Xenia

[jahel318]

Can you glue Xenia directly to live rock in a display tank using cyanoacrylate adhesive? They seem too soft like a jellyfish. A friend gave me 5 stalks and the youtube videos I've seen shows people tying the stalks down to a small piece of rock and then placing them in the tank. I'd prefer to anchor them down directly to the liverock instead. Any tips??

 

[ErinCahir]

Yup. Tie them, rubberband them or use a needle and thread and sew them onto a rock. Glue won't work, they're too slimey.

 

[MitchReef]

and after they snot like a tuberculosis hospital with the flu don't be disappointed about how much smaller they are....it will come back....

I always put each piece in a shotglass with a few pieces of rubble, cover with wedding veil fabric and put it in relatively low flow...after it attaches to a piece of rubble you can glue the rubble where ever you want it....

 

[MitchReef]

no offence to anybody with the flu and tuberculosis.....purely a figure of speech.....:confused:

 

[RockStacker]

For soft corals, you would have better success with MitchReef's suggestion.
Glue is almost impossible with soft corals.

And rubber bands/fishing lines are iffy. I have tried that on several softies and they either managed to wiggle out (not tight enough) or they ended up splitting (too tight).