Securing corals

[mike ling]

My tank is only about half a year old so the coral in it are all comparatively new. I do have quite a few corals, thanks to the generosity of a friend. I was able to use super glue and tooth pick to secure all these corals that my friend gave except for the Colt coral (about 1 to 1.5 inches in height). I have even tried applying super glue on the toothpick before piecing it. It always sticks for a day or two and then it’s time to play hide and seek in the tank again. About a week ago I though I finally found the solution -> use a rubber band to secure them both. Well, it worked for about 6 days, today both were gone again. Both managed to slip out of the rubber band that is still in tact ! This time I only managed to find one of the two in our game of hide and seek in the tank.

Are all super glues created equal ?
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to secure the Colt ?
Would it be bad for the tank if I can't find the 2nd Colt ? I am assuming here that it may rot and create problems with the water chemistry.

[tendar]

Colts are problaby the hardest coral to get to attach.
The best thing I have heard on these guys it to get some small rock rubble or crushed coral and 3-5" piece of clear tup bigger than your frag. Place some crushed coral or rubble in the bottom of the tub with the tub standing up and open on top. Then drop in the colt and as along as the colt doesnt get blown out of the tube from curents it will sooner or latter attach to the rubble or CC then just supper glue from there to where you want it.
As for the missing piece it will be fine .