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Old 11-15-2003, 02:19 AM
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I have a bit of experience with the epoxy and I would recommend removing algae from the desired location and finding a nice little cleft or hole in the rock. If the frag isn't already on a rock I normally place the epoxy on the rock, smooth the edges onto the rock, and then position the frag in the epoxy. If the frag is already on a piece of rubble, it seems to work well the other way. Whatever the case, you want to make sure you have something for the epoxy to grab onto, a little patch of roughness or whatnot. Otherwise I find that the hold is rather tenuous. I would also use the least amount of epoxy possible, for the average frag, a piece a bit smaller than a marble seems to work well. I've had problems with my skimmer going nuts when I put frags down in the past as well. I find that crazy glue is a better fixative agent but is a bit tougher to work with. I have used it in the past for small pieces of M. capricornis, as it will hold anything whereas the epoxy, as noted, requires a rough bonding surface.
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