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  1. 10-29-2012, 03:14 PM #1
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    Painting Coral

    Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew anything about painting your coral. I saw it done on Tanked (go figure) the other nite and I would like to paint my coral. I have searched everywhere and can't find anything on where to buy the paint, what kind of paint to buy etc. Any ideas? Also, has anyone tried doing this and if you did how did it turn out? Thanks so much!!
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    Re: Painting Coral

    I read somewhere that it as "epoxy" paint but that was just in passing...

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    Re: Painting Coral

    Quote Originally Posted by crazyemtchic View Post
    Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew anything about painting your coral. I saw it done on Tanked (go figure) the other nite and I would like to paint my coral. I have searched everywhere and can't find anything on where to buy the paint, what kind of paint to buy etc. Any ideas? Also, has anyone tried doing this and if you did how did it turn out? Thanks so much!!
    Why would you put paint on your (live?) coral?
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    Re: Painting Coral

    Epoxy paint will work. So will water based Acrylic paints. They just have to be left to dry completely before being introduced into the tank. Probably rinsed off with FW first too.

    with that said...i ahve to +1 what AL Said....Why would you want to Paint Live coral?
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    Re: Painting Coral

    Quote Originally Posted by ddelozier View Post
    Epoxy paint will work. So will water based Acrylic paints. They just have to be left to dry completely before being introduced into the tank. Probably rinsed off with FW first too.

    with that said...i ahve to +1 what AL Said....Why would you want to Paint Live coral?
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    Re: Painting Coral

    LOL! Yes Will said that

    I think the OP is talking about painting "Fake Coral" to make it look real in your tank.

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    Re: Painting Coral

    My mistake, sorry. Acrylic paint, water based would work fine.
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    Re: Painting Coral

    Thank you all for your replies!! Yes, I am talking about painting fake coral. I am new to this so just starting out here. I have a bunch of coral in the tank but it's all like rock, so am assuming it's "dead"???
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    Re: Painting Coral

    Thank you all for your replies!! Yes, I am talking about painting fake coral. I am new to this so just starting out here. I have a bunch of coral in the tank but it's all like rock, so am assuming it's "dead"???
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    Re: Painting Coral

    i would like to paint my live coral... you know smiley faces, unicorns and such... lol! sorry, i couldn't resist!
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