Gluing

[Staaan]

Hey guys..

Recently bought Coraffix gel to glue down some frags.

One of my red mushrooms fell of its plug, so I glued it down to some LR. Seems to be doing fine.

I was wondering if its alright to do the same with Zoanthid or Paly frags?

I was told by one member that I could snip off the "stems" of each plug, just leaving a flat base so I could glue it down to some LR.

Thoughts, comments, advice? :scratchch

Thanks!

 

[beerfish]

I hate plugs and discs. I keep a bucket of live rock rubble around so that I can glue frags to the rubble. The only issue with attaching coral to rock is that it's not flat, and is usually more porous, so requires a bit more glue and a little more finesse. I just think it looks more natural.

 

[Chraddam]

Available at Home Depot...

 

[Chraddam]

I hate plugs and discs. I keep a bucket of live rock rubble around so that I can glue frags to the rubble. The only issue with attaching coral to rock is that it's not flat, and is usually more porous, so requires a bit more glue and a little more finesse. I just think it looks more natural.

Great idea, as long as that rubble sits in the water...otherwise, when the rocks hit the water, they do cycle a little bit...

 

[Staaan]

Yeah.. I know about loctite already.. thanks Chrad.. but I got the coraffix for free lol.

 

[Alex]

Are you asking if the glue is any good? or if it will glue softies?

 

[Staaan]

If it will glue softies.. besides mushroom which I have already tried. Such as zoanthids... etc.

 

[Chraddam]

Yeah.. I know about loctite already.. thanks Chrad.. but I got the coraffix for free lol.

imho-corafix is too watery, but that's just me. And the loctite is only like $4.

Gluing shrooms is kinda tricky- i just let them settle on the rubble until they pick a rock to settle on. Whenever I tried to glue them, they were like "F U MAN" and just slimed up and floated away, only to settle on another rock anyway, so now I just save the glue and let them find their own rock...or shell...or plug.

 

[beerfish]

Great idea, as long as that rubble sits in the water...otherwise, when the rocks hit the water, they do cycle a little bit...

In a 75g tank, I'm not worried about a piece of rubble smaller than a golf ball, so I keep a lot of small pieces dry. If I want a bigger piece, I can pull some from the sump, where I usually have a few bigger pieces.