Attaching corals.

[LoneStar45]

I am trying to find out what these people with corals all over their live rock use to attach their corals. I have tried two different brands of reef putty with no sucess. I have used super glue gel to adhere gorgonians to a small rock and that works great but the rocks I need to attach my sps corals to are set to the reef and rounded and I'm out of ledges. I would like to mount some on the sides of the rock to cover it. Any ideas?

 

[rochestertank]

well. all i have is star polyps and i just dropped them in the tank and they found their own spots. i couldn't help you with anything further than that. sorry.

 

[Sk8r]

IC-glue. Your lfs ought to have it. It dries slower than regular superglue, and is easy to handle. Get a big but not dripping! blob on your base, pick a spot to glue it that has enough indentations to let it get a grip (one or two will do, as the stuff spreads out into crevices) and stick it on with no more pressure than you'd use turning your car key in the ignition: the hard part: hold still and count to one hundred without moving a muscle as you hold it in place. ALternate and better: open-air glue the base to a piece of branch coral scrap that has 'legs' to let it bestride a lump of your live rock and stay put. That way you retain the option to move it if the location turns out less than perfect. It or something else will eventually encrust the base.

 

[LoneStar45]

I'm wondering if there is anything that will set underwater. THe rocks I need to attach to are part of the reef wall. I can adhere to a small rock and I will try that where I can. Is there anything that adheres underwater?