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01-19-2006, 09:22 PM
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Aquarium Advice Addict
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Marine epoxy use.
Does anyone use the marine epoxy like you can get at lowes in their tank? It says it cures under water etc. Is this the same stuff they sell for mounting corals?
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01-19-2006, 09:38 PM
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Well, I haven't used it in an aquarium but it works great on a boat. I've used it to make emergency repairs below the waterline on more than one occasion. It sets up up as advertised. I have no idea if it would be toxic or slowly leach toxins that would kill fish and inverts.
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7 month old 100 gallon. Hopefully on my way to a great reef tank. A few small fish and a few small soft corals. T5 HO Lights and ro/di unit.
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01-19-2006, 10:02 PM
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i have used it, and the packaging is dead on, and it looks exactly the same... it works too 
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75g w/ 30g sump, 160# LR, 60# sand: Inverts =18 turbos, 30 nassirus's, 40 blue leg's, 5 emeralds, 1 CBS, 1 skunk cleaner, 1 brown gulf shrimp? and various other LR hitch hikers yet un discovered or un- ID'ed
Fish=1 yellow tang, 1 yellow headed jawfish, 1 pink/blue shrimpgoby, 2 perc clowns.
Future fish = 1 sixline, 1 lawnmower blenny
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01-19-2006, 11:14 PM
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I have used it as well..works great!
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01-20-2006, 07:25 AM
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I use PC Plumbing Epoxy Putty from Home Depot. It's NSF rated safe for potable water contact.
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01-20-2006, 10:14 AM
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Could I use this stuff to seal up pvc piping after I painted it?
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01-20-2006, 10:53 AM
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75g w/ 30g sump, 160# LR, 60# sand: Inverts =18 turbos, 30 nassirus's, 40 blue leg's, 5 emeralds, 1 CBS, 1 skunk cleaner, 1 brown gulf shrimp? and various other LR hitch hikers yet un discovered or un- ID'ed
Fish=1 yellow tang, 1 yellow headed jawfish, 1 pink/blue shrimpgoby, 2 perc clowns.
Future fish = 1 sixline, 1 lawnmower blenny
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01-20-2006, 11:05 AM
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Aquarium Advice Freak
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I have the pvc cement.. guess that'd work as good as any epoxy huh heh
(guess that shoulda been a no brainer to begin with lol..oh well..)
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01-20-2006, 11:10 AM
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75g w/ 30g sump, 160# LR, 60# sand: Inverts =18 turbos, 30 nassirus's, 40 blue leg's, 5 emeralds, 1 CBS, 1 skunk cleaner, 1 brown gulf shrimp? and various other LR hitch hikers yet un discovered or un- ID'ed
Fish=1 yellow tang, 1 yellow headed jawfish, 1 pink/blue shrimpgoby, 2 perc clowns.
Future fish = 1 sixline, 1 lawnmower blenny
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01-20-2006, 03:10 PM
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I have also used epoxy, but from the LFS works nice for frags, some heavier corals can be tricky.
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50lb LR
3' fine sand bed 1x Orange Stripe Prawn shrimp goby, 1x sixline wrassemated pair of true percula clowns, 1x CBS shrimp, 2x peppermint shrimp, 1x pistol shrimp, 1x tiger tale cuke, ~20+ snails, ~10+ hermits, 1xserpent star.
green Bubble coral, hammer coral (8 heads!) ,various Zoos,green finger leather, green star polpys , shrooms
175w 10k MH
28w actinic 03
2x maxi jett 1200
Prizm skimmer (modded)
Hagen powerfilter(for running carbon 24/7)
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01-20-2006, 03:14 PM
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Aquarium Advice Freak
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Originally Posted by DragonForce
I have also used epoxy, but from the LFS works nice for frags, some heavier corals can be tricky. |
are you saying the epoxy from the lfs is a different consistancy then what you get in HD or Lowes? and the consistancy makes it easier to work with heavier frags?
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75g w/ 30g sump, 160# LR, 60# sand: Inverts =18 turbos, 30 nassirus's, 40 blue leg's, 5 emeralds, 1 CBS, 1 skunk cleaner, 1 brown gulf shrimp? and various other LR hitch hikers yet un discovered or un- ID'ed
Fish=1 yellow tang, 1 yellow headed jawfish, 1 pink/blue shrimpgoby, 2 perc clowns.
Future fish = 1 sixline, 1 lawnmower blenny
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