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07-18-2007, 03:28 AM
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Is anyone else's epoxy boyant?
I crammed my stuff into the rock as much as I could, and later it kind of just floated off. Very odd.... 
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07-18-2007, 03:37 AM
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The stuff never works for me. I've had entire colonys held in place for 6-8 months they the epoxy fails with no outside influence and crash.
I now use epoxy to hold the frag then I use some of OA's super glue to glue the epoxy to the rock. Works very well J
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07-18-2007, 03:45 AM
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Jason,
So your saying you superglue the frag to the rock, then pack or epoxy around it? Or are you saying that you epoxy the frag, then superglue the epoxy to the rock with superglue? Can cyanoacrylate (sp?) be used underwater? I feel funny admitting that I've never epoxied, or glued frags to actual rock, other then rubble...
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07-18-2007, 04:13 AM
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i also use superglue gel, after a short amount of time the frag will actually grow onto the rock and make it a much more permanent attachment. as for the epoxy, i tend to heat it up under hot tap water and knead it with my fingers till it's nice and soft...hot water help make it more pliable. same thing with epoxy too though, eventually if all goes well the coral will encrust over the epoxy and onto the rock. good luck!
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07-18-2007, 04:19 AM
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I use epoxy to mold the frag so that it will fit were I want it. then add super glue to the epoxy to hold it in the rock. I do squish it so both the epoxy and the super glue are "glueing" the frag to the rock
J
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07-18-2007, 04:33 AM
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So when you guys use superglue how do you go about it? A step by step guide would be nice if you don't mind.
Normally I pull the frag out of the water, put it in a dish of tank water. Then I glue it to a peice of rubble, and after that I put it all back in the tank. I've never actually glued anything in the actual tank.
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07-18-2007, 04:36 AM
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Yeah, my epoxy kinda sucks, too. I've been considering going the superglue route, but like you....not quite sure how you do it directly in the tank.
*following along*
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07-18-2007, 06:36 AM
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Im not to crazy about marineland because I dont think her stuff is the best.
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