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hey. I am putting corals into my aquarium for the first time (they have been in there for about 2 weeks) ... fuzzy mushroom, reg mushroom, zooanthoids (sp?) and acropora (sp?) two types.
anyway i have been doing a ton of reading on fragging because one of my acropora corals is big enough to frag thankfully. but I wasnt going to do it for a while since they are still adjusting to my aquarium. but unfortunatley I knocked one with my magnafloat....algae scraper and broke off to pieces.. both over an inch. my question is ... how long can they be out of water asking because of the glue set up time. I ahve gotten them back into the water though the glue was not completely set I had them out maybe 5 minutes tops but am curious for future reference on when I should worry if the glue is not setting. I have marine grade superglue gel type so it is thick.

thanks
 
hey. I am putting corals into my aquarium for the first time (they have been in there for about 2 weeks) ... fuzzy mushroom, reg mushroom, zooanthoids (sp?) and acropora (sp?) two types.
anyway i have been doing a ton of reading on fragging because one of my acropora corals is big enough to frag thankfully. but I wasnt going to do it for a while since they are still adjusting to my aquarium. but unfortunatley I knocked one with my magnafloat....algae scraper and broke off to pieces.. both over an inch. my question is ... how long can they be out of water asking because of the glue set up time. I ahve gotten them back into the water though the glue was not completely set I had them out maybe 5 minutes tops but am curious for future reference on when I should worry if the glue is not setting. I have marine grade superglue gel type so it is thick.

thanks

Each coral is different of course, but MOST species of acropora shouldn't have too much of a problem with 15-30 mins out of water so long as they stay damp and you don't manhandle them... Some species will slime up like crazy but that's OK/normal
 

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