Underwater Epoxy
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piscesblue
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I know some people use superglue to get mushrooms to attach to a certain rock, not sure about epoxy.
piscesblue
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yes, but I'd research past posts on this board before you do it, some brands will burn the corals. And also, you only glue 1 small side of the foot so they can attach without being too damaged.
chevron tang
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Yeah, I've used superglue to glue a strawberry colt to my rock. I've seen epoxy used a few times and it does not hurt anything in the tanks. I don't really understand why you would want to glue any of your rock together because what if you decide to upgrade and then you can't get the rock apart without breaking it.
luke
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Underwater epoxy is great. So is cyanocryalite (sp?)(super glue, look for the real name on the back and it will work well) for that matter.
Don't think of Underwater epoxy as glue, so much as a good locking device. It is like playdogh that hardens into a rock like consistancy. It basically can be used to create shim like pices to hold rocks in odd positions. It is also great for holding SPS frags to rocks. It can also be used to plug holes that aptasia live in (a very effective way to kill a few before a problem develops)
For soft corals, use the super glue. Unless they are attached to a rock already, then use the epoxy. Super glue is the best for coral tissue, because that was what it was designed for: to be used in combat situations to close wounds without the need for sutres.
There are a number of types of epoxy that you can get. most are from the LFS. There is the Little fishies brand that comes in 8" of grey or 4" of pink (same price). The pink will fade to white (most likely before the coraline covers it completly) The grey fades but a little less. The pink seems stickier, but it is not sticky enough to really do much in the way of glueing just "shimming". There is also one by Aquarium systems which is green with a white center core. It is the least sticky of them all, but still works. All of these will set you back about 10-15 bucks Locally or less if mail ordered.
I have used a brand from Home Depot that is 1.99 that looks exactly like the aquarium systems product. It is labled underwater epoxy and uses the same or simmalar ingrideints and is listed as non toxic (the others are obviously non toxic). I have used this in my 10 gallon with no problems. If people are interested I will figure out the exact brand.
HTH
Luke
Don't think of Underwater epoxy as glue, so much as a good locking device. It is like playdogh that hardens into a rock like consistancy. It basically can be used to create shim like pices to hold rocks in odd positions. It is also great for holding SPS frags to rocks. It can also be used to plug holes that aptasia live in (a very effective way to kill a few before a problem develops)
For soft corals, use the super glue. Unless they are attached to a rock already, then use the epoxy. Super glue is the best for coral tissue, because that was what it was designed for: to be used in combat situations to close wounds without the need for sutres.
There are a number of types of epoxy that you can get. most are from the LFS. There is the Little fishies brand that comes in 8" of grey or 4" of pink (same price). The pink will fade to white (most likely before the coraline covers it completly) The grey fades but a little less. The pink seems stickier, but it is not sticky enough to really do much in the way of glueing just "shimming". There is also one by Aquarium systems which is green with a white center core. It is the least sticky of them all, but still works. All of these will set you back about 10-15 bucks Locally or less if mail ordered.
I have used a brand from Home Depot that is 1.99 that looks exactly like the aquarium systems product. It is labled underwater epoxy and uses the same or simmalar ingrideints and is listed as non toxic (the others are obviously non toxic). I have used this in my 10 gallon with no problems. If people are interested I will figure out the exact brand.
HTH
Luke
reefnjeff
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will I really don't want to use it for my foundation rock, I was thinking more in the terms of useing it on small rock that has corals attached to it, see I have a bulldozer in my tank known as a emerald crab........lol he has been in my tank for 1 week and has knocked my greenstar over 4 times, mushrooms twice and my redkelp rock over a few times, I thought I had control over the aqua scaping but the crab is taking over. so you think the epoxy for the rock and superglue for use on the exposed fleshy corals, i'm catching on to this hobby.