Quick Question about attaching Zoas to rock

[llovsbarbie]

So after our move and sand be turned over I discovered three tiny zoas growing on the sand that I have never seen before. I have never fragged or attached corals to rock so really dont know if I should just leave them since they are so small and growing on the sand or scoop em up...

 

[Krish]

I've always just attached mine to rocks with super glue. I don't run sand beds in my tanks, but if I did, I highly doubt I'd want zoanthids growing on it. Make sure and wear gloves to be safe. They can be very toxic/poisonous.


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[mfinn]

Just be sure a use superglue gel.
Pull them out of the tank, find a small piece of live rock, dab it dry with a paper towel, do the same with the polyp ends ( opposite of the head). Add a small amount of super glue and push the polyps into it. I like to have a small bowel of tank water on hand to set the new frags into. This will cause the surface of the glue to harden and hold the polyps.
Put them in the tank in a lower flow area for a day or two and it should be good.

Do you have other zoanthid frags/colonies in your tank?

 

[llovsbarbie]

Thanks. I did it and pretty proud of myself. It is three tiny ones and I have no clue where they came from because they dont look like my others. All three were attached to one thing of sand which I glued to a small piece of rock. I do have other frags and colonies. I just have never done it my self. Thanks again!!

 

[returnofsid]

Congrats!! You just mounted your first Zoanthid frags!!

 

[Will]

I find Loctite gel to be the best :rockon:

 

[Raamiah]

When they open up it would be great to see some pics of these hardy guys.

 

[1guydude]

loctite? Seriously? huh never tried that Congrats on ur 1st frag/fragging!

 

[josh88]

? Wouldn't super glue put bad chemicals in your aquarium especially with the saltwater

HTC EVO

 

[Krish]

? Wouldn't super glue put bad chemicals in your aquarium especially with the saltwater

HTC EVO

Apparently not because a lot of people do this all of the time.

 

[josh88]

Sounds great to me, but I'd want to get gel based super glue

HTC EVO

 

[Tablesawed]

I've seen the aquarium safe epoxy putty tubes would they work as well or be safer than superglue?

 

[mfinn]

Superglue is very safe and works much faster than a putty and is easier to work with.

 

[Tablesawed]

Thanks

Thanks alot. I was just worried about the glue out gassing and my fish needing a ainkiller:. Wikapedia lists CA as safe for tanks under USES, third paragraph. Lots to learn, I've been doing freshwater for decades, then I thought "why not saltwater?" There is defiantly a learning curve.

 

[mfinn]

Thanks alot. I was just worried about the glue out gassing

I always did any fragging and glueing outside the tank, them placing them in a separate container ( bowl) of tank water. Let them sit for a minute or two, before putting them back in the tank.

 

[karousel21]

That sounds like a great plan, setting out the tank water to cure the superglue. I posted this for my 5th post to finally view links, tag your thread is it!