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Unread 08/13/2008, 12:08 PM   #1
mindytoy
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Question need some fast help. placing some soft corrals how to??

im putting my corrals today. some corrals. frags.

anyways some arent anchored to rocks or anything...

how do i anchor them to their place? ppl have said toothpicks? glue? put them in a crevace?

i need some ideas ASAP cuz im getting them in an hour or two.

if you have a pic even better! or a link on how to...

heres the list of them...

3 pulsating xenia
1 kenya tree
1 colt coral
1 red mushroom
1 aqua and red mushroom
1 mat of Green star polyps
1 small green mushroom leather
1 frag of around 10 zoas


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Unread 08/13/2008, 12:55 PM   #2
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Here's a good article.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-0...ture/index.php


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Unread 08/13/2008, 01:51 PM   #3
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in a crevice is good. Lightly rubberbanded. Some have even stitched their softies to rocks. And in the case of xenia, pin it to the sand lightly with a piece of raw dead coral and it will probably have grabbed on by then.


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