[Delphinus]

Well, I must say I have learned something new about fragging these last two weeks. My lesson is this: cyanoacrylate gel is vastly more superior for attaching plugs than underwater epoxy. Naturally, it's better because it attaches much better and is easier to work with, which is intuitive, but what may not be intuitive is that it is not always inert.

Don't ask me how I learned this :mad: Suffice it to say, "the hard way." (I now have three frags with exposed skeleton at their bases) :( The frags aren't lost, thank goodness, but it will take quite some time for them to reclaim the areas they've lost (if they do at all).

Just suffice it to say this: If you're scatter-brained like me and misplace your cyanoacrylate gel, just go out and buy some more before attaching a new frag, rather than deciding "oh well this epoxy will have to do instead in the meantime until I find my cyanoacrylate, because it's almost as good." It may be good enough to glue two pieces of rock together, but don't use it to attach a frag.

Funny, the white glue I used before this grey stuff from "Two Little Fishes" never gave me any trouble. But just on an experiment, I took some grey epoxy this week after my little discovery of tissue recession on my frags, and mixed it up. Kept it in my hands. After a few minutes of mixing, this stuff was HOT. So it is definitely reactive, not inert. I might have been better off using bubble gum. Grrr.

[ 21 June 2002, 07:48: Message edited by: delphinus ]