attaching a Colt coral frag

[aaron]

A quick question for everyone who frags their own soft corals. I have a smallish frag of colt coral and i cant get it to attach to a rock, I have tried everything - rubber bands, toothpicks, super glue and it always seems to break free in a day or two. I have placed it in a fairly low current area so i dont think its being ripped off by water movement. It is so frustrating!
Does anyone have any other suggestions that have worked for them?

 

[4angel]

I was able to attach the frag by placining it in a small container with rubble. I placed some egg crate over the container so the frag wouldnt float away. Once it attached it self to the rubble I was then able to glue it to a piece of rock. This proccess genrally takes a few weeks with a soft frag cuttining.

 

[House of Laughter]

Angel,

I do the same for all my softies - I use rubble with a light cover and let it attach naturally - amazing what you get when you let mother nature do her thing.

House

 

[jackson6745]

AAron I used to use bridal veil mesh to hold the soft frags down to the rock....worked well

[ March 30, 2004, 02:16 PM: Message edited by: jackson6745 ]

 

[aaron]

Thanks a lot guys, I'm going to do that now, I'll let you know how it goes
Cheers, Aaron

 

[ccny]

a bit unrelated but I am nursing a sick zoo colony that closed and started shedding in my nanocube until I upgraded to 70W MH. It's doing better now but a couple of the polyps are a bit unstable and flapping in the breeze so to speak. Should I leave them alone and they'll reattach or should I pin them down with epoxy?

 

[mgchan]

Super gel glue the loose polyps.

[ April 01, 2004, 07:01 PM: Message edited by: mgchan ]

 

[ccny]

thanks, will do. just hope they're not too delicate that this'll kill them.