Fraging Green Star Polyps?

[SeeDemTails]

I just got a rock covered in GSP....they are growing over the egde, creating a little peice of them hanging off the rock....can I cut this off and ruber band it to a new rock, or will cutting it kill it?.....

How can you do this?

 

[Scoot]

That LFS did that when I bought a little frack of green star polyps last week. Just snapped off a chunk. Now I've got that piece wedged into a crevice on another rock, hopefully they'll grow and re-attach to that rock.

 

[ReefRaff]

have no worrie. it will grow back and you will be cutting it again

 

[Gatorfreak]

Break or cut off a piece of it and attach to something else. I have used a razor blade to cut off a piece and super glue *gel* to glue to another rock. Worked just fine. Attaching with a rubberband will work fine too.

 

[Scoot]

I just discovered mine is attached to the rock I set it on - took about 4 or 5 days.

 

[SeeDemTails]

Super glue gel....is this a special product, or just regular glue?

 

[Gatorfreak]

There are several brands that make super glue gel. It will say "gel" on it. The water won't affect its ability to dry/cure. I've used it for other corals too. They don't seem to mind like I do when I get it on myself.

 

[Scoot]

Hobby stores are an easy place to find it - cyanoacrylate, its used these days for building model airplanes... (I have dozens of tubes of the stuff around).

The quality is higher with the modelling stuff. Look for CA+, for example. Very thick and easy to work with.

 

[Gatorfreak]

Oh yeah, should've mentioned that it's the kind with cyanoacrylate that you want. Thanks, Scoot! Does it strike anyone else as funny that it has "cyano" in the name?

 

[SeeDemTails]

Ok, because I know if you put super glue on me, I would be pissed....and I dont want to piss off my GSP!

 

[ellisz]

I have taken a hammer and chisel to GSP to frag. You would have a hard time killing it.

 

[Scoot]

I tried today (for the first time) to glue a little rock with my xenia's on it to another rock - no go. No adhesion whatsoever.

I think silicone would work better - is that okay to use?

 

[ellisz]

epoxy is better for rock to rock. It is like clay looks like rocko ver time. The super glue needs to be gel not just the glue.

 

[norolo]

glue?

speaking of glue or rubber bands can i rubber band zoo polyps to LR without damage or loss