soft coral

firefishred · 07/30/2007, 05:50 PM

can you use coral glue on soft coral?

Grins · 07/30/2007, 06:07 PM

They slime up so glueing is difficult. If you're fragging though you can glue some substrate to the side of it then frag. If this is a new addition however many try placing some bridal veil over it and rubberbanding the material to the rock. Some even sew the corals on the rock, and I've heard of toothpicks being used too but the bridal veil is the easiest I think.

Aquarist007 · 07/30/2007, 06:27 PM

what kind of coral are you trying to frag?

PJSEA · 07/30/2007, 06:56 PM

Depending on what you're trying to mount; a good method is to pierce the soft coral near the bottom and then use rubber bands to hold the toothpick in place on a rock. I've used this method for leathers. Eventually it will grow onto the rock.
Some others may do better being held in place with the "bridal veil" material mentioned above.

firefishred · 07/30/2007, 06:58 PM

a few Kenyan Soft Tree Corals

MalHavoc · 07/30/2007, 07:00 PM

I've done the rubber band thing, and if you go that route, just make sure that the rubber band is just tight enough to hold the coral but not pinch it. You don't want to damage the frag with a band that's too tight.

I've also had good luck just sticking the base of my frag in a hole in the live rock that I'm attaching it to. Sometimes you get lucky and the rock has a hole just big enough for the base of the frag.

Urchins have a bad habit of carrying off frags mounted like that though

reelsteel · 07/31/2007, 08:35 AM

I use snail shells for most of my soft corals. Just put them in the hole and they will attach in no time. They look cool also.

07/30/2007, 05:50 PM	#1
firefishred Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Spokane,WA Posts: 111	soft coral can you use coral glue on soft coral?

07/30/2007, 06:07 PM	#2
Grins Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 735	They slime up so glueing is difficult. If you're fragging though you can glue some substrate to the side of it then frag. If this is a new addition however many try placing some bridal veil over it and rubberbanding the material to the rock. Some even sew the corals on the rock, and I've heard of toothpicks being used too but the bridal veil is the easiest I think. __________________ R.A.S.O.C. : Reef Aquarium Society of Charlotte Current Tank Info: 55g mixed reef

07/30/2007, 06:27 PM	#3
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	what kind of coral are you trying to frag? __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

07/30/2007, 06:58 PM	#5
firefishred Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Spokane,WA Posts: 111	a few Kenyan Soft Tree Corals __________________ Always nice to meet a REEFER Current Tank Info: 100 gallon reef tank, a Remora Aqua C protein skimmer, Current Orbit lighting

07/30/2007, 07:00 PM	#6
MalHavoc Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 10,850	I've done the rubber band thing, and if you go that route, just make sure that the rubber band is just tight enough to hold the coral but not pinch it. You don't want to damage the frag with a band that's too tight. I've also had good luck just sticking the base of my frag in a hole in the live rock that I'm attaching it to. Sometimes you get lucky and the rock has a hole just big enough for the base of the frag. Urchins have a bad habit of carrying off frags mounted like that though __________________ Jason "Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated." -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick

07/30/2007, 06:56 PM	#4
PJSEA Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pawleys Island, SC Posts: 295	Depending on what you're trying to mount; a good method is to pierce the soft coral near the bottom and then use rubber bands to hold the toothpick in place on a rock. I've used this method for leathers. Eventually it will grow onto the rock. Some others may do better being held in place with the "bridal veil" material mentioned above.

07/31/2007, 08:35 AM	#7
reelsteel Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 73	I use snail shells for most of my soft corals. Just put them in the hole and they will attach in no time. They look cool also.