how to stick coral?

[portion]

sorry real beginner here
got corals last nite
how do go about puttin the coral onto the live rock?
am i suppose to get a glue??
i have heard about some underwater clue?
i have a branch type coral and a rock like one
sorry no pics yet will post as soon as i can
currently i have the rock like one resting on the rock a flat area
and the branch like one sorta wedged between rock

 

[BBReef]

usually people just do as you did and wedge them into cracks and crevices. you can also use a super glue gel or a two part epoxy available at most LFS.

 

[fishfreek]

Can you give us more info on the types? There are some best mounting practices depending on the particular class of coral.

 

[Wally]

where did you get the corals, in the ocean? Or did you purchase them from a store?

 

[fishfreek]

Store. In nearly all parts of the US its illegal to collect wild corals from the reef.

 

[Wally]

hey fishfreek, my question was for portion. My question was prompted by the fact that he bought a coral that was not attached to a rock of some sort or perhaps I misread that fact into the question.

I was once in San Diego for a week and wanted to take home some souviners but was informed that I could not take the sea shells home with me Dont tell any one but...Back in 1972 my 15 gallon freshwater had rocks in it that I took from The Cape Cod Canal

 

[brndfrb]

Pretty sure you just told the whole world Wally

 

[fishfreek]

OH ok. Its not uncommon for stores to sell frags unmounted.

 

[portion]

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yea i got them from a store
i got the pics!!
yea as i said i just rested them on the rock??
will they eventually bond to the rock?

 

[Wally]

Wow nice looking corals.

I dont have much experiance with corals but, I did observe my lfs taking frags off of large pulsing xena. They took the pieces and attached them to a small base rock with a rubberband.

The next week I went back and purchased one and it was allready attached to the rock .

 

[SquishyFish]

http://www.reef-aquarium.net/resources/corals/attaching.html


Check that out...it give all the basic ways of attatching corals and it tells which methods work best for which corals (in general).

Squishy