how to glue corals underwater!

[Chris-tico]

Hey R2R

this is my nightmare everytime o have to glue a coral underwater.. i use an epoxy i buy here in Costa Rica. but it gets really soft and doesnt hold.

what do you guys use?

 

[cameronh]

I use loctite ceramic gel (cyanoacrylate)

 

[cameronh]

Works great

 

[human]

Any cyanoacrylate super glue gel will work.

 

[Chris-tico]

thanks guys

any experience with Seachem Reef glue

 

[Salt Creep]

I use cyanoacrylate gel glue from the dollar store, works great. You have to work/push it into the pores and cracks of the rocks when putting it on though or your clean-up crew might easily knock them off.

 

[reef_junkie]

I use cyanoacrylate gel glue from the dollar store, works great. You have to work/push it into the pores and cracks of the rocks when putting it on though or your clean-up crew might easily knock them off.

Same here. I buy it in bulk and just go at it. One time right after I glued a frag in a stupid butterfly decided to taste the gel. I had to catch the dummy and pull hardened superglue out of its mouth.

 

[jamessreeftank]

thanks guys

any experience with Seachem Reef glue

Yeah it works good but unless you're fragging 50+ plugs I wouldn't waste the money. After you open it it's kinda garbage. Loctite gel and lepage gel work really really well.

 

[MikeyAl]

Yeah it works good but unless you're fragging 50+ plugs I wouldn't waste the money. After you open it it's kinda garbage. Loctite gel and lepage gel work really really well.

Agreed

 

[jsker]

Super glue gel + small ball of epoxy + suger glue gel

 

[Current107]

I use the Gel glue as well and Underwater Weld. The underwater weld is AWESOME for applying big plugs to rocks and rocks on rocks. Works great under water and doesn't effect the clarity of water or freak out the skimmer.

 

[smh254]

Here's what I use from dollar tree.

 

[R eef]

Loctite glue for small frags, milliput putty for larger ones

 

[bboyvital]

I use the dollar packs of superglue gel also. works great.

 

[Mr_anderson]

I use JB water weld for the epoxy. I then put super glue gel between the coral and the epoxy, then super glue gel between the epoxy and the rock.

 

[MikeyAl]

End of the day, just make sure it is cyanoacrylate

 

[Chris-tico]

Thanks a lot guys! yesterday i bought 5 gel superglue. this are cyanocrylate. i didnt knew that!

Pura vida!

 

[Dendro Dude]

thanks guys

any experience with Seachem Reef glue

I've used it & it sucked it's really thin, it was a waste of money Imho. Ic-gel & loctite are both very good

 

[MSR]

Super Glue Gel has a 1/8th of gel in the tube. The biggest rip off I've ever seen. I buy Gorilla Glue Gel from Hobby Lobby and get a FULL bottle.

 

[Psiber_Syn]

Agree with dendro dude that reef glue was a waste not even as good as the loctite gel glue thats what i have been using since trying the reef glue