Fraggin corals

[lastlight]

So are you using just a tiny ball of epoxy for some interface with the gel or is the epoxy ball large enough that it wraps around the base of the frag? Do you have a pic of one freshly mounted?

[o.c.d.]

sewing them like a button works as well. Two very small holes in the frag about 1/2inch apart then two more in what ever you are mounting too. then sew them together with spider wire (very small transparent fishing line). Many times I'll use a combination of gluing small rubble in between monti and mounting disk to tighten up the sewing.

[68shelby]

Thank you all, I got my monti. remounted (took two tries) but he is doing well only chipped off along one edge. managed to find a rock I could wedge his previous base into. Wrapped the base in aquascape epoxy and held him in place for a few minutes, then put him back in the tank, Turned off my powerheads so as to not blow him around unneccesarily. He is doing well now.

[Albertan22]

Originally Posted by lastlight

So are you using just a tiny ball of epoxy for some interface with the gel or is the epoxy ball large enough that it wraps around the base of the frag? Do you have a pic of one freshly mounted?

I've done both depending on where I'm mounting the frag on the rock. If it's a flatter surface, a small ball is all that is usually necessary, but for some of those tricky nooks sometimes you need a bit of a bigger ball. The main purpose of the epoxy when using the method I described above is to create an interface between the flat frag plug and the not so flat liverock. Here's an old photo I found of a fresh mount: