In Need of a Glue Fix

[Hermit Up North]

(No pun intended :wink: )

What is a reef safe glue (for attaching corals) and where can I find it on-line?

TIA Reefers

Hermit

 

[liquid]

Your standard gel superglue that you find in Walmart/KMart/Meijer/etc works just fine. Make sure it's the gel kind as it's thicker than the standard superglue. I've used it for years w/ no problems.

Shane

 

[Hermit Up North]

Thanks for your response. I will pick that up today.

Just curious, when you use this method is it forever? If you ever want to move the coral again, would you have to move the whole rock it has been glued to? Do you just "smear" the glue on the coral or rock and place it right away?

Thank you in advance for your help. I have never glued corals before, but my reef is growing (a good thing) and I need to make a few adjustments.

Hermit

 

[liquid]

When I do it, I put a nice sized 'blob' of superglue gel on a piece of liverock or liverock rubble or whatever you want to mount it to. I then take my coral frag and gently dab off the base (to soak up any water on it) of the coral frag and then stick it into the blob of superglue. I then hold the frag there for 30-60 seconds and you're done. Yes, this bond lasts "forever" so if you want to move it, you'll either have to mount your frag to a small piece of liverock rubble (maybe the size of a golf ball) or re-frag it.

BTW...what corals are you looking at fragging?

Shane

 

[Hermit Up North]

Once again, thanks for a reply.

The fragging is my next venture. Right now I have a colony of Palythoa that needs to stay put! I expect to be around here looking for answers to my fragging question, coming soon.

BTW, my e-mail notification when I have a message reply does not seem to be working. Any clues?

TIA
Hermit