glue for attaching frags

fivewhyn · 11/04/2007, 10:20 PM

whats the best glue for attaching frags to LR in the water.. I'm tired of tearing apart my aqua scape just to attach a frag.

Chef Reef · 11/04/2007, 10:26 PM

just some good old 2 dollar superglue the gel kind.. any brand really.. just as long as its gel. doesnt have to be from your LFS.. its the same stuff they sell at walmart

fivewhyn · 11/04/2007, 10:33 PM

says on the package that area should be clean and DRY... does it still work? don't want to put harmfull chemicals in my tank

Radiography14 · 11/05/2007, 12:09 AM

superglue gel man....dont worry bout it we all tried reefing this.

cobra397 · 11/05/2007, 02:07 AM

I dont know if this is a good idea or not but has worked 3 times on corals that i couldnt get to attach. I get a small glass jar like used to preserve stuff and put my rock rubble in it with the coral. usually takes a week for the coral to grab one of the rocks. still gets light and then i take the frag out and empty the jar ( usually in the sump cause the jar will have collected some debris). anyone else use this?

uscharalph · 11/05/2007, 02:26 AM

Gel superglue.

Frick-n-Frags · 11/05/2007, 05:15 AM

Does the rock absolutely, positively have to stay in the water for the frag gluing?

the only reason I mntion this is that SG-ing in and out of water is the new definition of "nite-n-day". out of water, you can dab the spot dry on the rock, dab the base of the coral dry, use a tiny blob of SGgel so it looks nice and you can do 20 frags on a little tube, and it sticks awesomely.

heh, I refuse to even fool with SG underwater anymore. I thought water was supposed to kill that stuff, but maybe skin makes it come alive again. I ended up still holding the loose coral, but my fingers were glued together ??WHAAA???

(sg falls off of glass so it absolutely sucks for trying to glue frags to glass. if they can't encrust fast to the glass they fall off)

11/04/2007, 10:20 PM	#1
fivewhyn Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 110	glue for attaching frags whats the best glue for attaching frags to LR in the water.. I'm tired of tearing apart my aqua scape just to attach a frag. __________________ Brian Michael Current Tank Info: 180 tank, 75 gal sump, fish, corals and other stuff

11/04/2007, 10:33 PM	#3
fivewhyn Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 110	says on the package that area should be clean and DRY... does it still work? don't want to put harmfull chemicals in my tank __________________ Brian Michael Current Tank Info: 180 tank, 75 gal sump, fish, corals and other stuff

11/05/2007, 02:26 AM	#6
uscharalph Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 1,248	Gel superglue. __________________ Ralph Mendoza Jr. Long Beach, CA Current Tank Info: 80 Gallon Reef Tank

11/05/2007, 05:15 AM	#7
Frick-n-Frags Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: north central OH Posts: 10,740	Does the rock absolutely, positively have to stay in the water for the frag gluing? the only reason I mntion this is that SG-ing in and out of water is the new definition of "nite-n-day". out of water, you can dab the spot dry on the rock, dab the base of the coral dry, use a tiny blob of SGgel so it looks nice and you can do 20 frags on a little tube, and it sticks awesomely. heh, I refuse to even fool with SG underwater anymore. I thought water was supposed to kill that stuff, but maybe skin makes it come alive again. I ended up still holding the loose coral, but my fingers were glued together ??WHAAA??? (sg falls off of glass so it absolutely sucks for trying to glue frags to glass. if they can't encrust fast to the glass they fall off) __________________ Only Dead fish swim with the current. Current Tank Info: 2 50 gal tanks, sump, still BB

11/04/2007, 10:26 PM	#2
Chef Reef Moved On Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Hallandale, FL Posts: 2,189	just some good old 2 dollar superglue the gel kind.. any brand really.. just as long as its gel. doesnt have to be from your LFS.. its the same stuff they sell at walmart

11/05/2007, 12:09 AM	#4
Radiography14 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Portland,Maine Posts: 299	superglue gel man....dont worry bout it we all tried reefing this.

11/05/2007, 02:07 AM	#5
cobra397 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: US> TN. Posts: 149	I dont know if this is a good idea or not but has worked 3 times on corals that i couldnt get to attach. I get a small glass jar like used to preserve stuff and put my rock rubble in it with the coral. usually takes a week for the coral to grab one of the rocks. still gets light and then i take the frag out and empty the jar ( usually in the sump cause the jar will have collected some debris). anyone else use this?