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mdisalvo55
08/20/2006, 05:34 PM
I want to buy some glue to glue down my new frogspawn but I don't know what kind to buy...anybody???

Ciarán
08/20/2006, 06:45 PM
Cyanoacrylate - i.e. superglue, always does the trick for me!

GMAX
08/20/2006, 08:07 PM
I second that, superglue. Get the gel.

Agu
08/20/2006, 08:41 PM
Cyanocryilate aka super glue won't work with the skeleton of a frogspawn. You want to use an epoxy putty to get a secure bond.

GMAX
08/20/2006, 08:45 PM
DOh! frogspawn? Why not just wedge it in the rocks? Always works for me.

alexk3954
08/20/2006, 09:06 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7978670#post7978670 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Agu
You want to use an epoxy putty to get a secure bond.

I was also wondering how to glue my frogspawn frag to a rock. Could you maybe post a link so I can see exactly what the epoxy putty looks like? I would hate to get the wrong thing and poison my tank.

MSAreef
08/20/2006, 09:35 PM
The 2 part epoxy comes in a stick, green on the outside and white on the inside. You can find it cheaper than your LFS at Home Depot or OSH with all the glues, not in the plumbing department. It will say for marine application on the outside.

Agu
08/20/2006, 10:11 PM
Aquastick at the LFS.

Aquamend or Harvys Epoxy putty at the local hardware store or big box retailer.

They're all basically the same thing.

At Home depot the Harveys is inthe plumbing Dept and the Aquamend is in the adhesives part of the paint dept. I prefer Aquamend.

They're not an adhesive, more like a clay that needs to set up and harden.

energy_crisis
08/20/2006, 10:53 PM
They need to come up with something that is sticky like superglue but has the consistency and ease of use underwater like marine style epoxy.

da colts
08/21/2006, 06:06 AM
i have heard that mr sticky's underwater glue can be used in tanks and it will set up underwater.

MCary
08/21/2006, 09:36 AM
Superglue will only hold for a limited time. It works great on SPS. (If the frag is small enough and you dry the ends). By the time the glue bond breaks the frag should have encrusted and gripped the plug or rock. Some people use it for soft corals, there are better ways. But by the time the glue bond breaks, again the coral has attached. For Frogspawn the skeleton is not going to naturally attach. I have glued frogspawn and hammers with super glue gel and it always eventually breaks. So basically your best bet is epoxy putty as recommended.

Mike