Attaching Zoo frags

[axlroh]

I'm a frag newbie; can anyone point me to the right product/procedure to "glue" the tiny piece of live rock to the bigger rocks in my tank. A link to any article would also be helpful.

Just got a batch of small zoanthid frags, all attached to tiny pieces of live rock, each piece the size of a large cornflake.

- I have some Aquastik epoxy (regrettably, this is a base forming putty, not a glue per se). Have a few small tubes of super glue & super glue gel.

-Managed to "smash" in one flake with some zoo polyps to a large flat rock surface with the aquastik. I think gravity plus the existing small crevices are just keeping the flake from falling off really. Not sure if I smashed any of the zoos, ugh.

-Have read a blurb on another forum about "Mr. Sticky's Underwater Glue".

At this point I'll probably end up building a small wall of Aquastik around each live rock "flake" as it sits on the target rock's flat surface.

[Woodstock]

First, be very careful when handling zoanthids as they contain a very strong toxin (palytoxin) that can be deadly. Make sure you don't have any cuts on your hands and wear gloves.

If the frags are mounted on small pieces of rubble, you can simply use super glue gel to mount them on larger rocks. The epoxy is used to attach med-large sized corals onto rock (or rock onto rock). Both cure in or out of water.

[mps9506]

As you have found the epoxy is not a glue. Basically you mush it togther and stick it on your larger rock and mash the rock with your zoo frags into it. It is best to make sure this is not in a path of high current, because it does take a while for the epoxy to totally harden and hold the rock in there.

Super glue gel can be used also. It is worthless on larger rocks however. It is usally used to physically attach actual coral fragments (usually sps frags) to a rock.