Using Super Glue on GSP?

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  1. leighton1245

    leighton1245 Horrid Stonefish

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    I got a rather large piece of GSP from a member on here and glued it to my back glass. Has anyone else done that before and if not do you think it will be okay i used two little fishes coral affix glue. Thanks as always for any help. :)
     
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  2. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    a number of people have done similar Leighton so your GSP should be fine

    I used to superglue to mat to pieces of rock and it was always fine
    and I believe Peredhil glued some to the back of his tank and it has grown like crazy since

    Steve
     
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  3. leighton1245

    leighton1245 Horrid Stonefish

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    Sweet thanks Steve ill have to take a pic of the piece tonight its about the size of my hand.
     
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  4. Aaron.Herk

    Aaron.Herk Sea Dragon

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    I have also super glue the GSP to a small magnet and then used that on the glass. This makes it relatively easy to relocate or remove. All you need is a razorblade to get the growth off the glass.
     
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    K3rack Peppermint Shrimp

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    Im going to invest in a light saber to get my GSP off my rocks. sigh
     
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  6. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Add putting GSP on the back wall to my list of thing I wish I had not done. Pass the light saber please.
     
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  7. PetMother

    PetMother Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    I glued mine to a rock and placed it in the sand bed (hopefully it stays on its island). Its starting to get new growth now =D The super glue didn't hurt it.
     
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  8. gazog

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    out of curiosity why? its so much easier to control there than it is on the rocks. I just tanks a razor and cut it then put the razor under it and peel away!

    Mine used to reach 1/2 way across the tank but I had some problems and allot of it died of. So I just cut it off and its starting again.
     
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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !

    Well gazog two reasons,

    With the current tank set up with the sps I think a solid black back would look better. I not a fussy person when it comes to my tank but I would like the acropora to look good against the back round.

    The second reason is that I have heard that it may have some negative affect on sps ( myth) I have no clue. I did try and remove using your method and became very worried about the slime it was releasing into the tank.

    To resolve the problem, in the future I am going to empty the tank, scrape the back, throughly rinse the tank with SW. Easy to do with a nano, probably a nightmare in a larger system.
     
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