Planting Gorgonians?

[LoneStar45]

I just purchased a purple bush and a purple ribbon gorgonia. Do I "plant" these in the sand or just set them atop of a rock?

 

[Blown 346]

I would put them in a high to medium light situation and in high to medium flow. As long as theyget decent light and flow the rock or sand wil be fine.

 

[LoneStar45]

If I set them on a rock in a medium flow area, how do I keep him from blowing away?

 

[woofyitalian]

There's a clay like adhesive you can get at your lfs that you can form into a little ball and press into the rock to be able to "plant" in. It comes in a tube and has two different adhesives alongside each other that you press into each other and work into a paste. I did it with a couple of different corals. It works well and although it looks a little foreign at first, after a few months the color fades and it will start to blend with the rock. It smells badly too... so don't be afraid of that (at least the brand I had did.)
It does not work well, however, to simply hold stuff down (just pressing a small piece of rock onto another piece...) I tried that too, trying to adhere a small round rock with some zoos on it to my LR, and it kept falling off even after it dried. It works a lot better as a "planting" bed than to simply use a pat of it to adhere on rock to another...

 

[LoneStar45]

Thanks for the tip! Do you remember the name or the mfg of this product?

 

[Dubbin1]

Just get some super glue GEL and glue it to a rock. IMO it works better then the putty.

 

[LoneStar45]

Super glue gell? Is it not toxic to the tank?

 

[Blown 346]

No the super gel wontharm anything. You can try to just place the rock into holes in the rock or between other rocks.