Super Glue or marine glue

TjStein · 06/26/2009, 05:20 AM

what is the differance in gluing frags to coral.
Thanks

atwinparadox2 · 06/26/2009, 06:09 AM

well you glue frags to rocks not to coral itself. A frag is a coral.

Many people use super glue gel to directly glue a coral frag to a rock. If your frag already comes on a rock you can always use a marine epoxy to secure it to a rock. usually they come in a two part solution where you mixed the too colors together and you get a gummy putty that you secure to the rock and the frag.

TjStein · 06/26/2009, 06:41 AM

thanks I have some frags that I want to secure to rock .I have disruptive crabs that like to knock things over at night.

Tylt33 · 06/26/2009, 07:09 AM

Super glue is easier to hide imo. I use it as much as possible over epoxy.

der_wille_zur_macht · 06/26/2009, 07:17 AM

Super glue is quicker and easier too, IMHO. Epoxy is great when you need to fill big gaps and make something big (i.e. gluing a stack of live rock together) but for frags, superglue rules IMHO.

snorvich · 06/26/2009, 10:31 AM

I agree. For me the best approach is to glue a frag to rock rubble using superglue (in my case IC Gel) and then epoxy using aquamend (home depot) the rock rubble to my live rock.

06/26/2009, 05:20 AM	#1
TjStein Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Medina Ohio Posts: 47	Super Glue or marine glue what is the differance in gluing frags to coral. Thanks

06/26/2009, 06:09 AM	#2
atwinparadox2 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kingston, PA Posts: 782	well you glue frags to rocks not to coral itself. A frag is a coral. Many people use super glue gel to directly glue a coral frag to a rock. If your frag already comes on a rock you can always use a marine epoxy to secure it to a rock. usually they come in a two part solution where you mixed the too colors together and you get a gummy putty that you secure to the rock and the frag. __________________ \| begin each day as if it were on purpose \| when in doubt, remove all doubt \| Current Tank Info: \| 90 Gallon Main display, 2/175 MH, 2 actinic, 20 sump w/20 fuge, about to dabble with a algae scrub screen \|\| 75 in the works \|\|

06/26/2009, 07:17 AM	#5
der_wille_zur_macht Team RC Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NY Posts: 17,749	Super glue is quicker and easier too, IMHO. Epoxy is great when you need to fill big gaps and make something big (i.e. gluing a stack of live rock together) but for frags, superglue rules IMHO. __________________ Inconveniencing marine life since 1992 "It is my personal belief that reef aquaria should be thriving communities of biodiversity, representative of their wild counterparts, and not merely collections of pretty specimens growing on tidy clean rock shelves covered in purple coralline algae." (Eric Borneman)

06/26/2009, 10:31 AM	#6
snorvich Team RC member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Outlander Posts: 40,953 Blog Entries: 46	I agree. For me the best approach is to glue a frag to rock rubble using superglue (in my case IC Gel) and then epoxy using aquamend (home depot) the rock rubble to my live rock. __________________ Warmest regards, ~Steve~

06/26/2009, 06:41 AM	#3
TjStein Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Medina Ohio Posts: 47	thanks I have some frags that I want to secure to rock .I have disruptive crabs that like to knock things over at night.

06/26/2009, 07:09 AM	#4
Tylt33 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chico, California Posts: 1,755	Super glue is easier to hide imo. I use it as much as possible over epoxy.