Synthetic Coral Deep Blue Professional Replica Black Octopus 20x6x18inches

Deep Blue creates the most realistic an beautiful Faux coral you'll find. Each piece is fashioned by a hand sculpt and a mold is created. The corals are made from a fresh and salt water safe cold resin and the detail is nothin short of amazing. Over the years I've collected many pieces for my tanks and own different sizes of Staghorn, Mangrove root (not a coral) and many others. All have surpassed my expectations and this outstanding representation of black octopus coral is no exception.

Like the Staghorn I like the stark white and despite the name, if you're wondering if this piece is white it is, the name can be confusing as Black Octopus coral comes in peach, brown, black of course, red and white.

Using replica coral isn't just less expensive than actual dried coral, it protects our delicate reef systems which as you may already know are compromised world wide and many are failing. If you keep live corals these blend in easily and add a great deal of visual impact and make a sramatic impact to most any tank and any decor. They are of course a magnet for algae but then what isn't?

The good news is these pieces can be bleached in fact as I write this review I have an X lARGE Staghorn and a few of Deep Blues replica Texas Holey rocks bleaching in a large tub. The ratio for safe bleaching should be one part bleach to 10 parts water. When all traces of algae are gone run and rinse with clean cold water until all traces of the scent of bleach are gone. Prior to placing the pieces back into an aquarium it's important to neutralize any traces of bleach with a product like PRIME by SeaChem after that you're good to go.

The Octopus coral is especially nice if you run some LED air wands behind and or in front of the piece. I use white and Lunar blue and find the new bendable LED bubble wands by Aqueon the best yet. The LED lights are clear and bright, the bubbles uniform and each wand can be bent along the base of the coral which creates spectacular shadows while illuminating the branches from beneath.

This beautiful piece makes a stunning addition to any tank.

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