attaching corals

[freckles]

What's the best way to attach a toadstool leather to a piece of rubble?

[Crakeur]

hammer and nails.

 

I have heard that rubberbands work well with leathers but they take a very long time to attach themselves so be patient.

[Fishiebusiness]

I just made a frag of my leather last week. I tied the piece onto a rock with a cotton string and it attached in two days.

[tinyreef]

i've used rubber bands and the frags attached within 2 or 3 days. sometimes there's not enough to 'rubber band'.

 

then i just place it on top of a rock or chip and put in within a pvc coupling to limit water currents from blowing it off. it also (kinda) keeps the cleanup crews from messing with it. you can then bond the chip w/ the frag onto another rock.

[freckles]

Can they be the kind that the fish stores use to close bags up with? Or do they have to be thinner than that?

[HuBu]

it just depends, if the rubber band is thiner and you tie it really tight, it would cut into the leather. you might just want to get a thick rubber band and tie it, with some pressure so it will attach. dont try the tooth pick method or super glueing it.

[Mr_Spam]

I prefer natrual methods. placing the coral in a lower flow area and setting it ontop of the rubble in which you want it to attach to. It will grow onto the rubble in a week to 2 weeks depending on water conditions.

[jjharrisx4]

Some people use superglue. It depends on the sliminess of the leather coral. I'd just wedge it gently between two rocks and go from there.

[Guest LudavicoTechnique]

Just place it in a nice spot and it will attatch itself. Glueing is not enouraged and seems to make the tank feel very fake.

[Sahin]

They should just attach themselves. My leather coral attached itself within two days on being placed in a corner with low flow and minimal disturbance.