Superglueing Coral Frags

[1entra]

Ive heard of reefers using ordinary superglue to attach small coral frags onto pieces of rock in order to get the to stay in a desired position. Is this practise safe to use in a reef tank or is something better recommended? Also will ordinary superglue hold in salt water?

 

[SkiFletch]

Yes, very safe. You just have to use a lot of it, and its easier to use if its the "Gel" type (not as runny). Superglue (cyanoacrylate) is used by hospitals to seal open wounds that are un-stitchable

 

[1entra]

Thanks for that skifeltch, I just tried it and it really does work well in sticking small frags onto pieices of rock, just be careful not to glue your fingers together like I almost did!

 

[idlefingers]

lol.. or even worse, glue your fingers to your LR!!

I struggled with superglue gel but I think it's because the frag I was trying to attach was a little on the large side and a [large] hermit in the tank was being destructive and pushing it over time and time again!

 

[SkiFletch]

just be careful not to glue your fingers together like I almost did!

Lol yeah there's a reason why hospitals use it to glue skin together

 

[hubbard_shark]

also if u dont wanna use gel, u can take a toothpick and put it through the base of ur coral, and then rubberband the toothpick to the rock. the base of the coral will then form to the rock, and within two weeks or so, u can pull out the toothpick and rubberband cuz it will be stuck to the LR.

ive done it before, and its work very well on leathers and kenya trees.