norcal99 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I have a nice colony of Eagle Eyes and noticed that a few of the polyps aren't mounted to the rock and are dangling around. I want to mount them onto a piece of rubble and so I guess my question is, can I just glue them directly on to a piece of rubble without any fear the the glue melting the polyps? I usually scrape off a piece of the rock underneath the zoo mat when fraggin so I'm not sure if this placing glue on the polyps will end up melting them. I'm using Krazy Glue Gel btw. Please and thanks! Link to comment
proraptor2 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 You can glue the polyps and they wont melt...Just make sure you use the least amount of glue as possible and make sure to place them into some tank water cause the glue can get hot when curing.. Link to comment
mvite Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Agreed--I used to think that they got burned but haven't had any problems lately by making sure to immerse the frag--IMMEDIATELY--after touching the polyps to the glue. Water will make it harden fast as long as you don't move it around. Let it alone for 5-10 minutes after to be sure and you should be all set. Link to comment
Jon in SW Ohio Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 The advice above is the advice I'd give as well. The only thing I've noticed about gluing polyp to rock is that after a month or two they will sometimes "shed" and come unattached from their mount if they haven't started spreading out yet. Eagle Eyes should spread fast enough it shouldn't be an issue, I only have that problem with slow growing large polyped ones. Jon Link to comment
norcal99 Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 Ahh great thanks for the replies. I'll give it a go later on and might have a few frags of my eagle eyes for sale in a couple weeks after a bit of recovery. I'll report back Link to comment
Deleted User 7 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 What glue do you all use? Link to comment
BrassMonkey030 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 the medical grade glue is supposed to be less toxic. but i use the regular super glue gell and havent had any problems. Link to comment
mahi mahi boy Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 What glue do you all use? Link to comment
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