Super glue? Really?

Shawn_epicurious · Mar 9, 2020

Greg P said:
I gave up using 2-part putty/epoxy for frags about 6 years ago, but I still use it for new 'scaping and cure it in a tub. I find the putty/epoxy stuff, if played with even just a little bit, gets all over hardware as there's always some film that floats around.

I've been using only superglue gel for all these years now.
I scrub the LR with a nail/toothbrush to clear away any mulm. Then I dab the frag on a towel, put a blob of gel on the base and mash it into the rock. The I take the frag back out, add a bit more glue and put back on the rock. After holding for say 30 seconds, I let go and use my finger to mash the glue around the base into the rock. Then I watch it for about 5 mins while it's stiffening, or if need be hold it while it stiffens.
Removal is a piece of cake using a small flat-head screwdriver, even years later.

Most gels I've used need to be shaken well before use, and then hammer the cap against your palm to prime the bottle.

I’ll try it

Shawn_epicurious · Mar 9, 2020

AcroNem said:
Super glue (cyanoacrylate) was made to seal wounds, it is not toxic at all to corals and when attaching fragments to plugs it cures pretty quick once you get it into the water. But as has been said 100 times already make sure it is as thick of the gel kind as you can get.

Everyone has been pretty insistent on using the gel. To be honest, I bought the gel without realizing that is what I needed. lol. Got lil lucky... I wasn’t going to do it at all before I started this thread. There hasn’t been one person say no don’t use it : )

snowhite · Mar 9, 2020

Went through 3 bottles last Saturday night rehabbing wife's 32 biocube 'scape. Along with Thermomorph moldable plastic beads.

AcroNem · Mar 9, 2020

Shawn_epicurious said:
Everyone has been pretty insistent on using the gel. To be honest, I bought the gel without realizing that is what I needed. lol. Got lil lucky... I wasn’t going to do it at all before I started this thread. There hasn’t been one person say no don’t use it : )

Yep, it's been a staple in fragging for a long time. Even if you bought glue that is actually marketed to use on coral fragments It almost always is just Cyanoacrylate based, aka super glue gel. And if you ended up not having the gel it would be a total mess.