Attaching GSP to glass.

sure nuff.

i got too much coralline... that helps. in actuality, I glued 4 separate pieces to my back glass. 1 came off and dissolved to nothing. The other 3 are growing like mad.

anyway, once you have some coralline (or even the micro feather dusters) the trick is to make sure not to move or twist the piece. As soon as you put it in the water, the glue hardens over. Once you apply it to the back glass, that glue seal breaks and hardens over again. It's at this point you don't want to twist it or anything.

I hold it against the glass, frozen like a statue, for 30 seconds.

Last, make sure there's no flow blasting it for a day. Give it some time to attach before it becomes under stress (by stress, I just mean the flow).

BTW - the 1 piece of mine that came off, came off after 2 days... those things happen. I was terrified it was going to end up in some ungodly place up in my rock and then I'd be terrorized by gsp in my rock again. so be careful

good luck!

 

Its been mentioned over and over. glass is not porous enough for the glue to stick, and if you have any type of algea growth or any type of film on the glass it's even worse. The superglue might work for a few days or long enough for the mat to attach itself, but if the mat doesnt attach it will just fall off again.

 

Do you think it would stick if I pinched it between a Mag-Float for a week?

 

Yup.

 

oddly enough, I think it would too... i also think you run a reasonable "risk" of pulling it off the glass when you move the mag-float...

 

I figure it's worth a shot, I'll try to flip the mag upside down so that the smooth outer side is against the polyps instead of the scrubby side.

 

I have done it with 3 of my tanks... I scrape the back glass clean, and then add a small dab of glue (superglue gel) to the back of the gsp frag after I dab it dry with paper towel.. then stick it on the glass and hold it for about 30 seconds... Has always worked for me....

 

I think I'm going to give this a try tomorrow. The suction cup sounds like a good Idea though.
The mag float also seems doable.
What about just leaning the mother colony up against the glass?

 

I don't have a mother colony, all my GSP are large frags. I have 1 piece currently held by a magfloat, and 1 piece that is folded, half on the glass, half on the sand. I still want to make sure it stays, so I haven't pulled the mag float off yet.