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Old 08-20-2013, 12:03 AM
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We like to cut the stem of the frag plug and do a putty glue sandwich to mount all our frags onto the rock work, by the time they fully encrust you can barely notice the frag was on a plug! :-)

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Old 08-20-2013, 12:43 AM
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No, I can still see the plug under the base. Some people even epoxy the concrete chunks that maricultured colonies ship with Usually, once I cut the frag off, I then have a new piece left on the plug that goes into the frag tank. Fresh cut iece then gets epoxied into the structure with a tapered bit of epoxy and ends up looking natural.
Kz speed glue FTW

I drain my tank to mount frags lol
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I drain my tank to mount frags lol
I drain mine enough to catch fish, not draining to mount frags -lol

Epoxy is my fave for mounting, just set and forget.
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I drain mine enough to catch fish, not draining to mount frags -lol

Epoxy is my fave for mounting, just set and forget.
Draining my sps tank involves siphoning from dt until sump is full then half a 5 g pail to get it 1" of water left
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