how to glue down corals

[donk18]

okay i just got a frogspawn and a ric. i need to know how to glue them down. the frogspawn just has its calcium branch with two heads and the ric is attached to a very small rock. they keep getting knocked over by my hermits and turbo snail. do i just use some superglue and take out a rock and glue them or how would i do it?

[Amphiprion]

That will work fine. Just get a cyanoacrylate superglue gel. Take out the rock you wish to glue them to, as well as a container of tank water. Dry off the base of the coral surface you wish to glue, as well as the rock--as best as possible. Then dab the glue generously and hold the coral in place for a few seconds until it holds. Then sit it in the container for a few minutes to cure as much as possible. Then, sit it in a low flow area of the tank to cure further. After a day or so, go ahead and move it where you want it.

[Catpicklesdog]

Or if it's a case of attaching rock to rock, I use epoxy which works well and can withstand my maroon clown trying to rearrange my rockwork:grinyes:

[Amphiprion]

Well, to be honest, I use both at the same time. I use superglue for its adhesiveness and I use epoxy to grip in crevices, which seems to work very well. Not only that, you end up not having to use nearly as much epoxy.

[donk18]

what kind of epoxy do you use?

[Amphiprion]

I have used several brands, like D-D, Marineland, TLF, etc. They all work, especially with my method of using them.

[Catpicklesdog]

Yep I've used D-D and milliput both with success. I've also used the superglue method for fragging but never tried both together. Now doing it that way would definately stop my clown fish!!!!

[donk18]

thanks for the help. i will have to try it with my ric. my frogspawn is in a good spot now so i will leave it alone.

[journey0820]

Well, I'm wondering how it has worked so well for each of you. I used epoxy once and it did not do a darn thing...no sticking at all. My coral fell right off of it. After much finagling I eventually got it to hold a sea fan in place. I also tried the glue gel, with better success but when I wanted to move the coral, I had no problem popping it right off with a bit of pressure. Wonder what I'm doing wrong?

[journey0820]

To tag on a minute, anyone have success with gluing a soft bodied gorgonia?? Mine keeps falling over.

[joshuacpr99]

i'm having the same problem with the epoxy. it wont bond to either the rockwork or coral. its two little fishes brand. i tried scrubbing the algae off but still did not want to stick. i am going to try amphiprions method next. any other methods???