Scottm84
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Hi all, when placing corals in your lovely aquariums to you tend to glue or epoxy them in place or just try settle them on a rock? Which is best?
Convict2161 said:I'm the extreme. I map out what I want and where i wanna place them then I epoxy them in place so I don't have to worry about snails, hermits etc knocking then over.
Nothing more annoying then coming home to nice corals sitting in the sand.
Scottm84 said:That happened to me. A colony of zoas has just fallen off my rocks and also happened with some green stars last week but those two seemed tricky to stick down so I didn't try but I have done so with xenias and various others. I'm just trying to place corals around my tank without keep messing with my rock work so it's fairly difficult keeping things in place or making do with the crevices or spaces in the rocks to place them
danbstrong said:I use superglue gel works good cures underwater
Gregcoyote said:I do what I saw a aquarist called Sanjay do. I take some larger rocks and drill holes in them. Then my frag plugs can be easily inserted, rotated or moved if things don't pan out. The coral eventually over grows and hides the whole plug.
It just seems that every time I glued something down, I ended up having to move it.
+1 Every time I get a few new corals, I find myself wanting to rearrange, so nothing is permanently placed yet. Yes, my astreas are little bulldozers, and I'm usually righting a coral or two every few days, but until I'm happily stocked and I know the corals are all in their "happy place" I'll deal with it.....
ZacksFlowerhorn123 said:Very true.. Im doing the same thing with my tank and corals.
danbstrong said:Superglue gel is strong enough to hold when snails are pushing against it but you could still move it until it encrusts i usually lay them in there for a day or two moving to dif locations before glueing down but like i said even after glue their still movable i just didn have luck with epoxy
I like to place coral where they contrast against other coral
Gregcoyote said:While I do agree that layout is important, I am more concerned with how different corals interact with each other. Using a bit of know how, you can effectively use some corals to control spread of others.
While I do agree that layout is important, I am more concerned with how different corals interact with each other.
Jake337 said:What kind of clue do you guys use? I saw a super glue at Meijers that had the cyanoacrylate stuff but it said warnings signs of getting to eyes and stuff. Wasn't sure if it would be safe underwater.