I'll give that a try, today.
The wrecking crew was out again last night, so I really need to get the frags secured.
Last night, using a flashlight, I discovered another hitchhiker, some sort of crab that was hiding in a crevice in the live rock. All I saw were some ~1" legs backing into the rock - add one more member to the bulldozer dept.
Vic
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Originally Posted by conix67
If you go frag>gel>rock directly under water, it won't stick well. I've used frag>gel>epoxyPUTTY>gel>rock and it has worked very well.
What I do is -
* turn off power heads, or anything that moves water
* get epoxy putty mixed and ready, small amount
* add a drop or few of superglue gel on the frag mount (flat bottom, not those frag rack mount)
* put the putty on the frag where the glue is
* put drops of superglue gel on the putty
* mount the frag>gel>putty>gel onto a rock, firmly press it down
* give it few minutes for gel and epoxy putty to cure
The aquarium safe epoxy putty cures within minutes after mixing, so you want to do this fairly quickly, and one frag at a time.
The idea is to provide best possible contact surface for superglue gel by using still soft epoxy putty. If you use the superglue gel only, it will be very difficult to achieve the same amount of bonding..
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