Fake Sponges and Coral..cheesy? real looking?

[dut]

Im going fish only and am curious to these seeing as I wont have any corals of my own. Do they look good? The ones I found are from a different site so I cant list them but here is a pic of a acropora which looks good. I dont want my tank to have a sunken ship and castle kind of look to it, was wondering if anyone had any opinions and or pics if someone has tried this thereselves. Thanks.

 

[renogaw]

where about are you? i have some dead coral skeletons that if put back into water will become live rock (i have 3 in my tank atm). if you're near mass/ct you are more than welcome to them.

 

[millerman]

i would think the fake corals would require alot of cleaning to get the slime of of them

 

[seannmelly]

Originally Posted by millerman
i would think the fake corals would require alot of cleaning to get the slime of of them
you soak them in water and a little bit of bleach, until all the algae comes off. Drain the water and bleach mixture, fill back up with water and put a declorinator in, let soak a while longer, and you got yourself some clean dead coral

 

[dut]

Originally Posted by renogaw
where about are you? i have some dead coral skeletons that if put back into water will become live rock (i have 3 in my tank atm). if you're near mass/ct you are more than welcome to them.
Wow very much appreciate the offer, but I live in North Carolina. Little bit of a drive.

 

[gen1dustin]

I don't think they look to bad, in fact some pieces I like really well that are fake. I might would use dead coral if I were going to put either, but I do remember when my bro had his tank with dead corals he had to do exactly what seannmelly stated a few times.