Glue

[squirt_12]

What kind of glue do you use for when fragging coral? I am not sure what you need in order to glue it to a plug of-some-sort or a piece of rubble. What do you use / reccomend?

[ILuvMyGoldBarb]

There is a Gel Super Glue that most people use. I don't remember exactly what brand it is. If you google for "Coral Fragging Kit" you should be able to find the answer. What kind of coral are you trying to frag? If it's a soft coral, the glue isn't particularly effective.

[squirt_12]

There is a Gel Super Glue that most people use. I don't remember exactly what brand it is. If you google for "Coral Fragging Kit" you should be able to find the answer. What kind of coral are you trying to frag? If it's a soft coral, the glue isn't particularly effective.
Well I have a green hairy mushroom which just recently split by itself into 3 mushrooms. They are all really close to each other and one is almost completly over top of the other one and it it disturbing it and not allowing it to open. So, I want to be able to move it to a different location on a little piece of rock, or plug, so that it can open up and grow.

[ILuvMyGoldBarb]

The glue is not likely to do much. The mushrooms may very well let go. Glue is really only effective on stoney corals.

[squirt_12]

Ok. Is there a way that I can get the coral out of there and move it to a different location?

[ILuvMyGoldBarb]

Sure. If you have an area of lower flow, then place the mushroom frags on a small piece of LR and place the frag and the rock together in that area, in a day or 2 the mushrooms should be attached.

[cocoa_pleco]

theres a special glue for it, you can get it off of ebay. most saltwater stores and big als sell it too

[squirt_12]

Sure. If you have an area of lower flow, then place the mushroom frags on a small piece of LR and place the frag and the rock together in that area, in a day or 2 the mushrooms should be attached.
Ok, but how does the frag stay on the piece of rock without flying off? I know it will be in a lower area of flow but wont it still move and stuff?

[cocoa_pleco]

you can tie it to the rock with a small elastic, and like GB said in a couple of days the coral will naturally attatch itself. in my 55g, a few heads of my anthelia will fly off and they attatch to the other side of the tank

[squirt_12]

you can tie it to the rock with a small elastic, and like GB said in a couple of days the coral will naturally attatch itself. in my 55g, a few heads of my anthelia will fly off and they attatch to the other side of the tank
True, but the little piece is about the size of a dime to a penny.

[unleashed]

or you can use a rubber band. I use these when fragging any type of soft coral...

[squirt_12]

Thanks everyone. Now I have another question. The rubble rock that I have, it has never been in the tank and I don't have any rubble rock at all in the tank. SO....if I were to add a piece of dry rubble rock, in which the coral would be on, would that cause the water perameters (sp?) change at all? This is a smaller tank too.

[ILuvMyGoldBarb]

No, it really shouldn't have any effect on your water parameters at all. I wouldn't add a ton of it all at once, but if you just need to attach 2 mushroom frags then you can simply add 2 small pieces of rubble rock to the tank.

[squirt_12]

No, it really shouldn't have any effect on your water parameters at all. I wouldn't add a ton of it all at once, but if you just need to attach 2 mushroom frags then you can simply add 2 small pieces of rubble rock to the tank.
Sounds good. The rubble rock would be just a little bit bigger than the actual coral. So not too big.

[squirt_12]

I know you guys said it would take a couple of days for the coral to attach to the rubble rock but, how can I tell that it has attached? I think it would be pretty hard to tell with an elastic band holding it down.

[Halelorf]

For one of my mushrooms I didn't tie it down or glue it to rocks, I just put it in a low flow area of the tank with rubble rock all over the bottom. It took it about 3 days but then it attached on it's own. I would give the coral atleast a week or two to firmly attach before moving just to make sure you don't have to start all over again. They do attach very quickly though, I would say in as little as a day or maybe even hours.