orange monti digitata came off frag plug. just re glue?

[Drae]

Looks like a turbo bulldozed my new frag from the plug. What do I do exactly?

 

[M88A2]

grab some putty or gel super glue. if u use the gel route i recomend, drying off the plug, put glue on the plug, put glue on the end of the coral that you wan to attach to the plug. Dip both in water for a sec and connect the 2 "blobs" of glue. hold in place till it can stand on its own and return to the tank. this has become my routine for mounting frags for a while. remember, dont be stingy on the glue. gl

 

[jwoyshnar]

Chuck the turbo first of all. They are bull dozers. Then yes just glue it back

 

[mcoomer]

If it's off the plug I'd take the opportunity to get some epoxy and really put it on right. I use super glue gel and epoxy to attach all my corals and once it's set you need a hammer and chisel to separate them. Make a small ball of epoxy, put a dab of gel on top, and jam the end of the frag into it. Shape the epoxy around the base of the coral then put another dab of gel on the bottom and jam that into your live rock or frag plug. Use your finger to smooth the epoxy again and hold everything together for a minute.

The gel glue makes the initial bond and allows the epoxy time to cure. Once that happens your corals aren't going anywhere. Also, using a little ball of epoxy get the base off the coral up off the frag plug so that when it's time to stick it on some rock you simply cut the epoxy off with some diagonal cutters and you're coral comes off cleanly. I usually wait until a coral has started to encrust the epoxy then simply cut it off, make up another tiny ball of epoxy, dab of gel on top and bottom, and attach the coral to a rock.

Mike