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02-11-2005, 01:24 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Age: 30
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 |  Attaching corals to liverock
What's the preferred method for attaching corals and the small rock piece that comes with them to your liverock structures. I have one coral that I'm afraid it might fall off the ledge I put it on.
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90 gallon reef, mag 1800 main return pump, 10 gallon refugium + 10 gallon sump, CPR overflows, ASM G-1 skimmer, icecap 660 vho 440 watts. 130#LR and 60#LS. Corals: Finger Leather, Fat Finger Leather, Toadstool, flower pot sps coral, hairy mushrooms. Fish: Yellow tang, Bi-color angel, pecula clowns, royal gramma, coral beauty angel, yellow tail damsel, blue damsel, Sergeant Major Damsel. Misc. hermit crabs, snails, flame scallop, Xenia | 
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02-11-2005, 03:29 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
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| Re: Attaching corals to liverock
hmm well u can use some epoxy, the one i use is the green stuff in the tube lol i dont know name but its in all fish store...other wise u can just put it on the rock....what kind or coral is it? _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
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1x 54W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x54w Super Actinic Blue 03 T5 HO Flourescent
1x 54W 12000K Aquablue Special T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
100 lbs Fiji Live Rock
65 lbs Live sand
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02-12-2005, 05:08 AM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 41
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| Re: Attaching corals to liverock
Superglue 
Altho I have not had the opportunity to do this yet, and perhaps someone could post the brand name and if it cures properly under water??? _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch | |
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02-12-2005, 05:36 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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| Re: Attaching corals to liverock
Super glue and super glue gel. My wife has glued many frags using this method. Gorgonians and corals. We have tried the cheapies and the brand names they all have worked so far.
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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02-12-2005, 12:15 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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| Re: Attaching corals to liverock
[quote author=skennelly link=board=General;num=1108157055;start=0#0 date=02/11/05 at 16:24:15]What's the preferred method for attaching corals and the small rock piece that comes with them to your liverock structures. *I have one coral that I'm afraid it might fall off the ledge I put it on.
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Superglue gel or epoxy for sps and lps corals and "mother nature" for softies. What kind of coral are you trying to attach? | |
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02-12-2005, 07:41 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
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| Re: Attaching corals to liverock
r u gona post some pics of the frags?  | |
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02-12-2005, 07:53 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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   | Re: Attaching corals to liverock
[quote author=Bruce link=board=General;num=1108157055;start=0#6 date=02/12/05 at 22:41:35]r u gona post some pics of the frags? [/quote]
Probably tomorrow. | |
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02-12-2005, 08:22 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 49
Posts: 1,181
| Re: Attaching corals to liverock
fosters and smith sells a pink epoxy for marine use. The pink is supposed to match coralline algae _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
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02-13-2005, 06:53 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Lynnwood, WA
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| Re: Attaching corals to liverock
Here is a link to a super-glue type adheasive that many reefers in our local club use. It's called ic-gel. This is the manufactures home page. Scroll down till you see the IC-gel product. It can be found in most hobby stores. This stuff works great for glueing hard coral frags. I have used it under water also. Squeeze out a nice blob on your rock and on the frag. Hold in place 30 seconds to a minute and it's done. http://www.bsiadhesives.com/Pages/hobby/ca.html
Scott
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