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Old 08/18/2007, 01:06 AM
Bernie21 Bernie21 is offline
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Glue for rocks??

I want to glue some rocks together, but I dont want poison my livestock. Any sugestions.I first tried Silicon I purchased from my LFS, but that didt bond w the rocks. I now bought super glue gel & it works, has my rocks bonded, but am afraid to introduce it to my tank.
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Old 08/18/2007, 01:28 AM
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100% pure cyanoacrylate is super glue gel that will not harm your inhabitants.
if the rock youve already glued has been out of water and is dry, it is now dead rock and will have to cycle again before entering your display tank.
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Old 08/18/2007, 10:02 PM
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If the rock is still out of the tank and dry, try Gorilla glue. I used it on some Marco rock before curing. The rock would break before joint would. Had it in my tank for over a year.
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Old 08/19/2007, 12:13 AM
Illuminati Illuminati is offline
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Aquamend epoxy, Home Depot in the paint isle. I use it to epoxy a ton of stuff in my tank, rock, corals, 100% tank safe.
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Old 08/19/2007, 08:14 AM
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Originally posted by colinadam
Aquamend epoxy, Home Depot in the paint isle. I use it to epoxy a ton of stuff in my tank, rock, corals, 100% tank safe.
what color is it when it dries in the tank? when you say you use it for corals is it just to attach the piece of rubble that the coral comes on to another a piece of rock or do you use it directly on the corals?
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Old 08/19/2007, 01:30 PM
Illuminati Illuminati is offline
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It dries white but algae will cover it in time.

It can't be applied directly to softies but it does hold rubble/stonies

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Old 09/10/2007, 04:29 PM
dreboogie dreboogie is offline
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I've heard from a lot of people about super glue gel, if you want a super glue that you can be sure won't harm the tank you can order some from DR fosters and smith
 


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