So my ricordia yuma has started to drop off frags and I am having a hard time placing them in the tank. I tried super glue gel to a small piece of live rock but they just kept pulling off. I now have them wrapped around the rock using tulle and a rubber band, however, I am afraid this will hurt the coral. I tried to leave the tulle relatively loose but am still unsure if the coral will start to attach to the tulle. I was hoping someone could tell me what an acceptable length of time would be to leave the coral like this. I am having the same problem with a small mushroom frag as well, although it doesn’t seem like I would have as much of a problem with the mush attaching to the tulle as it doesn’t have the small tentacles like the yuma. Also any advice on what to do with Kenya tree frags would be nice as well since last time it released frags I just let them attach where they fell and am not to happy with where they ended up. I would like to be more prepared for when this happens again so I can place them where I want, near the original… I will try to post pics, but this site doesn’t seem to like them from my tablet, lol I’m just technically challenged!
if you can let them settle on the gravel, they will put their foot down on some gravel, then just lightly super glue the gravel to the rock or plug.
I am afraid if I let them hang out on the bottom they will get lost under the rocks as I have two engineer gobies who like to move my sand around alot. I read about the tulle method on another forum and wasnt sure if anyone else had used this approch as it wasnt stated how long to leave the tulle on for. Or if it was even approprite for softies with tenticals like my yuma…
I have a very high flow rate in my tank and if frags aren’t attached to anything, they’re lost forever! So I put rubble rock in a plastic cup and set the frag in that until it attaches to a piece of rock. Seems to work for me.
get a small margarine cup or tupper ware put some sand in it drill couple small holes in sides and put some kinda netting over the top then it not going know were
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get a small margarine cup or tupper ware put some sand in it drill couple small holes in sides and put some kinda netting over the top then it not going know were[/quote]
i’ve done that, and it works well… followed it up with what Ken said
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if you can let them settle on the gravel, they will put their foot down on some gravel, then just lightly super glue the gravel to the rock or plug. [/quote]
Yuma won’t attach from the top, only the bottom so they shouldn’t have an issue with the tulle (or netting for us guys :
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The way you have it will work, the other ideas mentioned will work as well. Superglue doesn’t work well with mushrooms (or most softies) because they slime and the slime prevents them from sticking to the glue.
As far as the kenya tree. I’d suggest picking up the frags when they fall, drop them in a corner somewhere, prefferably a lfs so they don’t drop additional babies in your tank ;D
If you’re sure you want to keep them then the same mounting methods mentioned for your yuma will work for them. Although they are slightly easier to glue, especially after you pick them up from the sand bed.
Thanks for all the help, I’m thinking leave these they way I have them so I don’t stress them out more. However I stopped into Fish Bowl today and got a few pieces of rubble rock so I can try the bin with sand idea next. I have a few bins with holes already that I use when I move, so I won’t have to ruin any more, lol. As for the Kenya I want to keep a few more to put next to my big one, then after that they will most certainly be going somewhere else. It is one of my favs though, gives a nice “living” feel to the tank… I think I’m a softie for softies! lOl