Glue or Bonding Corals?

reinert · 2024-09-27T04:22:05-0400

Does anyone have a recommendation for setting the corals in place? I have one area of rock that will not hold corals with the bonding agent my LFS gave me. I lost one grass looking coral because it would not stay and kept getting knocked down my the hermit crad or the giant snail. Now I have another in that area and the green&white bonding stick stuff seems to only work on that side for a few short days then it stops bonding and the coral gets knocked down. I don't want to lose another coral due to stress. Any suggestions would be wonderful. Thank you.

NE reefer · 2024-09-27T04:50:17-0400

Gel super glue. It must be gel and contain cyanoacrylate. Dollar store is the best place to find it.

Good luck

reinert · 2024-09-27T05:25:58-0400

Thank you

eliaslikesfish · 2024-09-27T06:59:31-0400

seachem reef glue. never failed me and it’s at pretty much every LFS and petco/petsmart.

reinert · 2024-09-27T07:25:35-0400

eliaslikesfish said:
seachem reef glue. never failed me and it’s at pretty much every LFS and petco/petsmart.

Thank you. I will try this.

eliaslikesfish · 2024-09-27T07:35:34-0400

reinert said:
Thank you. I will try this.

i doordashed some from petco last time i needed it lol

Bruttall · 2024-09-27T08:03:58-0400

cyanoacrylate gel adhesive is what you want. Gel Superglue. There are a lot of different prices available, Gorilla products seem the most expensive with Seachem running a very close second place. I have used this brand, it works great. I use this to glue Coral and Frags to the rockwork in my tank. Even used Gel to glue the rock work together when I built my reef.

Another trick for bonding Coral Rock is to get some un-used cigarette filters and thin Cyanoacrylate Glue, you shred the filter and then place it between the 2 rocks you want to bond and soak the filter with glue. Wait 10 seconds and you have a Fiber re-enforced bond. I used RAW brand natural unrefined cotton filters.

reinert · 2024-09-27T16:59:50-0400

Bruttall said:
cyanoacrylate gel adhesive is what you want. Gel Superglue. There are a lot of different prices available, Gorilla products seem the most expensive with Seachem running a very close second place. I have used this brand, it works great. I use this to glue Coral and Frags to the rockwork in my tank. Even used Gel to glue the rock work together when I built my reef.

Another trick for bonding Coral Rock is to get some un-used cigarette filters and thin Cyanoacrylate Glue, you shred the filter and then place it between the 2 rocks you want to bond and soak the filter with glue. Wait 10 seconds and you have a Fiber re-enforced bond. I used RAW brand natural unrefined cotton filters.

Thank you so much!