Nice article Rich!

[sfsuphysics]

Really liked the how to mount frags article you did in Jim's magazine. Learned a few tricks myself as well! For instance never ever even thought of pre-spackling the rock with superglue gel to help it stick. Also putting a piece of rock rubble next to the frag as it nears the edge of the existing one is a brilliant way to make a nice healthy encrusted frag rather than just a stick glued to a rock.

Btw though, I recall Frank (?) when he did his talk on quarantine procedures he mentioned killed a ton of purple monster frags because he used superglue wicked up through the coral structure, is this because it was a liquid glue rather than a gel?

 

[kinetic]

what's Jim's magazine? bookfish has a magazine? NEATO!!

 

[Mr. Ugly]

http://www.reefhobbyistmagazine.com/

The print version is at every LFS in the country

 

[sfsuphysics]

Thanks Norman, I couldn't remember the name of it off hand, and I was too lazy to go to the bathroom to look at it, so Jim's magazine will suffice. Kind of like Jim's Coral that I got at the swap

 

[TimTen]

You should try and get all the issue's, lots of familiar names with some great articles

 

[Thales]

[quote author=sfsuphysics link=topic=2512.msg25889#msg25889 date=1192756661]
Really liked the how to mount frags article you did in Jim's magazine. Learned a few tricks myself as well! For instance never ever even thought of pre-spackling the rock with superglue gel to help it stick. Also putting a piece of rock rubble next to the frag as it nears the edge of the existing one is a brilliant way to make a nice healthy encrusted frag rather than just a stick glued to a rock.

Btw though, I recall Frank (?) when he did his talk on quarantine procedures he mentioned killed a ton of purple monster frags because he used superglue wicked up through the coral structure, is this because it was a liquid glue rather than a gel?

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Thanks Mike!
I don't like liquid super glue for a number of reasons - wicking being at the top of the list.

 

[kinetic]

wow, never even thought of wicking, good thing I've stayed away from it.

 

[iani]

Rich is that PM in the article the same one that I bought from you? haha

 

[Thales]

You betcha!

 

[iani]

I knew it looked familiar.

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Your frag is even more famous now

You get to wave the magazine at people when they ask about the lineage of your PM

 

[iani]

haha, lol. I just noticed last night that a turbo knocked over the frag. Luckily only the very tip of one branch is white. It landed on a duncan, I guess it could be a lot worse. Damm turbo knocked over like 4 frags.

 

[Thales]

I know where you can get another one!

 

[Raddogz]

No way I'm in line next

 

[iani]

haha, mine will be fine. Its only like 1mm of the tip. hahaha.