How do you mount frags?

[kaiser]

I have a toadstool frag and a kenya tree frag that I need to mount on rock. Does superglue gel work on this? I tried the rubberband but I killed my colt frag with that.

[PeeJ]

holdfast? i heard that stuff works pretty good.

[kaiser]

what is it? and where do you get it?

[prof]

Rubberband.

You could also use a piece of string or trap the frag between two rocks. If you can get them to stay put for 3-4 days they should attach themselves to whatever they are next to.

Soft corals are difficult to glue.

[Instar]

Pick a rock that you want the Kenya tree to attach to. Get a study plastic wire tie and another rock. Either slip the wire tie thru the extra rock and use it to hold the Kenya tree down to the place you want it to attach to, or, sit the extra rock on top of the wire tie and use the free end of the wire tie to hold the Kenya tree down. Some people wrap it up in bridal vaile, but, I can not see how that will work in that case.

For the Toadstool, bridal vaile netting or a fishing line will work. Tie it to the rock, with the polyp side up and it will attach to the rock in a few weeks and begin growing an entire new stalk. With the Kenya tree and the fairly stiff wire tie holding it down, it will attach or should attach in 14 days. And be glad it not a colt that you're not trying to attach. Those things are so slippery I can't even hold on to them, let alone figure out how to keep it in one place.

[kaiser]

Well I ended up using zipties on the knya tree and the toadstool frag I just sort of stuck in a crevice of a small piece of rock. Here are some pics.

[MikeP]

Fishing line works really well for me too - can sometimes be hard to anchor it to large solid rock formations though. I generally use 10 - 20lb test, tie a slipknot around the place I want to secure the frag , place frag and tighten knot over it to secure.