live bottle

[Ivery]

I found this online and thought, How cool! I like looking for old bottles and such. Just wanted to share guys. http://reefbuilders.com/2009/10/15/live-bottles-are-reborn-as-aquacultured-art-by-atlantic-reef-aquaculture/

[Ivery]

I got to looking for artifacts encrusted with reef for a project. That's how o found these pics. I want to design a piece like what the diver is swimming over. I wants t to use something like a Spanish olive jar. There are alot of shipwrecks in the carrabiens I want to use as a guide. I'm going with one called the Tortuga from the 1600 s. It will be a biotope from the carrabiens reef. But the little bottles I thought were cool and easy to add a artifact so to speak to any tank.

 

Here's a few medicine bottles I got at a antique store earlier. There All early 1900 s. I decided to clean and use the clear Pyrex. I put it in my 12 gallon.

[Ivery]

I'm hooked on glass today!! Lol

[noahJT]

Would there be any chance of older leaded glass slowing leaching nasty stuff into the water?

[Ivery]

Good? , and I'm unsure. Maybe someone else wouald know, But ill research it some.

[Kiwi]

usually glass is chamically almost dead.

even in a very high ph (13,14) it would take years to be dissolved….

and ph8.2 in our tanks is not very strong^^

[Ruester007]

Would there be any chance of older leaded glass slowing leaching nasty stuff into the water?

None.

The only glass you would really need to worry about would be uranium based depression glass. But considering the value of those pieces I wouldn't put it in a tank anyway.

[Kiwi]

I have just put a little test tube into the tank… I 'd like to see, if something is going to grow on it without placing any coral on it….

[wow.such.chris]

Awesome idea! I think you may have an extremely hard time trying to aquire Caribbean corals and may want to look to the Pacific.

[GHill762]

paulb has a few bottles in his tank that's like 40 years old..

[Ivery]

Here's a great site for carrabien corals at great $. http://www.sealifeinc.net/catalog/index.php

[Kiwi]

come on, try it out…. just put a little bottleÂ…etc into your tank, and make a photo every month to post it hereÂ…. so we could see, how it evolves would be a cool community project?!

[Ivery]

And your wife's will love you guys for wanting to the antique mall. I found countless things that wouald be cool.

[noahJT]

None.

The only glass you would really need to worry about would be uranium based depression glass. But considering the value of those pieces I wouldn't put it in a tank anyway.

I bet they would look great under actinics, though!

[GHill762]

I bet they would look great under actinics, though!

 

 

None.

The only glass you would really need to worry about would be uranium based depression glass. But considering the value of those pieces I wouldn't put it in a tank anyway.

 

 

whoa.. I just googled this stuff.. that's freaking awesome.. and it DOES glow under UV light.. learn something new every day

 

Would there be any chance of older leaded glass slowing leaching nasty stuff into the water?

I don't know the answer to this, but I know there has been talk about not putting whiskey into crystal (lead based glass) decanters, IIRC the lead leached into or had a reaction with the whiskey and it changes the flavor.. I think there were even concerns over its safety..

[Ivery]

Look at Fenton glass if you want some that's flouresent. Highly collectible, can be pricey, but awesome colors. They do sell

slag pieces online. You can find Fenton at alot of antique stores, online, and at grandmas. Just don't tell her what its for.lol I took my little bottle and dropped some fresh corraline in it. Hope it kick it off pretty quick.

[Ivery]

Its radioactive

[Ivery]

Here's pics from a awesome tank by paulb.

[Kiwi]

that's incredible

[melson]

I plan on incorporating something like this into my 10g.

 

I'll keep you guys posted! It's now finding a bottle small and cool enough for my tank!

[Ivery]

I've got a experiment going. I've been reading on oven baked clays for aquariums. And the reviews say its OK . So I went to wallmart and got some. With a box of rock salt. I mixed in some rock, regular table salt and crushed coral. The clay became very tacky!! Put it on a piece of foil and started creating. Afterward I let cool some and rinsed under hot water to remove bulk of salt. Then put on stove in really warm water to continue dissolve Ingram salt. Now I put in back of toilet tank to get anymore.

[Ivery]

Made a new one today. Great indoor project when it rains. Pic don't show the passages and detail. Still soaking to get the salt to dissolve. And become more pouris. http://s328.photobucket.com/user/knap_123/media/Mobile%20Uploads/131209_0033.jpg.html'>

 

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[Ivery]

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[GHill762]

 

I've got a experiment going. I've been reading on oven baked clays for aquariums. And the reviews say its OK . So I went to wallmart and got some. With a box of rock salt. I mixed in some rock, regular table salt and crushed coral. The clay became very tacky!! Put it on a piece of foil and started creating. Afterward I let cool some and rinsed under hot water to remove bulk of salt. Then put on stove in really warm water to continue dissolve Ingram salt. Now I put in back of toilet tank to get anymore.

OK.. That's freaking awesome! Looks like it's been down in the reef a while.. Gonna look sweet with some coral growing on it..

[Ivery]

Thanks, I added some barnacles to this one for fun. Ill add it to a.tank as soon as I.can quote tasteing salt .