Deer Antlers in an Aquarium?
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Topic: Deer Antlers in an Aquarium?
Posted By: sleepymartini
Subject: Deer Antlers in an Aquarium?
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 11:32am
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Deer antlers in an aquarium? Has anybody done this or thought about it. |
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Posted By: McClure
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 11:33am
My husband would be in heaven if he saw it done successfully. But eh. |
sleepymartini wrote:Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 2:21pm
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please dont.
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Posted By: Studboyt
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 4:10pm
Double please don't.
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Posted By: Aquarium Creations
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 4:28pm
As Jeff Foxworthy would say You might be a redneck if put Deer Antlers inside a aquarium  ------------- Aquarium Maintenance,Consulting,Custom Built Glass Aquariums Rimless/Euro,24Hr Emergency Service 8015485201 Www.UtahAquariumDoctors.com [email protected] |
Posted By: Connie
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 5:02pm
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Why? ------------- I have flying monkeys and I'm not afraid to use them. 180 gallon money pit that I love..... |
Posted By: DLindquist
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 6:09pm
No. But there was a guy who stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni. ------------- A government strong enough to give you everything you want, is powerful enough to take everything you have. |
Posted By: Cody
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 7:42pm
Bwahahaha awesome. |
Posted By: kellerexpress
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 8:10pm
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Seriously, why would you ------------- IM 30L Kessil A160we x2 |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 8:14pm
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It would be awesome! Either stag or elkhorn corals growing on it. Who here was putting the alligator head in an aquarium. Remember that? Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: McClure
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 8:17pm
| I googled after reading this.... just to see.... apparently LOTS of people had/have the same question. I didn't bother going into the search results for the answer but I bet a person could find whichever answer they were looking for there. |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 8:18pm
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Here it is... http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=46816" rel="nofollow - http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=46816
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Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 9:17pm
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Have you seen Tanked? You can put anything you want in an aquarium as long as you coat it in enough sealant. I'll bet you wouldn't even need to do that with deer antlers unless you wanted to keep them breaking down over time. A bunch of them in a tank could look like some kind of crazy awesome Tonga rock eventually. |
Posted By: rize2
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 9:24pm
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Posted By: TSUNAMI
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 9:27pm
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I think it would look cool eventually
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Posted By: sleepymartini
Date Posted: April 11 2012 at 12:21pm
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Just the antlers, No skull. I thought it might look like some Tonga branch eventually. Ill post some before and after pictures if I decide to do this.
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: April 11 2012 at 9:07pm
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One eventual problem I see with doing this is that the antlers may not look so cool when they start eroding and breaking down from the action of marine organisms. From Algae and Bacteria to Snails and Urchins they might be received as a source of food. The antlers would probably change to a dark color within a few months and like the alligator skull, cause unforeseen filtration problems. Bone is hard but it's still bone. Bone is mostly organic. That's why bones left out in the weather become very light and brittle. In a reef the process would be sped up and be a constant source of pollution, IMHO.
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Posted By: mermaidcamille
Date Posted: April 11 2012 at 9:31pm
| I have a rock that the Boise crowd made for me made of concrete and crushed coral. What if you used the antler as a base for something like this. That way it would be entombed in concrete and shouldn't cause problems as Mark mentioned. It would also get the look you are looking for much faster. |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: April 12 2012 at 5:18pm
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I might do it for the novelty of it but be prepared to remove the antlers and deal with the problem when I saw the tank turning bad.
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