Best Saltwater Glue?
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Super Glue Gel --- take small frag rock out of the water & dry the area where you want to place your Coral Frag --- put some of the S.G. Gel on this area --- gently dry the cut end of the Coral Frag and stick it the S.G. Gel --- pull them apart & place both back in the water for about 5/10 seconds then place the two back together, (push them together with a slight wiggling or twisting motion) and then place the frag where you want it --- in short time the Frag will be nailed down to the rock --- then all you have to do is wait for the Frag to grow or plate onto the rock --- and wham, you got a new coral.
Salamander
Active member
SG Gels is great.
Two part epoxies are also usefull n certain applications for securing frags,that may already be on a plug, small rock, shell etc, to larger rocks. SOmetimes using two part and SG gel is the best option. I never use 2 part directly on SPS frags; seems to heat up or somehow damage the base if directly used on sps but just my experience.
May two parts are available online but I use Aquamend from my local hardware store. 2$ instead of 9$.
Two part epoxies are also usefull n certain applications for securing frags,that may already be on a plug, small rock, shell etc, to larger rocks. SOmetimes using two part and SG gel is the best option. I never use 2 part directly on SPS frags; seems to heat up or somehow damage the base if directly used on sps but just my experience.
May two parts are available online but I use Aquamend from my local hardware store. 2$ instead of 9$.
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
Take the coral out of the water, put glue on it's base, then put the coral (and attached glu) under water and stick it wherever you want.
I have been using the putty type marine epoxy, works good for me. May not be as "sticky" as superglue, but its nice to work with underwater.
http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=AS4711
http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=AS4711
northbay-reefer
Active member
I have found that the "DURO" supper glue gel works the best, it is by far the thickest gel and fast drying. Plus what is nice about it is even after using and cap it back up storing it for a long period of time it still works, glue still get squeeze out of the nozzle. Other supper glue gels gets dried out so fast that when you open and use the tube you may as well throw it away after use cuz its going to dry out anyway.
The stuff rocks. Be sure to get some of the accelerator and the debonder, both work great as well. I have some of his new colaline colorred liquid, but I haven't tried it yet. Once set, it's got a nice deep purple color to it.DarthBaiter
New member
I have used it under water with good results. Make sure you blow off anything that might be on the rock and when you put the frag with glue on it, twist it around a little to make sure you get the glue on the rock nice and secure, and then hold it for a few seconds.
