You could actually “graft” different color corals of same genus species onto a spread out old dead skeleton. Would make an outstanding display piece.
@SNBI2A2 жыл бұрын
That would be cool
@kgrea92962 жыл бұрын
they will fight to death 99% of the time
@DannysAquariums2 жыл бұрын
*Excited to see how this will turn out! 🙌*
@richardtilbury62492 жыл бұрын
I use a dremel for cold working glass, which is done with lots of water. I use one of these: "Dremel 225 Flex-shaft - Multi-Purpose Flexible Shaft Extension for Dremel Rotary Multitools". You can hang the Dremel up and use the flex shaft with the saw on the end and not worry about dropping the dremel into salt water and causing fires, power outages, etc.! ;) It might also be more comfortable as the flex-shaft feels more like using a pen rather than having to balance the whole dremel when working on something small. Having sustained the odd stupid injury when coldworking, please use a wood/perspex block to push the frag against the saw blade rather than your finger! You made me very nervous! Great video though! Look forward to seeing it when it has encrusted. Glad you didn't need to superglue fingers back on! LOL
@darrendroge27112 жыл бұрын
Way cool. Well Done Jake.
@Utubereefer2 жыл бұрын
The tips are glowing purple outside of the water! Crazy nice!
@BlackGoldReefing2 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait to see it on the update in a few months
@zerberus25252 жыл бұрын
Cant wait for a update 🖖🍻
@coraladdict50592 жыл бұрын
Such a cool piece! So awesome you went to Australia and to Gallery Aquatica! I want to know why it’s called Derrick’s Indecision
@Alex_Correa2 жыл бұрын
I'm going to tell your daddy you are playing with his tools again! I love that staghorn, man! Gotta love all Acros!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
@modolla812 жыл бұрын
Very cool! Loved the video. Looking forward to the update. Thanks Jake.
@insane_reefer37192 жыл бұрын
Of course! New tips & tricks are always welcome.
@mthomson34082 жыл бұрын
Awesome franken coral can’t wait to see the progress of this
@gabrielbrensjimenez31912 жыл бұрын
Wao, so beautiful brother., God bless you
@alejinoo89202 жыл бұрын
I think your on to something!! Maybe making man made coral skeletons for quick growth?? Instead of only growing up it grows up and down 🤔
@Ryan_Maineaquaria2 жыл бұрын
Definitely cool to see. I’ve had this same thought with photosynthetic gorgonians.
@aidanlesseraux12692 жыл бұрын
Good work
@ReefandDive2 жыл бұрын
Cool Jake! Please keep us uptaded!
@jeremywilson72912 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see how it goes!
@spicyreef2 жыл бұрын
I learn so much watching this channel - THANKS!
@artofwar-32632 жыл бұрын
Mr.Adams with the fresh cut ! This is of course a dope video. I've done something similar in the past with a not so beautiful acro... looking forward to future updates of this masterpiece.
@aarondus2 жыл бұрын
Super cool. Yes, I'd like to see/learn more. Hope you'll be sharing progress updates of this gem.
@flashkan2 жыл бұрын
Cool video. I didn't quite do that, but I had a frag encrust on a rack and when I removed it, explode... I glued a bunch of the scraps around the tile and it encrusted the tile quickly having more surface area for growth.
@joshualawrence652 жыл бұрын
Yeah I would like to see the grafting videos
@hoodmichelle2 жыл бұрын
Awesome Frankenstag! Cant wait to see it in a few months.
@jjmccloud2 жыл бұрын
Genius lol I had to check when this video was posted cause I was hoping it was like 6 or 8 months old and already had an update 😅 🤣 but now guess I gotta wait just like you lol can't wait to see!! I'm also interested in the live to live grafting wanna check that out as well and see the turnouts
@philcavallini96572 жыл бұрын
Very cool! I've actually done this before with acro and it actually worked. It took over the original base with some left over skeleton.
@tylerjaax49172 жыл бұрын
The purple color under the daylight spectrum from the room lighting is so killer…
@ellisbarton22612 жыл бұрын
Loving the new intro !
@scottt92632 жыл бұрын
Do we have any updates yet!? This has been living rent free in my mind for months lol
@robertleffler42862 жыл бұрын
That’s freaking awesome I hope it turns out can’t wait to see how it turns out
@Maccdy2 жыл бұрын
This is some straight Frankenstein shit….and I’m here for it.
@cubanreefer15822 жыл бұрын
If I try to glue those tips I definitely get glue every where and all over my fingers and that’s without mentioning that it will fall a few time of the branch because I didn’t glue enough or perhaps maybe too much , good job Jake
@SaltFishTV2 жыл бұрын
“Got to love how the acropora smell”. Haha I knew exactly what that smell was when you said that lol. This was a really interesting video, I’m super intrigued how it turns out! How long was the colony growing out for? Really nice growth on it.
@igetlotsofspam2 жыл бұрын
Gotta, place a couple pieces laying down around the bottom to grow up and connect. It's unlikely it will grow down, it will encrust a bit then fan out. I've done this a few times.
@iczerone20002 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see how it turns out! Please keep updating!
@terrydavis73892 жыл бұрын
what a great idea
@MrMatt96872 жыл бұрын
Kinda done this with a hammer my lfs had the head popped off and I put it in a mushroom box and it reattached and started regrowing
@frederiknitsch36802 жыл бұрын
Thats super interesting. Its also what you see in the wild a lot, with corals growing over its own sceleton. But how about some grafting of strains with different growth rates? I know some A. hoeksemai grow reeeally slow, but others are quicker. Maybe graft those and hope for better growth of the slowgrowing parts, like you would with trees 🤔
@erikanderson72232 жыл бұрын
Great way to recover the old colony, look forward to seeing how this turns out.
@josephnassif65572 жыл бұрын
i've done this before, looks awesome when grown out!! also i did this with a green stag that was alive but i accdently pumped it so it snapped in half so i just glued it back together :D
@GalleryAquaticaTV2 жыл бұрын
Great video Jake, really enjoyed this technique. The studio is looking so good!
@harkinsaquatics2 жыл бұрын
Would love grafted coral videos
@aniafish2 жыл бұрын
OMG yaaaay Jake! I thought this piece looked familiar! So glad to see your blue QLD stag is doing so well 👏💙
@danperez33282 жыл бұрын
Jake, I'd love that token frag for my 220.6!
@Sutsamadori972 жыл бұрын
Thats a cool idea. I always wondered if people let branching sceletons grow over by encrusting corals
@tedmontague2 жыл бұрын
The little nubs you cut off the ends with the band saw would be $100 frags at some stores
@GamePumaAll2 жыл бұрын
I had two zoas a orange and rastas graft together. Made a head spilt down the middle. I’ve lost it but I do have a picture of it
@anniejefferson46422 жыл бұрын
Corals up n out not down. You would have to glue beside it low.
@johnkidd39752 жыл бұрын
Cool Jake, I would like to see more. Maybe even making a two color monti? I was goofing around a few months back and put 3 different gsp on a few old coral skeletons. I told my wife I can't draw or paint so this is my art. She shook her head and wandered off, I don't think she bought it.
@SergioDiaz-et1sz2 жыл бұрын
Excelente video!!
@bryve962 жыл бұрын
I wonder if this practice could be used to replenish dead/dying reefs
While corals are not my general field of study,I very much appreciate the shapes that are found in tropical biotopes.Are there corals that tend to branch downwards,as well as up towards the light and strong flow? I live for experimentation like these.Best to all of you and your crew, Doc BC
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not, most of my Acros actively grow sideways more than they grow up
@coinage83562 жыл бұрын
So the tiny pieces you cut off, do you glue those to frag plugs too? If so, how quickly does it take the coral to close the wound over the exposed skeleton? Does it grow in a mound then or does it start to grow in a spike?
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
I'd rather have fewer corals that I take better care of than try to rescue every shard of living coral tissue into an unmanageable number of frags.
@FranklinDattein2 жыл бұрын
We also call it "blue lightning stag" down under.
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
I like that name better
@MyTeaandCrumpets2 жыл бұрын
Inappropriate reefers acro did the same thing, he got a piece an it died right back to skeleton flash forward 6months or so an the skeleton has just been completed covered now
@sayurasem2 жыл бұрын
If coralline algae gets to the skeleton first, will the grafted acro still encrust?
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
for sure
@slirpslirp2 жыл бұрын
love experimenting
@ExopMan2 жыл бұрын
Are the acro raceway tanks still running the same equipment from original build/tour?
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
Yeah pretty much, haven't changed on most of them
@so_so_reef2 жыл бұрын
I always wanted to do this with GSP to get a more interesting shape than just on a little mound island on the sand.
@fishpony12112 жыл бұрын
This is so cool. I think this is how all the bleached reefs should be fixed in the ocean
@threea2252 жыл бұрын
Wah. Amazing
@garvinchinnia24382 жыл бұрын
that's cool.
@joydeep27942 жыл бұрын
Awesome, what is the dimensions of this tank Jack ? Can you please advise ?
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
four by eight feet including a one foot wide section on the far end for the water management
@Chopper.onepiece2 жыл бұрын
tutorial for planting mangroves in the aquarium
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
that's a great idea!
@plaguetanks12242 жыл бұрын
So I’m a since with the pyramid cuts, two tips will grow off each pyramid flat? Sorry new guy here. Hi Jake!
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
I hope so
@tdyrkacz2 жыл бұрын
what glue is that? The super glue i've used in the past does not set that quickly and is not able to hold things in place so fast.
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
PolypLab
@AquaticPolyps2 жыл бұрын
Nice... Do you think if you do different colors of them the colors will eventually fuse together like monti caps do?
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
they might grow into each other and not fight but they won't fuse
@AquaticPolyps2 жыл бұрын
@@ReefBuildersVideo *sigh* hopes and dreams lose 😂
@reefkeepingandeverythingelse2 жыл бұрын
I got nervous because the acro was out of water lot of Time. I know that some acros are out of water in nature but since that colony has been lot of time in a tank I am afraid it forgot how to be out of water xD
@jamesgreen93722 жыл бұрын
Great video on an interesting idea ! One question: How much pressure can one put on the tissue while cutting without having damage ? Any tips ? As a novice, I have little background and appreciate your insight. Thanks, Jim
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
best tip is to make sure your cutters are nice and SHARP
@miguelsalty2 жыл бұрын
Update on the nano reef PAWEEZ 🥲
@AL_EVOz2 жыл бұрын
How would you prevent the white base from building algae on it Jake?
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
A bunch of tangs and my reef roomba kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebpdl82KzM-meYk.html
@AL_EVOz2 жыл бұрын
@@ReefBuildersVideo awesome!! Thanks for the info Jake! Looking forward to the update on this coral. :)
@drummerguydw2 жыл бұрын
Random, but where do you get those hexagon frag disks?
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
hardware stores
@Saltydog547 Жыл бұрын
Won't it take forever for the stag to cover the dead base?
@BlackGoldReefing2 жыл бұрын
I have a question? Do you ever sale any of you corals. It seems like you such a wide variety and I wondered why you don’t have an online store
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
No sales but I do try to trade and give away to locals when I can
@borinvlogs2 жыл бұрын
how long can corals stay out of water?
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
really depends on the coral, and the conditions, but I don't think twice about having Acros out (keeping them moist) for 10 minutes or more
@matmalette2 жыл бұрын
How is it coming up 6 months later?
@NoFairiesAllowed2 жыл бұрын
As someone literally just stumbling apon this world. How do you enthusiasts all view the coral? As a pet like an animal or more of an aquatic plant?
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
I like to think of them as living crystals
@Mr_Tequila_Travels2 жыл бұрын
Any books you can recommend on aquarium acros? What the scientific name of “Derrick’s indecision”?
@scooterglass44972 жыл бұрын
Also, love the Derricks Indecision Acropora. I really hope to find my own piece someday. Do you know the specific species of that Acropora?
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
@@scooterglass4497 I don't know the species, with staghorn corals like this you have to really let them grow out pretty large before you can narrow it down to one of 50 species with this general shape
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
www.coralsoftheworld.org/species_factsheets/
@aniafish2 жыл бұрын
We will have to explain the name one day, it’s a great story!
@Mr_Tequila_Travels2 жыл бұрын
@@aniafish was it a Derrick diving and not being able to pick what coral to take a frag from?
@freshwatercorals8012 жыл бұрын
Is that an Acropora Valenciennesi?
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
that's a very good guess but would have to grow it out massively in order to confirm
@rppvt2 жыл бұрын
if it's a dead superstructure, wonder if it actually needs to be the same species...?
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
Nah for sure it doesn't need to be the same, doesn't even need to be real, I just like the *poetry* of it
@GwonkReefkeeping2 жыл бұрын
Is it just me, or do you think that acropora smells like corn?
@ReefBuildersVideo2 жыл бұрын
Healthy Acro has a certain vegetable sweetness for sure
@LAMMROD_2 жыл бұрын
Yoooo you’re gunnu cut your finger one day if you keep using a ban saw like that. It’s not if you do it’s when. Use a stick to push things through the ban saw. Safety first.
@Cycnoches20122 жыл бұрын
Hate that you cut your hair. Is that a new camera or is Evan getting better?
@devon66102 жыл бұрын
ah yes, let me purposely make my acro look like it has RTN