special coloring and will not leak into your reef system.

[DeepBlue]

Deep Blue,

Just wondering if the paint used on the corals will affect water quality when immersed for long periods of time in salt water?

hi, as what Acanthurus pyroferus said...this are special paints that do not leak into your water....

[hypervtec]

bro strongbad,here is the pic u want.

[hypervtec]

pic above is a dry coral.Now pic 2...

[hypervtec]

pic 3...

[hypervtec]

sorry ah,pic not so clear,taken fr my hp...

[Strongbad]

Hello Hypervtec,

Thanks for the fotos...very well-taken leh.

They're too big for my small tank.

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

some of my artificial coral sitting on my shelf collecting dust.....

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

another one collecting dust.....

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

last pic....

[hypervtec]

hello Strongbad,how big is your tank? i put these 3 into my 2ft tank for my african cichlids.

[Strongbad]

My tank is only 2 by 2.....and i have some live rocks and articial plants, so, it's pretty crowded liao...

[hypervtec]

[tfrancis]

anybody hear of any artificial bubble tip Anemone ?