Recommend me brands for putty

[richardhmc]

I want to securely glue rock together. I did a search through MR and the threads I saw about putty was to attach frags to live rock.

I had to break down my live rock because I had to catch a fish. But as I was breaking apart my rockwork, I realized that it was very very unstable.

So this time I want to glue everything together.

Therefore, I need a glue that is strong because I have small to large rocks that I use for my aquascape.

I've heard of Loctite and apparently they don't sell Aquamend anymore.

I think I've read somewhere that putty can affect skimmers? Can anyone confirm on this?

So yeah, I prefer putty that I can get from lowes/homedepot since those are cheaper than aquarium made ones like twolittlefishies.

Any suggestions?

R.I.P. old rockwork =\ I was so happy with it too.

 

[Cris007]

Look up J-B waterweld at homedepot.

 

[Alex]

Take a look at marcorocks.com they have a product to bond the rock work together, here's the link

http://www.marcorocks.com/e-marco-40010lbkit.aspx

 

[richardhmc]

Take a look at marcorocks.com they have a product to bond the rock work together, here's the link

http://www.marcorocks.com/e-marco-40010lbkit.aspx

ooooooo interesting... it looks like more a of a cement though.. and my rock is already in water

I think a putty would be easier/better so i could just roll up the putty into balls and just stick rocks together

 

[JOHANNA]

Putty can make your skimmer go crazy. Any time I would use coral putty to attach frags my skimmer would go nuts for 2-3 days.

 

[Cris007]

Here is the info on waterweld. http://jbweld.net/products/water.php
Works great.

 

[richardhmc]

Here is the info on waterweld. http://jbweld.net/products/water.php
Works great.

I guess since it says it can be used for potable water... its reef safe too?

thank you for the info, ill go check it out next time I go to HD/lowes

@ Johanna, yeah that's what I've heard too, and I plan to use a lot so my skimmer is going to be overflowing with skim I assume. But why does this happen?

 

[richardhmc]

bought water weld... still in the rockscapeing process.

This is going to take me a while to find a satisfying look hehe.. already spent about 20 min aquascaping and still not satisfied... and I only have like 15 pieces of rock

 

[budddman]

I dont remember which brand i used but any aquascaping putty works well and i dont recall my skimmer going nuts. However if thats the case i woukd rather my skimmer go crazy then to use a product that may not be safe.

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[richardhmc]

Well... I've been aquascaping for an hour now and still not satisfied... my head is pounding and somehow my skimmer started leaking in between all that. Gunna try again tomorrow