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Poor Boy
Mon, 5th May 2014, 07:44 PM
i have a small leather toadstool thats attached to a small rock, thanks to 350gt, and im trying to keep it at a higher point. thing is, the rock wont sit still. if i could glue it that would be great.

aceer15
Mon, 5th May 2014, 07:48 PM
A pic may help us with some positioning ideas


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Divan_24
Mon, 5th May 2014, 07:59 PM
You could use some epoxy

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350gt
Mon, 5th May 2014, 08:00 PM
Loctite gel glue

Poor Boy
Mon, 5th May 2014, 08:06 PM
ill check em out tomorrow. thanks.

heres a quick pic.

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not really sure where else i could put it...

jcnkt_ellis
Mon, 5th May 2014, 08:08 PM
Loctite gel glue

+1 and a lot of it. It will form a protective skin around the glue glob so you have to make sure you press down well and give it a slight twist

FireWater
Mon, 5th May 2014, 08:19 PM
Yep to the above.

A bunch of the Loctite gel on the frag rock, I dip it in the water for a second and pull it out, give it a couple to several seconds for it to form a film, and then put it where you want with a twisting motion. You can feel it start to grab when twisting it.

ramsey
Tue, 6th May 2014, 02:50 AM
I agree to use superglue gel but I stopped buying loctite because it's expensive. Seachem came out with a super glue that I've been using lately and it's decent for the money.

rocketeer
Thu, 8th May 2014, 09:47 AM
I've been remodeling too much. All I can think of is a nail gun.

Jack

350gt
Thu, 8th May 2014, 01:36 PM
I just glued a small blue hornet frag yesterday... I was worried as i have lost many frags within the years from them falling off the rocks..

I used loctite super gel

Place glue on the frag and let it sit upside down for a few minutes(glue side up) on a napkin... No wetting before placing like most do....

Then quickly pushing in place and holding for a few seconds, then twisting and holding for a minute... I also had my mp40 off on that side of the tank...

Works every time!

I left my mp40 off for the rest of the day...

Poor Boy
Thu, 8th May 2014, 02:06 PM
I'm picking up some t5s tonight. My coral should really take off from there.

Poor Boy
Thu, 8th May 2014, 02:07 PM
Wrong thread....