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I have used lots of different brands of glue and IC-gel is by far the best glue I have used. I buy larger 20g tubes on eBay for cheap and it lasts a long time. It also comes with an extra tip in case you forget to put the cap on and it plugs off.

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Im thinking about trying some of this IC gel. I have always used superglue gel. Im starting to get sick of it though. I noticed it gets brittle over time then my turbo snails knock the frags off. Does this stuff stay strong? How big is a tube compared to a tube of dollar store super glue?
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Confused ?
The idea of gluing frags is to use just a little so that the coral grows around it and cements itself to the rock in a few weeks. A small dab just enough to cover the bottom of the cut is what I use.

I also avoid Turbo Snails. Wink

If it's Euphyllia (frogspawn and it's cousin varieties) and I can't find a nice hole that will hold the stalk, then I may use epoxy with a sand coating to make it look more natural.
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Well alot of the frags I have are encrusted on small pieces of live rock or on frag plugs. I usually just glue that to my bigger rocks. I am not sure if u are aware but it takes a really long time for them to encrust the small rock completely and then onto the larger rock. During that time is when it gets knocked off. However I really like turbo snails they hunt for food all day and night. As always Mark I dont know where I would be without your "expert" opinion. Im sure I would be completely lost.....

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Oh sorry, I didn't realize you were speaking of gluing plug-to-rock or rock-to-rock. That makes sense.
Personally, that's the situation where I would use the more permanent epoxy instead of superglue. To avoid that altogether, half the time I attach frags to fist sized pieces of Utah Rock. The coral stays in place a lot better and can get quite large. Smile
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