how do you mount your frags? epoxy or glue?

SHOmuchFUN said:
So let me get this straight...

You do everything underwater, or outside until you place it???
1. Put superglue on bottom of frag
2. Attach epoxy
3. Put superglue on the open end of epoxy
4. Then place the frag on your rockwork?
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I just did I thought :confused:

I did it to attach some stag and also a piece of digitata... Worked like a charm! Stupid I've never thought of it before, nor have I really thought about doing it this way. So simple, yet so effective!
 
glad everyone is trying this out. its the best way of mounting everything whether its a frag or rubble.
a patent for an ingenuis way of mounting corals is in the work.:smokin:
 
Get Califo's book "book of coral propogation". It provides methods for fragmenting and attaching many types of corals, plus it's a good read;; well worth the price.
 
This method here ensures that the exposed end of the coral is covered and will not RTN on you .. Originally posted by SHOmuchFUN
So let me get this straight...

You do everything underwater, or outside until you place it???
1. Put superglue on bottom of frag
2. Attach epoxy
3. Put superglue on the open end of epoxy
4. Then place the frag on your rockwork?

The coral will encrust over the epoxy in no time and will continue to grow.....

Nathan
 
I'm no expert and I learned this pretty much from this thread, but I've mounted two frags on the live rock so far and it worked out very well. You take the coral and the rock that it's on out of the water for a very brief time when you do this. It won't hurt the coral...well, not the Turbularia and not the toad stool leather that I've done so far, anyway.

Just make sure that you don't skimp with the epoxy and at the same time don't use so much that it looks like a mass of epoxy, because it stays somewhat white for a while. Also, hold it for about four to five minutes in the exact position that you want it after you've pressed the epoxy on which you've placed the coral into place on the rock, so that it doesn't shift out of place or fall off the live rock.

As mentioned above, after a while the coraline algae will cover the epoxy and you won't be able to tell that you mounted it yourself.
 
NuclearReefs said:
This method here ensures that the exposed end of the coral is covered and will not RTN on you
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ROAB didn't say that.
An SPS coral can RTN on you because it didn't like the score of a game, that it didn't see, on another planet, at night, Wednesday night.
;)
 
That's cool.
Just didn't want some less experienced reefer to believe that this would prevent RTN no matter what. :)
 
Another vote that this is a Great way to mount frags. You can use such a small amount of epoxy...Please, let me explain how to do it this time. I make a small ball, smaller than the diameter of the frag. I put a little super gel on the epoxy(I like putting it on the epoxy not the frag, it cant drip on the frag this way) - then press the frag on - hold for 10 seconds - turn upside down - put glue on the other side of epxoy (a little extra glue on this side - then immediatly into the tank and press down on to the final resting place, the epoxy will squeeze out to the diameter of the frag, maybe a little wider, but not too much, I hate that - Hold for 20-30 seconds......Done. And it's done with confidence as opposed to just super Gel alone.
You can mount the smallest little pieces of Monti Dig this way or the biggest frags.

Thanks for the great tip Reefer Budget Dude.

Hef
 
SeanT said:
That's cool.
Just didn't want some less experienced reefer to believe that this would prevent RTN no matter what. :)
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well,your right in saying that anything can cause RTN and STN. just moving a rock in a tank can stir up enough bad stuff to start a chain reaction ..... but touching the tissue with dirty hands is bad to,, especially if you just washed your hands with antibaterial soaps,,,, Its like watching a downdraft skimmer after you put your hands in the tank,, the foam dies ...... this is why you hear people harping on keeping your hands outta the tank!! You skin's oil do have an effect on water......
 
Your telling ME about keeping your hands out of the tank!?!?!?!?!?!

ROFL.

Lemme' just dig up a thread for you.
 
omg!!!...lol,,,okay that must have been horrific.....I swelled up like that from a brown hornet bite when i was about 12.. then my skin started cracking , etc,,,, anyway,,,,, LOL that was a trumping comment...
 
;)

When I dug up that thread I saw that someone requested updated pics of my thumb...go check 'em out.

Oh the price we pay for our hobby. :D


BTW, wasn't this thread about glue or sumthin'? :)
 
yep,, have you tried to glue any frags to the back of your tank? I turned off my pumps and did this on a 75 I had,,,, it was really wild after about 6 months,,,,lol,, started growing over the suction cups on a maxijet...... it was a acrojet,,,lol
 
Man, I grew out a monti on the end of my sea swirl once.
Started a thread in this forum awhile back.
Did pretty well too. :)
 
i know this is a little off thread ,, but I have a humilis frag hanging in my prop tank.....I wanna see what kinda growth i get from it...
 
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