marineland epoxy is JUNK!

[sjfishguy]

I have never used epoxy before and bought some Marineland underwater epoxy. It was green with a silly putty consistency. It said it would cure as hard as cement in 30 mins. It did get harder, but not hard after days. None of the SPS frags I was trying to epoxy stuck to this stuff, it pealed off the live rock. I had to press so hard to try to get my Murilina to stick I think there is going to be some tissue recession. It never did stick. After tearing my tank up trying to epoxy stuff, I threw it all away. I just wanted everyone to know this is a TERRIBLE product that I wouldn't use if someone payed me to use it.

Can anyone give me the name of a good underwater epoxy they use to affix coral.

 

[Anonymous]

Sj, IME it's not one particular brand they are all fairly bad at what they are supposed to do. The only way I've found to make them work slightly better is to remove both the rock you are working on and the frag and pat dry / clean the spots on either surface where the epoxy will go. This of course makes it a much larger pain than it should be and I have since switched to using superglue gel.

 

[Timbo1]

marine epoxy's are not meant to glue items together. They are not even remotely sticky once you put it under water. It is best used by wrapping it around the base of a frag and then sticking the base into a hole or something with lots of negative space. The goal is to get the glue to set into the rockwork so that you can't pull it out. That will hold the coral long enough for it to grow over. If used properly, marine epoxy is a great product and I use it all the time.

There are plenty of books that go over how to use marine epoxy, you might want to read some or do some research on how to use it in the first place before bashing it.

 

[Anonymous]

marine epoxy's are not meant to glue items together. They are not even remotely sticky once you put it under water. It is best used by wrapping it around the base of a frag and then sticking the base into a hole or something with lots of negative space. The goal is to get the glue to set into the rockwork so that you can't pull it out. That will hold the coral long enough for it to grow over. If used properly, marine epoxy is a great product and I use it all the time.

There are plenty of books that go over how to use marine epoxy, you might want to read some or do some research on how to use it in the first place before bashing it.

Well Epoxy artist glad it works for you. I stand by my experience with it that it's more trouble than it's worth and even if used 'properly' it's still ugly till it becomes overgrown. Thanks for assuming that we don't know how to use it 'properly'. A friendly tip to the original poster was all that was required perhaps he had searched and missed whatever how to guide you had.

Cheers

 

[Timbo1]

Hey no problem! If you're ever interested in buying some of my epoxy work I sell it on ebay periodically :lol:

:twisted:

 

[O P Ing]

hi.
I don't have any experience tith your particular brand, but they are pretty much the same. The important thing is to make sure there is no moisture on your hand when you work with it, otherwise, the epoxy will not harden well. Is it possible that you added some water to the epoxy when you were mixing it?