Yellow leather and super glue gel?

[bgywrinkle]

Hi everyone -- it has been a while since I posted.
have a large (6in. top) yellow leather that has developed a large hole in the center. I have cut it into 6 pieces and have it held tovarious pieces of reef rubble by elastics. Theses pieces have been in my prop tank for the last 3 days. The elastics seem to be cutting of the base of the pieces.

My Question:
Has anyone used super glue gel with a leather to hold it to a piece of rubble? Drawbacks? Benefits? Other suggestions?

TIA.

Regards,
Don

 

[brandon4291]

Hi there. If you glue directly to the organism it will hold for a day then slough off the cells at the glue points and fall off again. Also, you may get some necrotic tissue at the glue point due to heat/irritation of the glue as it hardens.

The best way I have used to attach free leather frags is to get a very clean plastic toothpick and carefully stick it through the base of the leather, yes, pierce it right through the base of your frag. Take some glue and put it on the back side of the toothpick and glue that to a rock, getting none on the specimen. With good lighting it will regrow easily and attach to any surface your 'pick is glued into.

hope that helps
Brandon429

 

[Reefguide]

brandon is aboslutly correct ! I have tried the super glue gell with leathers an they do fall off. I have also used the toothpicks and they work great. I just never glued the toothpicks to the rock.... never thought of thay ! What I usually do is just find a little hole to cram the toothpick into the rock and then pierce the leather... You could also drop a rock into a pvc end cap and drop the leather onto it and use a mesh to cover the top of the end cap holding the leather snug against the rock. That for me seems to work best with leathers like yellow figis not leathers like finger leathers for example....

 

[danmhippo]

If left undisturbed in prop tanks, leather will attach on to LR fragments within weeks without any help.

 

[XXX]

I have used Super Glue gel a couple of times. You need to place them in very low current to get them to hold. Sure nothing wrong with the toothpic method. I have used it on other corals.....Super Glue is easier for me though.

 

[bgywrinkle]

Thanks for the replies.

I think I remember reading abt the tooth pick method back a year or two when I was just looking at this board for the first time -- that's what extreme age (over fifty) does to you.

My prop tank has a fairly high current so I will try the tooth picks and let you all know how I make out.

Thanks Again.
Regards,
Don

 

[Anonymous]

Another good method for leathers is to use a needle and a little fishing line, and sew the through the frag, tying the fishing line around the rock so the frag rests gently on it.

You can cut the line after it attaches.

 

[monkeyboy]

If left undisturbed in prop tanks, leather will attach on to LR fragments within weeks without any help.

You can also drop them in the bottom halves of plastic cups filled with crushed coral; once they attatch, just glue to rocks. No skewering involved

 

[zooqi]

I agree with danmhippo. I have about 140 frags of leather on the bottom of my tank. I let them sit on the bottom on top of the small rock and they attach. I also use the fishing line and with the needle I put the line throught the frag and then tie it to the rock. do not put presure on it just so it can hold it. E-mail me if you want pictures.

 

[Vixyswillie]

Ditto mulberry. I've also used a few strands of nylon twine to tie frags to rocks. Just snip and remove when the frag has attached - works like a charm. Also reduces the "Where did my frag drift to today?" phenomenon.

 

[zooqi]

here is the link to some pictures of my methodes. These frags are not completly attached (just 3 days)and I just turned the lights on for the picture.
http://zooqi.com/leather/index.html