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perfectdark
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Its best if the coral was already on a small piece of LR as anything that comes into direct contact with the coral will get slimmed off. There are a few methods of getting the coral onto a small piece of LR. Sticking the base of it with a tooth pick so it sticks out on either side of the base of the coral. Then using an elastic band and catch the ends the tooth pick and wrap it around the LR. The coral should foot in less than a week. Another method is to get hair netting and wrap it around the coral and the LR you want to secure it too. Elastic band it all down and wait a week it should be footed. I have also read where you can just put the net over the coral directly on your sand bed. Weigh it down and wait, yes again about a week. In that time the oral should of footed to a bunch of LS. When you pick it up you can take it out of your tank dry the base off and dry a piece of LR off. Use super glue gel and adhere it to the LR wait 30 sec and put it back in your tank. With the 2 other methods you can do the same when the coral foots onto the small piece of LR. Hope this helps.
wangotango
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It is easiest to take what you're fragging and what you're attaching it to out of the tank and just pat it a little bit with a towel. Most things take a lot of glue to adhere well. For larger leathers that I've fragged, I superglued it to the rock, then "sewed" the frag to the rock since the glue usually isn't enough to hold large pieces. Things like mushrooms and other polyps are harder to glue since they stay pretty wet. If you can get their "foot" covered with sand, then it will make it a little easier to attach. Putting fish net over them also helps to keep them stuck to the rock while the glue sets and the frags attach naturally.
I glue sps and other small things right under water with no problems either.
-Justin
I glue sps and other small things right under water with no problems either.
-Justin