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Alright, so as some of you may know, I originally had a 29gallon saltwater nano tank to help me get used to maintainance on a saltwater tank. My dad has now purchased a 72gallon bowfront tank and we're planning on a full reef. I've never had corals, but I know that I should start out with soft corals and easy ones that require no target feeding.

Now, since I've never had corals before, I don't know the first thing about attaching them to the rocks in my tank. I know that corals are very sensitive to (I think) PH shock and unstable levels, so I know that drip acclimatization is the best method over a period of atleast an hour. Now, how do I attach the coral to the live rock? Do I just put it in place and hope for the coral to attach itself? Or is there a special way to get the corals in place?
 
A lot of corals you buy at lfs's will be attached to a small chunk of rock already. If that chunk is large enough, you wouldn't necessarily need to attach it other than just placing it in place (all but one of my corals are placed like this). If it doesn't have a decent enough sized rock attached there are a number of options to secure them in place; super glue, epoxy type glues and rubber bands seem to be the most popular methods which I've found. I just tried super glue gel myself a week or two ago and struggled to get it to stick (it does cure underwater, but seemed to take an awful long time to do so). I know other people have had success with super glue so I'm sure it can be done..
 
As idlefingers says most corals come attached to rock

If you get a frag on a small bit of rock you can attach it to your live rock using milliput
 
Alright, so it's a basic aquarium sealant...
 
Milliput is just a general purpose putty that will set/cure underwater. I used to use the stuff eons ago when I was a kid and used to paint those Warhammer models lol.
 
lol ahh alas the old Warhammer toys lol, those were the days.
 

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