What do you glue with????

[Dbarnes]

I have tried a few diffrent types of adhesive to attaching sps and lps corals to plugs but i have not found anything that really works fast and holds like i really would like. Even the 10sec stuff at Hobby Town seemed to take more like three minutes of air time to dry? I know others on here are big into fragging and was hoping for a little insider info on this issue. Thanks in advance

 

[303travism]

Loctite gel works good they all take long to air dry the water makes them dry way faster.I use 2 oz gel I buy off of eBay.

 

[djkms]

Glue to a plug:
Super glue. Glue it outside the water then dip it in water and pull it back out. This will gel it and it should set faster

Glue to the reef:
Epoxy + Superglue. I roll a ball of epoxy then indent it and fill with superglue.

 

[Cherub]

loctite also

 

[Dbarnes]

Im sure i can find it but for sake of not looking to hard, where do you get the loctite at? HD carry it? what type of super glue do you use with the epoxy? same stuff???

 

[Cherub]

yeah HD

 

[dirtefish]

Dollar store gel is great as well, but I swear one tube is enough for one frag. 3 tubes for a dollar.

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[Wicked Color]

cyanoacrylate (super glue) in any of its many forms

 

[KhensuRa]

i don't super glue or putty. I love to buy nice frags and then have my snails, crabs and fish push them all around my tank till they die. Oh wait they do that even if I use putty and super glue.

 

[djkms]

Placing corals and them staying put is definitely a challenge, probably one of the tougher things in the hobby. My problem is my mp40's unlodge them and they get shot somewhere and I dont notice for a couple days. By then its too late and its usually gone

 

[kmcmurtry]

I use the super glue "control gel" - I put a good bit of it on a dry plug, dry the underside of the coral and stick it, dip it quickly in the tub of saltwater I am using and sort of let it air-dry for a few seconds til it turns white, then swirl it around a few times in the tub and you're done. I learned you really should wait a minute before returning it to the tank. A lot of sticky residue came swirling off into my overflow when I didn't, and I had waited several seconds. Probably due to it being the 'control' gel which sets slower - but the control gel is nice because it globs instead of running down the plug.

 

[tlsrcs]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/370585233639?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 just got this stuff I yujnk it works awesome if you want I can bring it over tonight so you can try it on a few things it sets in like 5 sec then finishes underg water

 

[Wicked Color]

several sponsors sell that stuff.

 

[tlsrcs]

Oh wouldst been nice to look around specially since it took for ever to ship! Ill check out elite today you canny never havering much frag glue

 

[RuRoo]

That's what I use.

 

[bsharpe]

Loctite gel works good they all take long to air dry the water makes them dry way faster.I use 2 oz gel I buy off of eBay.

I buy it at Safeway, I like that it does not clog the tip of the bottle.

 

[Cake_Boss]

several sponsors sell that stuff.

Yes they do, at half the price. Speaking of which, where's Jon?

 

[cdrewferd]

What about glueing/epoxying rocks together while underwater?


Drew

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[chrislorentz]

for rocks or plugs to rocks I use superglue gel, putty then superglue gel again

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Bulk reef supply extra thick super glue is fantastic!