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Old 08-12-2006, 08:55 PM
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Coloring Dead Corals?
Would it be possible to Get Like dead Brids Nest Corals And Diff Kinds Of Hard Corals
And Dye Them Dif Colors Then Place The In Say A fish Olny System?
If so what Kinda Dyes Should I use
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Old 08-12-2006, 11:37 PM
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Old 08-12-2006, 11:50 PM
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Because you're placing them in water, most likely any color you could impart to the corals would leach out over time, ending up in your tank. I wouldn't reccomend it.

I think Walt Smith makes some plastic colored corals that would probably be a better idea.
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What if you painted them? I dunno, just an idea.
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They will cover with coralline and look 'ok' if left in there for any length of time.
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I have a couple of old coral skeletons from the old days of FO (before I saw the light) in my 50 gallon. They are nice pieces of coraline covered LR now and look rather interesting, plus one is partially colonized by a kenya tree coral too.
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Old 08-13-2006, 04:41 AM
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Dose This Walt Smith Have a user name On Here?
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Walt Smith is not a member. He's a world-reknown fish/coral specialist who sells high end stuff. Google his name.
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