I'm no where near close to doing anything but doing the research now will help later on. I'll keep you in mind for frags, Ace!!! 
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Yup, what you do with the glue is put a drop of it on the coral outside of the water, then dip it in the water for 1-2 seconds for form a skin on the glue, then repeat that process a second time to get a big bubble of glue on the tip.. then just stick it to the rock you want it on, hold for about 20-30 seconds, and your done.
Yup, that digi picture I posted, in the left picture at the bottom you can kind of see the superglue on the bottom, picture on the right shows the coral growing over the superglue onto the rock, which will encrust and stick to the rock on its own at that point. It does look much better than frag plugs all over the tank, but you have to get the placement correct the first time if you superglue, which is the one major drawback. If your unsure of the placement of a coral, it is best not to glue it in place until you know were it will do best in your tank.
2 ways, either glue it to a frag plug and try out different locations, when you found the best spot, simply snap the coral off of the plug at the base and then glue to coral to the rock. A lot of people do that. Another way is to gently wedge the coral between 2 rocks, or in a hole in a rock were it will stay put for a day while you observe it to see if it will work there. 2 main things your looking for with placement is light intensity.. is it too much/too little and flow, same thing. Some corals like strong flow, some will die in strong flow.. some like really intense light, others will bleach out and die if the light it too much. If you observe the coral on a daily basis when first introduced you should be able to spot any problems as soon as they arise and move the coral accordingly.. if it is turning white/colors fading, usually too much light.. if colors look good but polyps don't come out, probably too much flow.. This is of course assuming all your water parameters are in check like pH/Nitrates/Alk/Calcium.
If u glue it right to a rock and ever wanted to remove the coral from the tank, would u be able to with out removing the whole rock?
Depending on how encrusted it is to the rock, you may have to just snap it off at the base and leave the encrusting part with the rock.. that is pretty much why it is so important to get everything right before gluing.. make sure your rock layout is as final as can be, and stable, and also your flow. You definately don't want to glue down corals and then add powerheads blowing directly on it. Most of my corals are on plugs, just a few are glued right to the rock. They normally come on plugs. What I do is use the plugs so I can move corals around the first week I get them to find best placement, then I will just glue the entire frag plug to a rock/between two rocks. Eventually the coral will encrust over the plug and onto both rocks, acting as a cement holding the rocks together at that point, and you don't see the frag plug anymore.
I was given 5 salifert test kits for Christmas including strontium and iodine. They also gave me Kent Iodine and Kent Strontium & Molybdenum supplement. Should i test and supplement them in my tank?
