Anyone use hot glue?

[luumanfoo29]

So what's the final verdict? Can hot glue be used to glue rocks together for aquascaping?

 

[Moe_K]

According to Delbeek & Spring (in The Reef Aquarium, Vol. 3), yes hot glue can be used for aquascaping.

 

[redpaulhus]

this is interesting, do you think it would be possible to melt the glue sticks on a cookie sheet, cover the hot glue with southdown and cut it into frag disks. A cheap flexible alternative to hard round disks that stick out, could be useful for soft corals and zoos...

I might try this using the new silicone baking sheets - since they're flexible and non-stick, it should be easy to remove the acrylic\sand layer afterwards (I think).

Cool idea !

 

[Lurchin]

I'm planning on gluing some dry rock to the back of my 75 gallon tank. I don't like the look of the coralline growing in the background. Would it be better to use the hot glue or epoxy?

What exactly is hot glue? Is there a brand? Do we get this at the LFS or hobby shop?

Thanks,
Ron

 

[Troubleman]

Good to know, thanks for the thread. I will be doing this when I replace all my liverock with dryrock and re-aquascape.

 

[merk1_99]

If you want cheap 2 part epoxy. Get Aquamend from HD....A stick of that is like $3.00.

 

[Greg Hiller]

>keep in mind when using milk jug material that it has been contaminated with lactic acid.<

Lactic acid is really just glucose broken down in a 'quick' method by organisms. I doubt that low levels of lactic acid would really cause any problem in a reef tank. The carbon source would be quickly consumed by bacteria in the water column.

Moe,

I've tried the hot melt glue for a few things and found it more trouble that it was worth. It doesn't adhere very well to many things, but if you have enough patience you could make it work. When I built the rock structure of my tank I tried as best as I could to stack the rocks so that they supported themselves, but when necessary I strengthened the structure with the Aquamend epoxy. I worked with all the rock while it was dry.