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Old 01-12-2009, 05:05 AM
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i'm curious about this as well.. What brand is best to use for superglue?
(sorry for piggy-backing your thread, but we're both looking for the same answer)
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Old 01-12-2009, 05:21 AM
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Sorry, I doubt laarge rocks will hold together with epoxy or glue. zip ties or rods are the best way to secure rocks.
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Old 01-12-2009, 05:22 AM
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any brand is fine just make sure to use gel type superglue
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Old 01-12-2009, 05:41 AM
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to hold large rocks together I would use acrylic rods.

to glue frags use super glue gel of any make as long as it's gel, I like using the loctite brand.

also the active ingriedient in the gel is called cyanoacrylate dunno if I spelt it correct but as long as it has this as the main ingriedient it's reef safe.
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Old 01-12-2009, 06:31 AM
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Well, then its zip ties and pvc plumbing pipe. Going to play around with it tomorrow. Thanks
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So...no one actually ansered the original question. Is there a "generic" 2-part epoxy that is reef safe? I'm building my rock scape soon here, and have already bought some acrylic rod, but I will end up using quite a bit of epoxy as well to help secure the rocks. I haven't tried zip ties before, but I wouldn't mind using zip ties too, but I'm not sure how you guys hide them? At least the acrylic rods are cheap!
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Old 05-20-2009, 05:18 AM
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My rock work is done with PVC and zip ties and after a few months the zip ties no longer show. Make sure you use the black zip ties.

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So...no one actually ansered the original question. Is there a "generic" 2-part epoxy that is reef safe? I'm building my rock scape soon here, and have already bought some acrylic rod, but I will end up using quite a bit of epoxy as well to help secure the rocks. I haven't tried zip ties before, but I wouldn't mind using zip ties too, but I'm not sure how you guys hide them? At least the acrylic rods are cheap!
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Old 05-20-2009, 05:20 AM
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I'm sure no one else would see the zip ties after awhile, but I know I would, and that would drive me nuts!!
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This thread made me decide its a good idea to spend a few extra bucks buying a reef safe epoxy. Not worth the risk for me.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=52452
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