[Prismaco]

What glue can you use to glue frags to LR ?


-Paul

 

[ReefDave]

super glue gel.

Has always worked for me, hard or soft corals.

Dave

 

[Harpo]

Don't know the name brand, but you can go to most hardware stores and buy epoxi that comes in like a clay form. This epoxi is in like a roll form, brown outside, and pinkish in the middle. You simply cut the amount you may need and knead it together. It works well, does not harm your reef.


BILL

 

[MontanaRocknReefer]

Hey Dave! You got a product name for the super glue gel that you can reccommend? Thanks!

 

[Prismaco]

More specific names would be great. I just got a frag and would like to glue it to a certain piece I have.


-Paul

 

[cyberchef]

Any brand of super glue gel will work. The insides are all the same just the name is changed to confuse the buyer...

 

[mikeMersot]

as long as it is a cyanoacrylate glue you should be fine. Are you glueing a hard or soft coral, I find it better to let softies attach on their own either with rubber bands or some type of mesh.

 

[Prismaco]

They are all attached to a rock. Here's what hey are. Don't know what they are called. Got them from my work


-Paul

 

[Prismaco]

Also, do I just take the frag out, put some glue on the bottom and stick it to where I would like it to be ?


-Paul

 

[cyberchef]

That looks like a Goniapora, flower pot coral. If it is a "goni" it is one creature and not a frag. Do the "arms/tenacles/polyps" extend out, say up to 5"-6"?

 

[seamonkey]

I used an apoxy when I glued my frogspawn down. I got it at the hard ware store for 9 bucks. It came in a dual tube form made for use to glue while in water. That way I didn't have to pull any thing out of the tank. The apoxy set in 2 minutes and harmed nothing in my tank. I would say just read up on whatever you use to make sure it won't release toxins. The stuff I got claimed that it was safe for any under water use and that all it would release would be heat from the curing process.

 

[Buddha]

That coral is a galaxy coral. I have one in my tank tooooo!

See:

 

[Rick O]

For underwater applications I have found that plumbers epoxy putty works best. I use Devcon which is available from the hardware store. It's the same stuff sold in LFS as Aquastick but much cheaper.

 

[MontanaRocknReefer]

Thanks everyone on their input on this!

 

[Prismaco]

They have only reach about 2". But they where only under light for about an hour. They are attached to a rock and I wanted to glue that piece to a piece of my LR. Could that work ?


-Paul

 

[cyberchef]

Can you get a better pic. I still think it looks like a Goni and unfortunately they don't have very good survival rates in home aquaria. You might consider this when placing the coral.

 

[Prismaco]

I can get a better picture and will post it. Right now I have it on a bottom of a platic bottle.


-Paul

 

[Mrs Smith]

My general rule is:

frag to rock: super glue gel
Rock to Rock: Plumber's epoxy.

It's epoxy, but you can still get the pieces back apart if you need to. That, and it will work underwater. Superglue won't.

Have fun,
Danielle

 

[Mrs Smith]

Oh, and I couldn't tell what it was either... but if it's a goni, take it back and get something else. (as in, don't spent your money - regardless of your discount - on something that has such a lousy track record.)

Danielle

 

[Prismaco]

Whats a nice hardy LPS then?


-Paul