Placing of corals..

[jackiee]

Frustrated that my corals keep dropping. .

Im curious how do you place your corals that you just bought. .

eg zoas that's on a plug, gonio, sps on a plug etc. ..

Do you just place it on the LR, secure it some gaps.. or glue it straight to the LR?

Please advice. .

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[kenyee]

Use BSI glue..can get from AM, madzpet, AA, etc..where I saw @ this 3 LFS..other LFS might have too.. Or get from daiso..the jelly type glue..

[jackiee]

Will it affect the water or does it have any poison??

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[william_choo]

BSI gel is generally safe to be used in marine.i have been using it since day 1 till now.no adverse effect to corals as long as u don accidentally glue it to their flesh.

[veliferium]

BSI Glue, CorAffix by two little fishies are all ethyl cyanoacrylate based and have a gel-like texture. They are all suitable for glueing frags/coral pieces to LR. I think you can't go wrong as long as the glue is cyanoacrylate gel type

[jackiee]

Thanks thanks for all the advice. .

Just apply n straight paste?

Anything to take note?

I have another plasticine kind. . 2 have to mix to 1.. purplish in colour. What's the main function for that? Please advice. .

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[youdontnowm]

Frustrated that my corals keep dropping. .

Im curious how do you place your corals that you just bought. .

eg zoas that's on a plug, gonio, sps on a plug etc. ..

Do you just place it on the LR, secure it some gaps.. or glue it straight to the LR?

Please advice. .

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normally i just placed it on gaps at rocks ( low flow ) and wont drop .

sometimes mine keep dropping like 10 times when the flow is high. super frustrated !

the glue, just apply and place ( hold for 5 seconds or more let it harden awhile first else fly off )

the 2 have to mix 1 is call epoxy ! will make skimmer go crazy one. i prefer glue over epoxy. neater and less messy for me

[veliferium]

Thanks thanks for all the advice. .

Just apply n straight paste?

Anything to take note?

I have another plasticine kind. . 2 have to mix to 1.. purplish in colour. What's the main function for that? Please advice. .

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That's epoxy putty Mix the resin with the hardener and then mash them up and wait for it to set. Apply some moisture to soften it to knead properly..and voila!

Most people sandwich the putty in between the plug and the superglue gel as it provides better grip. I like to do it as well but sometimes I'm just plain lazy so I use a little more gel and apply it directly onto the plug and hold it for about 10-20seconds on the desired location for it to set

[jackiee]

Thanks for the reply again. . Cheers. .

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[hammy]

I used bsi glue to secure. Take out the glue and glue it to wheveever I want. End of story. My problem come with clams ... haha... I dont glue my clam.

[jackiee]

How to take out?

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[37Alpha]

Sometimes I am quite scared to glue on immediately cause not sure if the coral suitable for that location. Sometime location not right it just don open nicely until it is placed at a right spot

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[hammy]

How to take out?Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

Just plug it out. It's like breaking the wooden chopstick feeling. Very easy

[AquaReefer]

Maybe I should start to glue small frag. One of my frag feel to the sand and became swollen and white.

[jackiee]

Maybe I should start to glue small frag. One of my frag feel to the sand and became swollen and white.

I just glued at least 20 frag today. . Is actually pretty simple. You should try. .

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[jackiee]

After I glue up the frags. . It looks neater..

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[SeahSengYong]

My personal opinion is that epoxy is more for heavier and bigger object, while glue works for all other things like small frag or softer coral.

[SeahSengYong]

After I glue up the frags. . It looks neater..Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

Nice frags

[jackiee]

Nice frags

Thanks Bro. .

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[Quas111]

The reef safe Epoxy is super duper smelly, and saying that is simply an understatement. I used some(or tried :S) and it took 20 minutes to set underwater. Best part is when I lifted up the rock to see powder flying everywhere and broken epoxy all over the rocks. Never again...

[brojj]

Epoxy needs at least 3 to 4 hrs to cure & set (depending on the load). 20mins is just not enough.

[Quas111]

Oh ok. I still have some extra epoxy maybe I can test it out snd post here again

[kohanson]

I am using BSI Gel. You just need to put a ball of glue below the frag plug, and quickly place it into the water and hold it there for 20-30 seconds. The glue will turn white once it touches water.