The methos and materials used to attach a frag to some rubble vary according to what kind of coral you are propagating. Using superglue or epoxy on mushrooms or soft corals doesn't usually work very well because shrooms and soft corals (especially shrooms) will produce a slime or mucus coating which will prevent the adhesive from forming a good bond and usually the shroom will come free. Shrooms are best left in a pile of rubble in an area of low flow so that they can attach on their own. You can also use some mesh and rubberbands to secure them to a rock until they attach. Once the shroom has attached to a small piece of rubble you can then use superglue or epoxy to attach the rubble to a larger rock. Shrooms are very hardy and will not be damaged by the superglue or epoxy but will most likely slime over and float away.
Zoanthids can be propagated using one of three methods.
1. Use a hammer and chisel and physically break apart the rock that they are attached to.
2. Use a razor blade and peel up the zoanthids at the base and attach them to some rubble.
3. Place some rubble around the base of the zoanthid colony and wait for the polyps to spread out and grow onto the rubble.
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