Superglue

[fishforme]

Any superglue will will hold down soft corals to pcs of rock? Lock-Tite superglue? It won't damage the corals?

 

[alianated]

There are different ones out there that are reef safe. But I once found a web site that tested the effects in the tank, and apparently, the only way to make it 100% reef safe is to hold the rock out of the water for about 10 minutes while it dries. Now, keep in mind, using it in the water wont kill your corals or anything typically, but it does add chemicals even though it claims to be reef safe. I have used it before to glue my live rock pieces together cause my Tessalata kept knocking over pieces.

 

[mlm]

I don't know about using super glue on soft corals. I know it works fine for hard corals if it does not have a certain ingredient that I can not remeber the name of right now.

 

[fishforme]

But I have a finger coral not attached to a pcs of rock. It just kinda hangs out and occastionally falls over. I was going to attach it to a pcs of rock and then position the rock. I was going to use superglue....

 

[lordofthereef]

I'VE BEEN USING A GLUE CALLED ZAP GEL FOR SOME TIME NOW AND I THINK IT WORKS GREAT. THE ONLY THING IS, GO GET SOME NETTIN FROM A CRAFT STORE OR SOMTHING, LIKE THE STUFF THAT YOUR FISH NETS ARE MADE OF, AND WHEN YOU GLUE THE CORAL DOWN, LOOSLY PUT THE NETTING AROUND THE WHOLE THING AND SECURE IT WITH A RUBBER BAND UNTIL THE CORAL ATTACHES GOOD.

 

[kris walker]

The glue recommended by many seems to be cyanoacrylate ester. The gel version is recommended over the other versions. And I've heard it takes severals times before getting the hang of it. I haven't yet.
It seems to work best on hard surfaces, but some report success with rock-to-tissue.
If this does not work, I've heard you can put a rubber band around a stalk near the base, then insert a tootpick between the band and stalk, then insert the toothpick into a tiny hole in LR.
sam

 

[miner]

I have not had much luck "gluing" tissue onto rocks, but if You can put a rock touching your Coral tissue, the tissue will grow onto the rock pretty fast. I have had them do it in 2 days. HTH

 

[predator]

Super glue gel.Works like a champ every time.I'v used it numerous times and love it.

 

[mal]

Any glue that is cyanoacrylate based will work, and gel is easier to manage, as stated before. I've had sucess on toadstools with superglue gel, and obviously stoney corals. The whole rock doesn't need to be dried, you can just dab it dry where you apply glue. You can do it wet, but it's more time consuming and kind of a pain.