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Old 06-20-2011, 11:02 PM
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Yah I have the blue, grey, white, pink, purple they all stick out but then again in a younger tank it will, Im hoping once the rocks start to colour up and the zoa's start to spreed then it wont be an issue.

I dunno everyone has different needs and preferences and I can see why the putty is better for SPS corals but for softies I use the tried and true glue.
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Old 06-21-2011, 12:11 AM
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Oh yeah, Epoxy Putty wouldn't work on softies at all!
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Old 06-21-2011, 10:16 PM
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Old 06-22-2011, 01:25 AM
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I've been using some stuff i got at OC out here called speed glue. It's a powder you add a bit of water to. took a few times of making it into peanut butter, and it would fall apart in the tank, i found out that adding a bit less water, letting it semi harden, it works GREAT. Corals that i've mounted on this stuff actually encrust on it nearly right away, it doesn't burn the coral stems like epoxy does. I've used it for holding rocks, once it's ahrd it won't break, seems great.

anyways, just another option for you. I've started to love this stuff.
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Old 06-22-2011, 01:49 AM
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if its just the rocks your looking to secure many people have used small acrylic rods or zip ties, just drill some holes and away you go, works good for weird rock scaping and over hangs with large rocks smaller ones ive always used epoxy .for corals you will have to look at other means like mentioned above
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with the Acrylic rod, you mean to use it as a dowel? Drill a hole in each of the peices of LR, then stick the rod into each hole? Anything more to it than that?

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I like to take a hammer to a piece of rock and make some rubble first. I use the pieces that are still small but will lay flat on the table and not tip over. I paper towel dry the rock and the bottom of the frag. Then some crazy glue gel onto the rock and let that set up for maybe a few minutes. Then I use a ball of putty with a blob of glue on each side to adhere the rubble to my rockwork. It's strong, natural looking and I can still pry the thing off if I have to move the coral.
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with the Acrylic rod, you mean to use it as a dowel? Drill a hole in each of the peices of LR, then stick the rod into each hole? Anything more to it than that?

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nope its as easy as that what youll want to do is if your rock is very light or small start with a small bit a work your way up to a larger bit so as not to crack the rock, if its very dense or really large it shouldnt split.use some epoxy on each end of the rods(optional) and insert into the rock....easy way to create unique designs not sure on the size of rod youll want it probably varies depending on the weight but id say 10mm-12mm wouyld work just fine
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