How can I get Xenia to attach to live rock

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Johny123

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I made a huge mistake. I peeled it off the rock it came from from the fish store, and now it is free floating.

What can I do to get it to stay in one place?

Thanks.

I know this is nuts, but can I literally use crazy glue? and how would I even do it?

Anything off Amazon will take a day or two to get, I'd love to solve this problem tonight.
 
You can attach many corals using regular super/crazy glue, but soft corals will just slime up and get out of the glue.

Rubber bands work, but I've had the best luck with rubber bands and toothpicks. Put the coral on a rock, situated somewhere that you can stab it with a toothpick, then rubber band the toothpick to the rocks. This way the rubber doesn't squeeze too tight on the tissue, and it's still held in place. After a few weeks you can remove the toothpick and rubber band and your coral will be attached nicely.
 
If there is a crevice in the rock, you can posh it in between. If you keep direct current off until it takes hold, it should be fine.

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tinfoilsoldier said:
You can attach many corals using regular super/crazy glue, but soft corals will just slime up and get out of the glue.

Rubber bands work, but I've had the best luck with rubber bands and toothpicks. Put the coral on a rock, situated somewhere that you can stab it with a toothpick, then rubber band the toothpick to the rocks. This way the rubber doesn't squeeze too tight on the tissue, and it's still held in place. After a few weeks you can remove the toothpick and rubber band and your coral will be attached nicely.
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love this idea. can you link a pic? I literally stab the thing? on the Xenia base? it won't kill it?
 
tinfoilsoldier said:
You can attach many corals using regular super/crazy glue, but soft corals will just slime up and get out of the glue.

Rubber bands work, but I've had the best luck with rubber bands and toothpicks. Put the coral on a rock, situated somewhere that you can stab it with a toothpick, then rubber band the toothpick to the rocks. This way the rubber doesn't squeeze too tight on the tissue, and it's still held in place. After a few weeks you can remove the toothpick and rubber band and your coral will be attached nicely.
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Also, this may be common sense but do I do this all out of the water?
 
Johny123 said:
Also, this may be common sense but do I do this all out of the water?
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I can't find any pictures from my frags, but http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-09/fotm/index.php has a decent guide. It's for leathers, which are a bit denser than Xenia, but googling makes it seem like it should work fine for Xenia.

I do all of this out of the water, but be sure to dip in a container of tank water with some citrus type dip like Revive for a few minutes to help rinse away any chemicals the coral releases from the trauma.
 
See images of the job...did I do It right? poor guy

See images of the job...did I do It right? poor guy

tinfoilsoldier said:
I can't find any pictures from my frags, but http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-09/fotm/index.php has a decent guide. It's for leathers, which are a bit denser than Xenia, but googling makes it seem like it should work fine for Xenia.

I do all of this out of the water, but be sure to dip in a container of tank water with some citrus type dip like Revive for a few minutes to help rinse away any chemicals the coral releases from the trauma.
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Did I do this right? See the pics. It was painful stabbing that thing...and it stunk. I soaked it in a little tank water for a few minutes with slime builder stuff as you suggested.

Thoughts?

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tinfoilsoldier said:
I can't find any pictures from my frags, but http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-09/fotm/index.php has a decent guide. It's for leathers, which are a bit denser than Xenia, but googling makes it seem like it should work fine for Xenia.

I do all of this out of the water, but be sure to dip in a container of tank water with some citrus type dip like Revive for a few minutes to help rinse away any chemicals the coral releases from the trauma.
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<a href="https://ibb.co/jcV7aF"><img src="https://thumb.ibb.co/jcV7aF/512_D6_E76_7_B18_472_F_A331_37_C742_AF391_B.jpg" alt="512_D6_E76_7_B18_472_F_A331_37_C742_AF391_B" border="0"></a> <a href="https://ibb.co/fFLUpa"><img src="https://thumb.ibb.co/fFLUpa/B83_D6_E39_7_AFB_4016_90_AC_4_B66_A859_A817.jpg" alt="B83_D6_E39_7_AFB_4016_90_AC_4_B66_A859_A817" border="0"></a> <a href="https://ibb.co/bEqjNv"><img src="https://thumb.ibb.co/bEqjNv/E5_D13_E6_A_F879_468_D_B6_D0_1_CE62_C263782.jpg" alt="E5_D13_E6_A_F879_468_D_B6_D0_1_CE62_C263782" border="0"></a>
 
Since taking the pictures I repositioned the toothpick so the Xenia base is flat against the rock. I'd be shocked if this thing lives and doesn't take everything down with it. Haha.

Man it stinks when you touch it.
 
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I got this semi flexible plastic net from hobby lobby. Sow the edges with string and needle. Make a circle big enough that you can fit it on top of a frag plug. Throw the xenia in there. Cover the top. Xenia with sink to the base of contrapture due to gravity and will attach to the only surface that it comes in contact with, which will be either frag plug or the plastic net. If it attaches to plastic net, even then no worries. Just cut the plastic with scissors and attach it to the rock or frag plug.
This method never failed me and works for mushrooms as well.
Hope that helps!


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