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07-15-2006, 09:07 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Detroit
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ooops I broke it
we got a beautiful orange monti digi. it fell over so when I was trying to put it back I kind of broke off a branch or two. I'm home alone right now so in my panic I decided the best way to approach this was to super glue them back on. Let me tell you the super glued on branches look really great! (not so much) will the coral just grow over the super glue or did I go about this in a totaly bad way?
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07-15-2006, 09:10 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Tampa, FL
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Now you have 3!
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07-15-2006, 09:13 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Detroit
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Now you have 3!
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Ummm yea, no. I was trying to cover my tracks so my husband wouldnt see what i did but you can obviously see the glue so that's out the window
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07-15-2006, 09:16 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Tampa, FL
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OH...you tried to glue it back on to the one it boke off of?
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07-15-2006, 09:18 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Kansas City
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It probably won't hurt the coral and after a month or two the flesh might grow over the glued area reinforcing it a bit. One thing to note about gel glues, eventually they get old and brittle and will break off on their own. At that time if you want whatever you had in that spot there once more, you just glue it back. I am guessing this might be a problem later on.
You might just bite the bullet and putty them on a small rock and enjoy your new frag(s).
-K
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07-15-2006, 09:21 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: bend, oregon
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Its actually a good thing to glue over the spots on the coral that vroke off regardless of whether you try to glue other piece3s there or not. It acts like kind of a band aid......i learned that a few months ago and now i hit all open wounds with a drop or two, whether it be from fragging or accidents.......i have had positive results doing so.
It might not look so hot at the moment but it will look better in time......... but its not a bad thing and like said before...now you have 3
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Last edited by Fly Guy; 07-15-2006 at 09:28 PM.
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07-15-2006, 09:36 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Detroit
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Do you think it'll grow back together??
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07-15-2006, 09:39 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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It could........What i have done in the past when accidentally breaking sps instead of trying to get them to grow back together as they were, which is less likely than more,(at l;east in my experience) i will just put them all on the same rock......makes it appear like a little colony.....
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Zoa and paly pics HERE
SPS pics HERE
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07-15-2006, 10:58 PM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Livingston Parish, Denham Springs, Louisiana
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If it will or not don't worry, It will be ok , Next time just glue then to another rock.
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07-15-2006, 11:31 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Detroit
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I'm just worried about when my husband gets home. I was hoping I could tell him not to worry cuz it'll grow back together
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07-15-2006, 11:37 PM
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I loves me a water change
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I think you've done your best to fix what was obviously an accident. Hard to say if it will grow back together, but it is certainly feasible.
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