Corals attaching to rock?

[kas2247]

I eventually want to try some corals, but for now my tank is pretty much filled with fish, shrimp & hermits. I did buy one green ricordia from here about 6 months ago just because it was so cheap and I heard easy to keep and I wanted to try something out and see how successful it was in my tank. I don't have any sticky junk to glue it down yet, but it was attached to a tiny piece of rock that held it in place. It was doing fine, had nice coloring, and was growing a little bit. Well, about a week ago it disappeared. I moved some powerheads around and eventually it blew out from behind a rock, but it's no longer attached to the little rock that it was before. If I put it back in its original place, the tiniest bit of flow (like my cleaner shrimp sliding over top of it) knocks it off. I've heard you can put a small container over it for a few days to make them attach, but then how does it get light? What's the best way to get the little guy to stay on his rock?

 

[spanko]

You can use:
A rubber band looslely around the Ric and a rock, it will attach.
A pc. of veil like material around the Ric and a rock, it will attach.
Super Glue Gel will sometimes work, dry the Ric off on the bottom, put a gob of glu on and place it on a rock holding it their with a little pressure for 30 seconds to a minute. Sometimes they will slime themselves right off this though.
Get a small plastic container with some holes in it for water flow, put some small pcs of rock in it and the Ric.
Good luck, this is not a hard thing to do, it will attach. I have had luck with the Super Glue, and with the rubberband.

 

[dkfloyd]

What about if its already attached just to a little piece of rock and you want it attached to one of your big rock displays in your tank?

 

[spanko]

You have the best scenario, just put some super glue gel on the rock and attach it to the place you want it to stay.

 

[kas2247]

Alrighty, thanks a lot. I'll see what I can do! I was afraid being lost behind the rocks for a few days it might have died with no light, but it still seems to have a little bit of color and I'm hoping it'll come back as good as new once I get it attached.

 

[trish&dave]

can you actually us regular super glue?

 

[kas2247]

I've heard that you can, but will bump this for someone who actually knows something about it to answer.

 

[alix2.0]

yes, as long as it contains cyanoacrylate.

gel is the easiest to use, but regular will work too.

 

[spanko]

Gel is a lot easier because of the thickness of it. Regular is too runny.