Attaching corals

[White Hair]

About to order some frags, have read several different methods of attaching corals, thought i’d get some input from you guys, thanks

 

[Daddy-o]

I try to get them off the disc. and glue them to the rocks with SuperGlue Gel that I get from the Dollar Store.
Cheers! Mark

 

[Dragon52]

Superglue Gel

 

[mike550]

Take coral off existing plug. Dip etc. mount with superglue gel to new plug. Then superglue plug to epoxy (like 5 min) and superglue outside of epoxy and stick into rock.

Gives you a few minutes to mount and worst case you can dig out and remove or replace.

 

[White Hair]

Take coral off existing plug. Dip etc. mount with superglue gel to new plug. Then superglue plug to epoxy (like 5 min) and superglue outside of epoxy and stick into rock.

Gives you a few minutes to mount and worst case you can dig out and remove or replace.

reason for replacing plug, haven’t heard of anyone doing that

 

[The Aquatic Arsenal]

You don't have to remove it from the plug if you don't want to. Use super glue with cyanoacrylate in it. Typically it will have a green cap on it. You may even be able to find a spot in your rock where the plug will fit tightly into as well.

 

[Daddy-o]

Vermin/eggs tend to live on the edge of the coral/plug

 

[White Hair]

You don't have to remove it from the plug if you don't want to. Use super glue with cyanoacrylate in it. Typically it will have a green cap on it. You may even be able to find a spot in your rock where the plug will fit tightly into as well.

don’t all super glue gels have cyanoacrylate

 

[Greg P]

don’t all super glue gels have cyanoacrylate

They were probably just clearing up the fact that you don't want to use something other than it, such as construction adhesive ...

Vermin/eggs tend to live on the edge of the coral/plug

Yes this ^^

I don't use plugs at all - just glue the frags right to the LR. Scrub a section of rock with a fingernail brush to remove any organics, dab the bottom tip of the frag with a towel to remove most/all of the moisture, blob a decent amount of glue on the tip, put into tank without the blob falling off and glueing your fishes' mouths shut, use the frag to spread the glue around your selected area and if it's not enough to start to hold, remove the frag and add more glue. Then try again to get it to start getting 'sticky' on the rock. Then hold for a few minutes to ensure it won't tip over.
And if needed, once it starts to hold, push the glue into place around the base of the plug with your finger or something suitable which can either be discarded or cleaned of the glue.

 

[mike550]

reason for replacing plug, haven’t heard of anyone doing that

Replace the plug to reduce / eliminate risk of hitchhikers and eggs or larvae that are deeper inside the existing plug and not removed by treatments.

I always worry when adding things to my DT. If I had the patience, space, and time I would QT corals. But for me it’s more clean, dip, etc.

 

[ReefBeta]

Super glue to epoxy to super glue to rock, best way to mount anything on rock it permanently and securely. Can be off plug, or mount with the plug.