sticking mushrooms to live rock

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brent6969

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i went to the lfs today and a guy fragged me off a mushroom. I really wanted to put it right onto my live rock without having to attach it first to a piece of rubble. What sort of products are out there that can help me accomplish this?
 
I had to do this recently and the advice from this forum was very helpful. If possible, try to secure the mushroom in place with a rubberbands. I was able to do this because the rock was small enough, and in a location in the tank where I could remove it. It only took about 2 days of this before it was set. As you mentioned, another option is to let it attach itself to sand and rock fragments, then using that as a base to epoxy it to the rock.
 
the rubberbands work well but can sometimes hurt the coral if done wrong they way i always do it is i genitally wedge the coral into a hole and then tie a fine mesh over it until it attaches. never use super glue on anything but soft corals like colts and leathers, star polyps and xenia. and even then its not so good to do.
 
I have been using super glue for all my coral frags and have had no ill effects. The only problem with soft corals is they slime alot. however, that has never kept them from sticking to any rock i have glued a coral onto.
 
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