Coral glue

[viper1972]

Is there a glue that you can put on one coral and then put it in the water and stick it to a rock and they will bind together? I have tried super glue gel but it does not last long. I want to stick some ricordea with rubble to bigger rocks that can not be taken out of the tank.

 

[Troylee]

you can try aquamend with the superglue... i have always just used superglue on my sps it stays there long enough for it to encrust and the rest is history...:)

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Yes try aquamend from Home Depot. Just turn your skimmer off for a day or so and break it back in slowly. :)

 

[650-IS350]

Just turn your skimmer off for a day or so TRUE THAT. or also run some carbon ?

 

[inactive]

I never turn my skimmer off when applying putty.. never really had any problems with overflowing and what not... I put about 1 stick of AM in the 55g a week haha. May be just my luck though..

 

[viper1972]

No Home Depot, would Lowes have it?

 

[650-IS350]

I believe Lowes has it too....

Kray, my deltec goes nuts if I use too much aquamend. skimmer over flows and over skims.

 

[knockout]

is the aquamend the same product we buy the LFS as reef epoxy? I can save some $ using the HD one

 

[650-IS350]

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=aquamend%20epoxy&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

 

[amore169]

I also use the one from HD.

 

[CoralBandit]

The glue of all glues is making a sandwich with super glue gel as the bread and aquamend epoxy as the butter be forwarned its nearly impossible to get it off the rock lol. Also you need to use GOOD glue not just walmart super glue gel its too runny. The stuff at LFS is the consistency you want but I can tell you a secret: Go to Michaels and get Metal and Jewelry glue. Its the same exact glue as that BSI coral glue but it only costs $4 as opposed to $10-15 from those commi LFS's lol

 

[inTank]

Glue thread

 

[CoralBandit]

yup same thing

 

[inactive]

Glue thread

Really? haha

 

[snookin321]

The glue of all glues is making a sandwich with super glue gel as the bread and aquamend epoxy as the butter be forwarned its nearly impossible to get it off the rock lol. Also you need to use GOOD glue not just walmart super glue gel its too runny. The stuff at LFS is the consistency you want but I can tell you a secret: Go to Michaels and get Metal and Jewelry glue. Its the same exact glue as that BSI coral glue but it only costs $4 as opposed to $10-15 from those commi LFS's lol

Is that the name of the glue? Metal and jewelry glue? just want to make sure don't want to get the wrong one and nuke my tank!

 

[kev2me]

Looks like this:

 

[JR's Reef]

I get the superglue brand gel from the dollar tree :D You get 2 tubes in a pack for a buck

 

[dtpollard]

I get the superglue brand gel from the dollar tree :D You get 2 tubes in a pack for a buck

My dollor store has 3 in SG Gel's in it for a buck.
The putty does not seem to work that well for me alone. I use it to make the cast, shove it on the rock to get the form with the frag attached, then set the whole thing on a frag rack for several hours to get hard, then cover the bottom with SG Gel, and put in the same place, that way the SG has lots of contact area, hold it in place for 5 minutes, and your done.

 

[JR's Reef]

My dollor store has 3 in SG Gel's in it for a buck.
The putty does not seem to work that well for me alone. I use it to make the cast, shove it on the rock to get the form with the frag attached, then set the whole thing on a frag rack for several hours to get hard, then cover the bottom with SG Gel, and put in the same place, that way the SG has lots of contact area, hold it in place for 5 minutes, and your done.

I looked mine has 3 as well