How does everyone mount their birdsnest frags?

[LoJack]

It seems that every time I glue a seriatopora to a piece of LR or a frag disc or plug "¦ it always lets go over time.

I see people with these massive colonies "¦ and since they don't encrust onto the rock, I want to know your secrets for successful birdsnest mounts.

 

[Arkayology]

I find a small hole and wedge it in there with some glue. I have a 5x5'' green birds nest colony that is held up by a TINY stalk so I know how hard it can be to get them to stay put.

 

[mediumrar3]

I've just glued mine straight into a small crevice in the rocks. I had a colony of green ORA birdsnest that ended up encrusting enough to hold on. Same with my normal green birdsnest.

 

[rovster]

Putty!

 

[Epicreefer]

If you have a large frag/mini colony, attaching several smaller frags around it jammed in a hole and a good amount of supper glue will eventually make one large colony when it grows in. Obviously this requires a good amount of coral and somewhat pourous rock. Next best would be mounting sideways with several attachment points.

 

[MammothReefer]

when you cut them you end up with a flat surface. I just glue that down on a plug if I'm mounting it on a plug, If not i just wedge it and they sort of grow in until they are stuck

 

[LoJack]

How does this coral grow in the wild? No one is glueing or puttying it into rocks there … and if it doesn't encrust … how on earth does it survive and grow naturally ??

 

[rovster]

I've noticed it encrusts slightly. I have a bop colony that literally started as a 1/4" nub. It encrusted the entire plug. But in general, the do not encrust.