Securing SPS corals to rock??

[harris28]

I have a peach monti and I have had to super glue it to a rock about once every 2 weeks. Will they ever attach on there own? I have had it for going on three months and it keeps comming loose from the rock and I have to constanly re glue. Is this normal??

 

[groupergenius]

Sounds normal in my tank. What I have done to "fix" the problem is to get some dead dry base rock and break or cut it into small pieces. Glue the frag to it out of the water then put it back in. After a couple weeks I use the 2 part green-white hold fast putty and epoxy the rock to the live rock.
Again, this is what I do. Everbody else could be different.

 

[coraljunky]

I use epoxy

 

[harris28]

So then what do they do in the wild since no one is there to epoxy them? They do not attach on there own?? Hmm..weird!!

 

[coraljunky]

Originally Posted by Harris28
http:///forum/post/2457196
So then what do they do in the wild since no one is there to epoxy them? They do not attach on there own?? Hmm..weird!!
Eventually sps will encrust to rock in the wild

 

[nycbob]

krazy glue gel should work fine. r u using enough? u gotta take out the sps and the rock, then dry the spot where u want to glue it. let it dry like for 2 minutes, then put into water. i

 

[groupergenius]

Originally Posted by Harris28
http:///forum/post/2457196
So then what do they do in the wild since no one is there to epoxy them? They do not attach on there own?? Hmm..weird!!

Originally Posted by coraljunky
http:///forum/post/2457202
Eventually sps will encrust to rock in the wild

They also encrust to the rock in the tank, just usually not fast enough.

 

[inkmates]

depending on the frag you could rubberband it to a piece of rubble or use a small piece of mesh (the supper fine stuff for like bridal viels) and put it over the frag rubberband the mesh to a piece of rubble (sandwhich the frag between the rock and mesh). The light and water still gets through so it will continue to grow and you don't have to worry about losing the coral to a ph or filter. I use this methed with mushrooms and it works pretty good for me. The one lfs i frequent puts some crushed coral into a small plastic dish then adds the coral frag capping the whole thing with mesh. everybody's got a method that works well for them, i hope this helps.