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parthapratim22
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 Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: Glue for moss!!! |
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| Now I think you have already seen it...right???? |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:12 pm Post subject: Re: Glue for moss!!! |
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Oh this one i"ve seen it earlier.I thought your making a new one  |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:14 pm Post subject: Re: Glue for moss!!! |
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you can use superglue made of cyanoacrylate.
it is waterproof and does not release any toxins in fresh or sea water.
aquarists in germany use it often to glue their corals to rocks.
gel is better to handle than fluid glue.
but i do not know how the moss is going to react to direct contact with the glue. just try.
cheers
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:21 pm Post subject: Re: Glue for moss!!! |
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All the best Partha, for your new venture.  |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:27 pm Post subject: Re: Glue for moss!!! |
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i guess silicon will wrk. please correct me if am wrong
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parthapratim22
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:34 pm Post subject: Re: Glue for moss!!! |
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Pavan no more....
Yes Mr Wojtek you are right, any Idea about brand name???because with Cyanoacrylate other substance also used in those glue, those might be harmful... |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: Glue for moss!!! |
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Partha,
I am not sure the portion of moss that will be 'stuck' will survive or not. ADA claims they have threads that can be used to tie moss to rocks etc which after some time (the thread) dissolves1! You can try that. Infact, I have found that even ordinary thread does the same, after 1 month, I remove all the thread from the moss and find that mosses have adhered themselves to the rocks on their own. Since you have many rocks, just take one, try this in a separate tank while you are looking for the appropriate glue
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parthapratim22
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: Glue for moss!!! |
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| Bappada ADA will be costlier for me and in my other 2ft tank tank moss is doing well with thread and thread is not visible now...so I am ready with thread, but in the PICO on 2-3rocks, tying option is there but rest of the rocks are already positioned cant move now so want to try glue... |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: Glue for moss!!! |
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| pidilite's feviquick is cyanoacrylate based. never used it myself to fix moss though. btw "superglue" is also available. |
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parthapratim22
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:17 pm Post subject: Re: Glue for moss!!! |
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| saumya wrote (View Post):
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pidilite's feviquick is cyanoacrylate based. never used it myself to fix moss though. btw "superglue" is also available.
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"Superglue" is brand name???or in which name it is sold???, as I have asked by name "superglue" but Hardware shopkeeper could not recognize it... |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:22 pm Post subject: Re: Glue for moss!!! |
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Indian super glue = feviquick.
the rock surface should be dry,
Put drops of feviquick like in the pic, wait for 10-15 mins or so (looks like it dries in few seconds but not internally)
Repeat it for 1-2 times, this is to form a strong acrylic base on the stone
Now place the moss in between those dots and tie it with a thread (matching the colour of the stone) and make sure that the thread passes over the dots
put a very small amount (thread will suck a lot of glue) of feviquick on the thread over the base
cut the excess thread once you are sure the glue is cured ( at blue lines in the pic)
super glue/ feviquick/ cyanoacrylate becomes inert once it dries
if you cant move the rock put the thread only between the dots |
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parthapratim22
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:44 pm Post subject: Re: Glue for moss!!! |
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| if it is feviquick then awesome...also lovely explanation...will work on it and let you know... |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:39 pm Post subject: Re: Glue for moss!!! |
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I read user experience of cyanocrylate being successfully be used to repair broken snail shells on live snails (as long as the glue doesn't touch live tissue). So it should be safe for sticking moss onto stuff.
Reference: http://www.applesnail.net/content/faq.php#13
superglue is just the marketing brand name of the same chemical - cyanocrylate. So if feviquick has the same active ingredient then it'll do as well.
on a side thought, I wonder water are chances of the cyanocrylate compound molecules slowly breaking up in the water and join with a few stray pottasium mineral atoms to form pottasium cyanide. very little I guess  |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: Glue for moss!!! |
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but if u stick moss onto the rock using only feviquick and if that part of moss dries out then the whole thing will start floating.
i think feviquick + thread idea by vk will work the best.
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parthapratim22
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: Glue for moss!!! |
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| Chetan3 wrote (View Post):
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I read user experience of cyanocrylate being successfully be used to repair broken snail shells on live snails (as long as the glue doesn't touch live tissue). So it should be safe for sticking moss onto stuff.
Reference: http://www.applesnail.net/content/faq.php#13
superglue is just the marketing brand name of the same chemical - cyanocrylate. So if feviquick has the same active ingredient then it'll do as well.
on a side thought, I wonder water are chances of the cyanocrylate compound molecules slowly breaking up in the water and join with a few stray pottasium mineral atoms to form pottasium cyanide. very little I guess
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Are you sure it will produce KCN... 
Omkar his process is acceptable...and good...Tonight will try one of this... |
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