Mounting stag colony?

[Mattl22]

I have a lg stag colony that doesn't encrust enough to adhere to rock I reglued it a few times but getting annoying finding it toppled over and every time needs to be reglued takes a hit and can't get it back in original spot any way any ideas on a way to mount it more permanently ?

It's top heavy not helping matters


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[Mattl22]

I use a 2 part epoxy at work that dries rock solid but smells pretty toxic when still wet would it leach into water if it hardened ?


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[Mark2480]

I used the D-D Aquascape epoxy for almost the exact same thing and it worked great.

 

[MIKE NY]

Matt I have the same problem. I will bore a hole into the rock either with a drill, if I can get the rock out, or a knife and place the stag into it surrounded with glue and hold in place. I don't use epoxy for this because it heats up during curing and has caused STNing if it touches live tissue.

 

[Mattl22]

I was able to get it reglued but now doesn't look natural like b4
Considering cutting the base off re glueing it and taking mikes advice drill a hole fill with cyano acrylic


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[homegrowncichlid]

I find that any suffocation of the live tissue will cause die off and spread, as MikeNY stated. Another possibility to engineer a solution, lets say you drill a hole into the base of the coral from the bottom. Them mount a plastic post to the rock work, then simply slide the coral base onto the post, like you would a dental procedure, like an implant.

If that's too hard, drill a hole through the coral horizontally, then slip a zip tie in and lock it onto another heavier rock and rest that somewhere.