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How I mount my corals with magnets

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Well after four years of mounting frags on live rock, I finally came up with a better solution. At least for me. Let me know what you think.
First off let me say this is better for me, I never said cheaper. LOL

Mounting corals frags to the live rock never was a pleasant experience. The epoxy putty would either get to hard too quick, or fail to stick to the live rock.
Then I had a idea to use magnets to hold down my corals. That way I could move them to different spots in my tank, whenever the need arose. I could also remove the frag / mini colony to dip for pest too !

I found the products that Ocean Wonders sells works best for me. Any aquarium epoxy and super glue will work, though your mileage may differ.

This is the the ceramic frag magnet they sell.


I first mix some reef safe epoxy and super glue it to the ceramic frag magnet. Then I super glue it to the spot on my live rock I wish to place my coral frag.
Next I super glue my frag to another
ceramic frag magnet and place it on the ceramic magnet already in the tank.

That's it !




I do not use the metal magnet in your tank, Just the ceramic part !

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Updated 01-04-2011 at 11:28 PM by melev

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  1. rarelyseriousb's Avatar
    thats a good idea
  2. agsansoo's Avatar
    Thanks ! As the frags grow, you can rotate their branches away from other corals too.
  3. agsansoo's Avatar
    Here's the link to the supplies.

    http://www.oceanswonders.com/home.html
  4. melev's Avatar
    Pretty neat. So the extra magnets don't get used at all, since they are bare?
  5. agsansoo's Avatar
    That's correct.
  6. melev's Avatar
    Gotta find a use for those other halves. There's got to be something nifty you can do with them. Like secure forceps to the wall near your tank.