Frag Question?

[sergiotami]

Alot of my prized frags are outgrowing their plugs, ready to come off rack. Question, what do people do? Do you move them on to a nice piece of rubble for placement on your live rock or is there a piece of rubble u can buy thats predrilled for plug placement?

[koa25]

Why not drill the rock yourself. Just buy a bit that is the size of the frag plug. Drill it and glue it into place. Saves you from future headaches too.

[Mr Cob]

i like to mount the coral with the plug...then when the coral encrusts and grows onto the new rock I remove the plug and do it allover again or trade the plug/coral out for another coral.

[sergiotami]

Have lots of rock rubble, will start drilling nice pieces for frag placement....:)

[Big_Pun]

i cut the post off the plug and epoxy it to rock

[allan]

i cut the post off the plug and epoxy it to rock

+1

And like Rob, I wait till it's over grown and then I trade or sale.

[The_wolfeman]

i cut the post off the plug and epoxy it to rock
Do you remove the entire rock out of your tank to do this? Or am I miss understanding this and youre talking about a frag piece?

[allan]

Not sure about the epoxy, but I apply glue to the plug, and put it into the drink directly to rock.

Carefully avoiding any strong current that can 'blow' the glue out into the water. I only did this once and my fish thought it was food. Took awhile for me to get the glue out of their mouths.

[sergiotami]

Great Advice, Thank You..... Is it me, but my tank is like my furniture, constantly moving rock around and rearranging..... Have buckets full of rock I've removed, dried and set aside for future use....:)

[The_wolfeman]

Thanks for the tip Allen. That fairy dust I picked up from you is growing like a weed lol I too was wondering my next move for it since its outgrown it's plug.

[Big_Pun]

this is what i do exactly i dry off the bottom of the plug add a lil super glue then ball of epoxy then a lil more super glue. i then place it on the rock give it a lil wiggle and hold it there for a min(all pumps on system turned off) after that i let go and leave pumps off an additional 5-10 min. dont be shy and use plenty of epoxy



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8diFizh5R3I&safety_mode=true&persist_safet y_mode=1&safe=active

[The_wolfeman]

Hey thanks Chris very helpful video! I know this isn't my thread but very helpful for anyone with frag anchoring questions.