Coral placement question

[Mikeand Mel]

I have an odd question. We bought our first coral for our 58g, a torch, it is in quarantine right now.
It is on a relatively unstable base. When adding it to the display tank I have been reading about epoxying it to rock. My question is if we glue the coral where we think it works(or likes) and it doesnt what are our options?

 

[slipknotgrrl83]

I keep my torch in the substrate. You could either glue it or use putty to secure in place though

 

[Kentech5]

Superglue is usually relatively easy to break and then move the coral

 

[Mikeand Mel]

I know there is putty that cures underwater....are there glues that cure this way also?

 

[wkscott]

Superglue gel works pretty good underwater. However I puttied mine to a small flat piece of live rock as its permanent base. This way you can move the rock until you the find the perfect spot. Once you find it, you can putty the small rock in place for a more secure footing
This is how my frog spawn looks at 2 years old. Went from 2 heads to more than 20, and the putty is still holding strong. Superglue probably wouldn't hold this current size.

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[Reef man 89]

Superglue gel works pretty good underwater. However I puttied mine to a small flat piece of live rock as its permanent base. This way you can move the rock until you the find the perfect spot. Once you find it, you can putty the small rock in place for a more secure footing
This is how my frog spawn looks at 2 years old. Went from 2 heads to more than 20, and the putty is still holding strong. Superglue probably wouldn't hold this current size.

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Holy smoke that's a big frogspawn!! I'm digging it . What I do is use superglue in the tube. And make a glue air bubble underwater then place the bubble were I want the coral. Then push coral base into the bubble and rock to pop it and it works great. Saw that on a BRS episode.

 

[Mikeand Mel]

Great ideas thank you!

 

[LbulletM]

Holy smoke that's a big frogspawn!! I'm digging it . What I do is use superglue in the tube. And make a glue air bubble underwater then place the bubble were I want the coral. Then push coral base into the bubble and rock to pop it and it works great. Saw that on a BRS episode.

Wait, wait, wait... What? Do you have a link? Sounds awesome.

 

[Michael Montgomery]

Holy smoke that's a big frogspawn!! I'm digging it . What I do is use superglue in the tube. And make a glue air bubble underwater then place the bubble were I want the coral. Then push coral base into the bubble and rock to pop it and it works great. Saw that on a BRS episode.

^^^^ THIS! BRS FTW!

 

[HolisticBear]

@Reef man 89 is probably referring to this video. Jump to 6:25 to see a glue bubble in action

 

[LbulletM]

Ha, looks like I've been using this method on accident by applying obnoxious amounts of glue right before hitting the water. I'll have to try the under water application!

 

[Reef man 89]

@Reef man 89 is probably referring to this video. Jump to 6:25 to see a glue bubble in action

Yea that's the video I saw and I adopted that method. Works greats as long as when you press the coral down on to the bubble you have to pop it or it won't stick