surely a moronic question but...

Jej34 · Jan 29, 2016

Newbie to lps. Bought a duncan coral with 3 heads last week. It came attached to a square plug.
Buried it in the San but it tips over. I see people crazy gluing to their " wet" live rock. First fear is contaminating the water. It's not like you can leave the coral out of water for more than a few seconds I'm thinking?
What if I don't want the plug it came on and want to attach directly to my rock, will it easily breaker off of the original plug?

Thanks guys

saltyfilmfolks · Jan 29, 2016

several minutes out of the water actually, and I have shallow tupperware or free delimeat tubs i use to work in. I like rubble instead of plugs. Natural and youll prob want to move the coral around, this makes it easier an give a natural feel to it.

mcmc1717 · Jan 29, 2016

That's either not a moronic question or I'm a moronic person, but I would have asked the same question if I were you.

Z-man · Jan 29, 2016

Get the right glue! You can do it under water but need to gob on much more because it will crust over immediately in the water. When you push the frag onto it, it will break the crust to expose liquid glue. Be sure you have enough the complete the process. If you can do it out of water, you get better results. Dry both pieces the best you can, and glue. Hold it for 30 seconds and return to water. A side dish is a nice touch to allow it to complete the process outside the tank.

sawdonkey · Jan 29, 2016

I do all of my gluing out of the water. I use a little super glue gel and a small ball of plumbers epoxy. I really like the Coralaffix glue. I cost like $11, but the quantity is pretty large rather than dealing with tons of those little tubes. I just use plumbers epoxy from HD. The plumbers epoxy is malleable but isn't very sticky, and that where the glue comes in.

I've never glued under water, but I imagine it would dying your whole glue container. Just take your coral out glue it up, and put it back in.

Jej34 · Jan 30, 2016

Thanks guys, just seemed kind of funny that we bust our butts to have the purist water, only to let glue contaminate the water column

I'll git it a whirl!.

Bunnee911 · Jan 30, 2016

Oh that is not the strangest thing to go in a tank. Lol

Jej34 · Jan 30, 2016

Mike in CT · Jan 30, 2016

Super glue, vinegar, sugar, vodka, stump remover.... the list goes on.... Lol

Jej34 · Jan 30, 2016

Luv it!
So true!

Jej34 · Jan 30, 2016

Man, totally off subject, I just bought a bottle of kz coral snow to fight against cyan, holy crap does it clear your water up!
Not sure about the cyano yet lol, only 2 doses so far

Breakthecycle2 · Jan 30, 2016

Mike in CT said:
Super glue, vinegar, sugar, vodka, stump remover.... the list goes on.... Lol

what the heck is stump remover for?

Mike in CT · Jan 30, 2016

Some people use it to dose nitrates into their tank.

jsker · Jan 30, 2016

Breakthecycle2 said:
*** is stump remover for?

Raising your nitrates.

MikeyAl · Jan 31, 2016

Z-man said:
Get the right glue! You can do it under water but need to gob on much more because it will crust over immediately in the water. When you push the frag onto it, it will break the crust to expose liquid glue. Be sure you have enough the complete the process. If you can do it out of water, you get better results. Dry both pieces the best you can, and glue. Hold it for 30 seconds and return to water. A side dish is a nice touch to allow it to complete the process outside the tank.

Super glue is fine or any other glue that is cyanoacrylate like loc-tight.

MikeyAl · Jan 31, 2016

Jej34 said:
Man, totally off subject, I just bought a bottle of kz coral snow to fight against cyan, holy crap does it clear your water up!
Not sure about the cyano yet lol, only 2 doses so far

Kz coral snow is a nice product. I used Dr tims refresh and waste away process. Champ has never grown back. It's been six months since I ran the procedure.

http://www.drtimsaquatics.com/treat-aquarium-algae/treating-cyanobacteria