Can't get my colt to attatch!!!!

[farnorth]

I have had a colt for about a month now and NOTHING is working. I have tried to put it between two rocks (after two weeks it floated away and got caught in a powerhead (now have two) Put a rubberband around it attatched to a piece of live rock and it split and did not attach (now have 3) then I tried the toothpick method and it seperated from the toothpick. Now I have them (3 1 inch frags) sitting in a little rubbermaid with gravel at the bottom... still not attatching.

Any ideas?

Oh, and tried superglue... twice... it pulled away from that as well.

 

[armandoc]

Try this... (from the GARF website)
Get yourself a few of those plastic "swords" that people use to garnish their appetizers with. Glue these down to live rock rubble or to frag plugs. Once secured, take your colt and

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it onto this, making sure that the other end of it sticks out of some part of the colt. Then take some additional superglue gel and create a "bubble" at the top of the skewer that way the colt cannot just slide off.
After a few days/week, the colt should secure itself to this new base.
Hope this helps!

 

[farnorth]

thanks for the advice A, but I tried this with the "toothpick" method using a plastic toothpick instead of a sword. The colt just split around the toothpick and came loose.
I think I will just literally "jam" it into a piece of live rock and glue the hell out of a frag and see what happens.

 

[farnorth]

Any other ideas? Or has anyone had this much difficulty?

 

[reeffreakgeek]

I rubberband frags to a rock with rubberbands and in about 2 wks they attach.I believe you could do that to the mother colony.

 

[xnikki118x]

Try using some bridal veil netting to keep it from moving from your intended rock. I've never tried it but I heard it works for a lot of people. Colts are notoriously hard to attach.

 

[joojoo]

Get some fishing line, a sewing needle, and a chunk of LR rubble. Thread the needle with the fishing line, put it through the Colt, tie it around the rock.

 

[farnorth]

Thanks for the additional info guys. I will try the bridal material method, I have read about it, but never tried it either and forgot about it. I think that will work the best, because every time I stick it or put pressure on it it seperates and I am afraid to try the "sewing" method because it could make the frag like 1/4 of an inch and these frags are already getting SMaller and smaller.

 

[ninjamini]

Bridal vail can become a mess and reduce water flow which can, not will but can, make it unhappy.
Get a needle and white thread. sew it to a rock and then tie it down. Use 2-3 loops through the coral.
When it attaches you can remove the thread.