我们不知道,如果某种程度上某种方式氰基丙烯酸酯超级胶水对我们的珊瑚礁生活和盐水水族馆有毒,那么礁石会做什么。值得庆幸的是,这并不是因为这种奇迹材料是我们用来建造礁石水族馆的最重要的工具之一,但最重要的是,超级胶水对于我们的碎片和安装珊瑚文化至关重要,用于个人和商业用途。
Gluing corals to new bases, discs, plugs or your reef tank can be pretty straightforward – in the best of circumstances – but despite its apparent simplicity there is some nuance that we’ve developed to our techniques of fastening corals and frags to new substrates or within an established reef aquascape. Many different prodigious coral fraggers have developed some techniques of their own, one popular method is to use and epoxy sandwich with super glue on both sides.
我们从来没有在视频路线图上真正拥有过珊瑚胶合教程,但是在收到有关将珊瑚修复的一些问题之后,我们认为我们可以分享一些最佳实践,以最大程度地成功地将珊瑚保存在一个地方。成功片段胶合的一些基本知识包括具有干净的表面可以粘合,并具有新鲜的超级胶水gelwhich is much better than the runny stuff due to its thicker viscosity and quick set times.
我们喜欢在礁石制造商工作室使用的技术之一包括将胶水浸入珊瑚上,以确保正确接触和粘附,并在将珊瑚放在珊瑚礁岩石和Aquascape上时重复此过程。将珊瑚的胶水覆盖的表面放在岩石上,轻轻提起并重新涂抹珊瑚,进一步有助于激活超级胶水以凝固并确保与水族馆岩石的正确接触。
Another ‘trick’ we like to use when making frags is to apply the glue to the frag plugs or tiles before we even start cutting, giving the glue five to ten minutes to begin curing so once we actually place the coral or frag it sets even faster and stronger. Our final tip for all reefers is to practice gluing corals in your reef tank with bits of rubble or even dead coral branches so that you have the experience and muscle memory when it comes time to glue a real coral or frag into your reef scape.
我们知道,许多经验丰富的礁石可能会发现一些有关如何在更基本的方面粘合珊瑚的信息,但是掌握基础知识的长尾是使礁石水族馆的爱好挑战和有趣的一部分。对于其余的爱好珊瑚礁,我们希望这种有关珊瑚碎片胶合的入门将减少从它们被安装的地方掉落的珊瑚碎片的发生,因为这是避免珊瑚伤害或死亡的最大原因之一。