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09-19-2012, 12:01 AM
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How exactly does one do this without killing coral or poisoning the tank?
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09-19-2012, 12:08 AM
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Is the epoxy made for corals? This one i have is like a purple stick with gray stuff in the middle and you rub it together and then put it on the rock and stick the coral on it.
Super glue gel just takes a small dab and put the coral on it and then stick it in the water where it hardens like instantly.
Neither will kill the coral or poison the tank.
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09-19-2012, 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by scottayy
Is the epoxy made for corals? This one i have is like a purple stick with gray stuff in the middle and you rub it together and then put it on the rock and stick the coral on it.
Super glue gel just takes a small dab and put the coral on it and then stick it in the water where it hardens like instantly.
Neither will kill the coral or poison the tank.
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The epoxy I got is to glue my side view mirror to my car. It's loose. Somebody (this gal!) hit it on the side of the garage on day when she was backing out... Anywho... Maybe I'll just get the super glue.
Time limit on how long the zoas can stay out of the water?
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09-19-2012, 01:00 AM
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The epoxy I got is to glue my side view mirror to my car. It's loose. Somebody (this gal!) hit it on the side of the garage on day when she was backing out... Anywho... Maybe I'll just get the super glue.
Time limit on how long the zoas can stay out of the water? |
Try to minimize the time any coral is outta water.
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09-19-2012, 01:11 AM
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Try to minimize the time any coral is outta water.
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So do it fast and right the first time. Got it! 
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09-19-2012, 01:12 AM
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So do it fast and right the first time. Got it! |
Haha yes fast and furious.
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09-19-2012, 01:13 AM
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Yeah don't use the car epoxy lol. No telling what chemicals are in it. Yeah, get the super glue GEL (the regular stuff is too watery and doesn't work right). There's really no doing it wrong lol. I've had corals out of the water like 10-15 minutes before when cutting them off plugs.
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09-19-2012, 02:03 AM
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I've had some of my polyps out for like 10 minutes with no probs. Just be careful because they will squirt and it can irritate your eyes if it gets into them. My Lfs had a zoa that squirt him in his right eye and it swelled closed for almost a week. I wear glasses just in case.
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09-19-2012, 02:19 AM
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I wear glasses anyway, but thanks for the warning!! I would not have known.
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09-19-2012, 03:54 PM
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Fortunately the crab didn't knock the zoas over last night. I'm leaving them be unless he starts bugging them again. My goal is to not touch the tank for a week and see how everything looks. Today is day 1. 6 to go...........
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09-19-2012, 05:30 PM
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Fortunately the crab didn't knock the zoas over last night. I'm leaving them be unless he starts bugging them again. My goal is to not touch the tank for a week and see how everything looks. Today is day 1. 6 to go...........
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Not do anything for a week???!!! Good luck! I wouldn't be able to do it. Lol
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09-19-2012, 06:22 PM
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+1. Sometimes the best thing you can do for your tank is nothing. Let it stabilize a little bit.
Though I don't think you've been doing anything bad.
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09-19-2012, 06:31 PM
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+1. Sometimes the best thing you can do for your tank is nothing. Let it stabilize a little bit.
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Lol! Thanks. But I feel like I need to let it sit. Just tested nitrates and they are still 10-20. Salinity is 1.025. So besides testing the water I will keep my hand out of the tank!
Beengirl- this is going to drive me crazy. Nothing for a week?! Ahhh!!!!!
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09-21-2012, 12:27 AM
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Did a good job leaving my tank alone today. It helped that I was busy all day. Lol! Anyway, the zoas looked ok, the candy cane looked better! The ticked off deflated polyp was half inflated today. That made me happy. The lights just went off and I used my phone to get a pic of the candy canes feeder tentacles. (The polyp with no tentacles out is the one that's been ticked off the last few days.)
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09-21-2012, 12:46 AM
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I'd say they are happy! The polyp will come around, he's just adjusting.
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09-21-2012, 12:56 AM
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I'd say they are happy! The polyp will come around, he's just adjusting.
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Thanks! I guess I can't say I comeplety left it alone. I scraped the sides off a little and gave the tank a good stir to lift anything up off the sand... Diatoms, snail poop... Whatever.
Hey! Still no ... My brain quite working...
Oh! Cyano! Still no cyano!
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09-21-2012, 11:37 PM
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Well, either one of my hermits died or he switched shells. I think he moved into a new shell because I think I had 4 extra shells... I see only 3 now. I'm mixing water for a 1.5 gal pwc.
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09-21-2012, 11:38 PM
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I just looked in the tank and I see him in a new shell! Hooray!!
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09-22-2012, 04:48 AM
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Yeah they do that. It's good to keep extra shells in different sizes as they will take new shells as they molt and grow. Plus it keep your snails alive.
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09-22-2012, 08:07 AM
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I just looked in the tank and I see him in a new shell! Hooray!!
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Yay!! I hate it when thing like that happen gives me a heart attack when I see them in another shell
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