Fragging?

[toughguy80]

Hey all,
How long should you wait before putting back your fragged coral into display tank? Thanks

 

[nas19320]

5 minutes if that, but I've never really fragged anything that slimes excessively. I only wait till the glue sets up.

 

[aquaman]

what kind of glue is safe to use?

 

[viper_930]

Cyano acrylate. may have spelt that wrong.

 

[timo]

There is no wait... Obtain frag, apply gel superglue (cyanoacrylate) and stick it where you want it. Repeat glue application to frag that dosen't hold as needed.
That's if the frag will remain in that tank. If you're just cutting frags for the love of scissors, then you can wait as long as you want to put it anywhere.

 

[toughguy80]

Ok, was wondering because I recently fragged some colt coral and only waited about 5 mins before placing it back in. Since then it hasn't looked healthy and my leather also seems to be aggrivated? I also have frogspawn and star polyps which do not seem effected? Just trying to figure out the cause of this. Tested all levels and only thing not zero is nitrates which are at 15, but they'ved always been around there? Oh well, guess I'll try to think up something else. Thanks all

 

[timo]

Oh, wow, you just opened a big bag of chemical interaction that few can answer. The mixing and propagating of reefs with both stony and soft corals can be changelling.
The best I can recommend is to use carbon right now. It may adsorb some of the chemicals that will be present after fragging a colt coral.
I answered as if you were gluing stony corals. Different methods apply for soft corals. Do a search.

 

[toughguy80]

Will do. Luckily I have another tank that I was able to place the leather and colt in. Since placing them in there they look much better. Already ran some carbon and today I'm gonna do a big water change and see if that helps. This was definatley a learning expeirence