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Post by Sean (90 reef, fw rack sys) on Apr 2, 2014 12:45:40 GMT -5
What seems to be the best thing to use when attaching soft coral to rocks or plugs? I asked lfs and they showed me a tube of super glue that you can pick up at the dollar store, so I tried it. Worked good for some, not so good for others. I know epoxy for hards but never seem to have luck with it for softies (and then you're stuck with this gray lump).
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Post by gotareef on Apr 2, 2014 13:27:55 GMT -5
superglue gel is what I always use name brand is $2.99 for 2x .14 tubes at aubuchon hardware or cheap kind at home depot is $1.99 for 2 tubes
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Post by jasonandsarah on Apr 2, 2014 13:28:46 GMT -5
Elastic it or sew it on the rock or plug. Or place you softies in side of a container with rock rubble all over the bottom for about a week and wallah! Attachment successes! Haha
no really those are most of your options for softies. Because of their slime coat they tend to be very hard to glue to plugs and rock. Different people use different methods.most softies don't take Long to attach to a surface. And most will attach fine with just plain super glue. Leathers and a few others you can use the methods above.
I've never heard to use epoxy on hard corals? I always use super glue for hard corals as well. Not that I'm saying you can't...I've just never heard it before.
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Post by gotareef on Apr 2, 2014 13:37:42 GMT -5
forgot about softies... hahaha
for them like above I have always found rubber band directly on the coral will cut it in half, 50/50 chance of it attaching, so I sandwich the softie frag between 2 rocks then put a rubber band around the rocks
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Post by oceangirl2009 on Apr 2, 2014 14:25:13 GMT -5
+1 with Rob's point. I tried the rubber band for the longest time with some of my softies (xenia works ok though!) with not much luck. I have since changed to rubber band between rocks and it seems to work much better.
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Post by Lance on Apr 2, 2014 15:05:02 GMT -5
...place you softies inside of a container with rock rubble all over the bottom for about a week and wallah! This is really the easiest option. Use a cheap ziploc container with a couple of 1-2" inches of rubble. Works great for loose mushrooms. Also works great for propagating anything that grows via stolon, e.g. Clavularia sp., Knopia sp., Parazoanthus sp., etc. If you need to restrict current to keep things from being blown out, you can leave the lid on the container and cut a "window" in it leaving a rim of whatever size is needed. Good luck! |
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