in tank accident leads to fraggers finger

[picoreefguy]

so i was selling a few frags out of my tank yesterday and ended up knocking over 5 diffrent corals in the process and since i ran out of glue i had to wait till today to get some more and glue them down. in the process of glueing my green digi colony that i have been growing out for years i broke it in half trying to put enough pressure on it to get the glue to really spread out and sink in to the crevices on the rock. then i broke 3 more frags off the bigger peice trying to glue it down. anyway now i have 2 colonys and several frags and 6 fingers on two hands covered in glue. too bad i cant make the auction it would be great to be able to make some money off of some of these frags lol

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[donnadtinsley]

Finger nail polish remover will clean those right up.

 

[bluespot]

Lol! I can sympathize. Looks like my hands a few months ago working with my digi. The more I tried to fix the more I broke. The more I broke the more frags I had to mount. The more frags I made the more glue I had on my fingers! Nail polish remover or acetone will clean you right up. Use some lotion on your hands after getting the glue off and washing your hands. They both strip oil from the skin. Good luck with your new frags. In a way, I am glad I am not the only one this happens to.

 

[shanepike]

Happens to me every. Single. Time.

 

[donnadtinsley]

BlueSpot;895204 wrote: Lol! I can sympathize. Looks like my hands a few months ago working with my digi. The more I tried to fix the more I broke. The more I broke the more frags I had to mount. The more frags I made the more glue I had on my fingers! Nail polish remover or acetone will clean you right up. Use some lotion on your hands after getting the glue off and washing your hands. They both strip oil from the skin. Good luck with your new frags. In a way, I am glad I am not the only one this happens to.

Hey Buddy!
I always wear gloves when I use super glue. I can NEVER manage to not get it every where. I totally think its a conspiracy. They only put like 1/2 tsp in those same things and I get most of that on myself. LOL

 

[acroholic]

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Are those fingers or flesh colored sausages? Extreme closeup!!

 

[falos]

this may helpin the future put a glob of glue on the frag wen you put the frag on the rock twist it a little to break the milky white bubble and just holdit there for 15sec no force is neaded

 

[rdnelson]

Did I hear someone say free frags????



I am going on a cruise.....on my lawnmower around my yard.

 

[picoreefguy]

Acroholic;895219 wrote:

Are those fingers or flesh colored sausages? Extreme closeup!!

dang it i hoped no one would notice. i lost my fingers in a fragging accident a few years back and have been useing sausages as finger proxys cause im too poor for prosthetics lol

falos;895224 wrote: this may helpin the future put a glob of glue on the frag wen you put the frag on the rock twist it a little to break the milky white bubble and just holdit there for 15sec no force is neaded

thats what i normally do but for me its more like 15 mins. what kind of glue are you using? im using brs glue i think its the extra thick stuff.

rdnelson99;895231 wrote: Did I hear someone say free frags????

yup but in order to qualify for a free frag you must never have typed "if you're the "best" man id hate to see the groom" im sure you should have no problem qualifying rich lol.

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BlueSpot;895204 wrote: Lol! I can sympathize. Looks like my hands a few months ago working with my digi. The more I tried to fix the more I broke. The more I broke the more frags I had to mount. The more frags I made the more glue I had on my fingers! Nail polish remover or acetone will clean you right up. Use some lotion on your hands after getting the glue off and washing your hands. They both strip oil from the skin. Good luck with your new frags. In a way, I am glad I am not the only one this happens to.

yea i hate that theyre so freaking easy to break

 

[falos]

brs glue coral vue ecotec is all bs a waste of money an the only thing i have sean worse is reef epoxy the stuff labled for yhe hobb is total crap locktite 5g gell in the blue tube just bcarefule it bonds like a mother
you can git it at homedepot autopart shops and fastenal

 

[rdnelson]

Rats!!!! Oh well it was worth it.



I am going on a cruise.....on my lawnmower around my yard.

 

[sewer urchin]

Use some lotion on your hands after getting the glue off and washing your hands

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Gee.. when I saw the "Fragger's Finger" I had a completely different mental picture. Only thing worse then getting the "Finger" is going out in public with it, I was in the middle of gluing everything and remembered that I had to go meet my daughter's pre-school teacher. I had a tough time explaining until I showed them pictures of my tank ;-)

 

[bluespot]

Lol! I actually thought of that scene when I suggested the lotion.

 

[sewer urchin]

Lol! I actually thought of that scene when I suggested the lotion.

Sounds like Pico is not the only person that needs help then ;-)

 

[michael grady]

So locktite works??? I've never heard that. Silly question : reef safe??

Thanks..,

Michael

 

[ringo®]

Not regular loc-tite. Loc-tite Cyanoacryllic gel glue is what you'll be looking for.

 

[picoreefguy]

michael grady;895719 wrote: So locktite works??? I've never heard that. Silly question : reef safe??

Thanks..,

Michael

yup loctite works and it is reef safe just make sure you get the superglue and not the threadlocker. like ringo said itll be the cyanoacrylate based glue