Real Deer antlers for your aquarium filter System.

[antlerdan]

I am 85, I recently developed a process so that Real antlers Can be used as waterfall Filters.
Would like to have your opinion.
AntlerDan
Hope you like

I recently came up with a method of hollowing out antlers removing the bone marrow.
With this method you can put clear water hose in the antlers.

 

[nikm128]

Very interesting, I like it!

 

[bassfishingTN]

Wow. I’m intrigued!

 

[aquafrogg]

That would be a very very cool waterfall! Would love to see it used in a tank, are you planning on adding this to one of your tanks? If so, I'd love to see what it looks like

 

[Momgoose56]

I am 85, I recently developed a process so that Real antlers Can be used as waterfall Filters.
Would like to have your opinion.
AntlerDan
Hope you like

I recently came up with a method of hollowing out antlers removing the bone marrow.
With this method you can put clear water hose in the antlers.

That would look pretty awesome with multiple antlers-like an antler sculpture- and water coming out of all of them into a tank or pond!! Also might be useful for organizing tubing behind or on top of a tank in a natural looking way. OR plant irrigation tubing! I love them. Lemme think.

 

[saltwater60]

Even sealing the top and placing an airline in it then placing the antler to the bottom of the tank and restricting the air pump so a bubble comes out every few seconds would be cool. It would look like a root in the tank and some gases escaping from the substrate.
what’s the cost of these?

 

[nikm128]

The antlers are free if you're into hunting , then you just need to get the tubing.

 

[MomeWrath]

Call me dumb, but wouldn't they decompose?

 

[nikm128]

Call me dumb, but wouldn't they decompose?

That would depend on where they are, if they're above the water to create a waterfall then yes they would still decompose. But bones are super dense and take a really long time to break down. If they were in the water for any reason then it would happen much faster because the calcium and everything would leech into the water column and there would likely be a much larger colony of bacteria all over it compared to above water.

 

[TheeLadyG]

Antlers are made of bone, not to be confused with horn which is made of the same stuff as your hair and fingernails. A horn would get soft very quickly if submerged in water, but an antler might last a while. It will eventually break down

 

[MomeWrath]

Antlers are made of bone, not to be confused with horn which is made of the same stuff as your hair and fingernails. A horn would get soft very quickly if submerged in water, but an antler might last a while. It will eventually break down

Yep - and I was confused. Forgot that they were bones and not horns!

 

[saltwater60]

The antlers are free if you're into hunting , then you just need to get the tubing.

I know that and I hunt. How would you expect me to be able to bore out the center of a curved antler? I don't know how. It sounds like this guy figured it out and something tells me he might not share. I'm hoping to get some free antler soon.