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Old 01-19-2007, 05:42 PM   #1
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Keeping corals from falling over


I have a frogspawn that I'm constantly picking up off the sand. I think my cleaner shrimp bumps it over. I'm wanting to get a fish, but that will just make it worse. How do I keep it upright?

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Old 01-19-2007, 05:49 PM   #2
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Well you could glue it. Is it a large frag or how do you have it right now. It's not going to stay just sticking in the sand. You need to glue it to a rock with some superglue gel. Best way to do that is to take both the frag and the rock out, dry both surfaces and apply superglue gel to it and attach it. Let it dry outside the tank until it's somewhat stable. (few minutes) and then put it back in.
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Old 01-19-2007, 05:51 PM   #3
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I used epoxy (marine) that I bought from my lfs. It is then stuck to the rock you put it on though. So make sure it is in the place that you want on the rock.
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It doesn't have a flat bottom and I don't have a piece of rock that is dry. How big a chunk of rock do i need? Should I sand off the end of the coral and sand a chunk of the rock flat?

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Old 01-19-2007, 06:57 PM   #5
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you need a piece of rock big enough to hold it up is all, and you dont need a dry rock, you can pull one of your rocks from your tank and just dab the spot you want to attach dry. or just pin it in a crack between a couple other rocks so its stable.
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Old 01-20-2007, 08:41 AM   #6
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we grabbed up liverock that had niches in them, so when we added the coral, they slotted into the groves...
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