Hot Glue To Attach Plants?

Hello everyone! I’m setting up a new Betta tank for my white opal Betta. I’m making it a planted tank. I was planning to attach a small Anubias to a stone. I was planning to use glue instead of string. Will E600 or hot glue work? Is it safe for fish, especially Betta fish? How long will it last?

 

I uses hot glue against advice and it lasted 1 week and a 100% water change and tank cleaning to recover all the pieces...next I used aquarium silicon..longer drying time but still holding strong 2 months later!

 

I was reading online and I only found like one result that was from another forum that said no to e6000. Has anybody tried it?

 

If I were to use aquarium silicon how would I keep the plant wet while the silicon dries?

 

If I were to use aquarium silicon how would I keep the plant wet while the silicon dries?

I filled a spritz bottle with aqaurium water and spritz the leaves. Probably not the best way but it worked.

 

I would just use super glue. Super easy and fish safe or even a piece off fishing line!!

 

I would just use super glue. Super easy and fish safe or even a piece off fishing line!!

Where were you 2 months ago lol

 

Where were you 2 months ago lol

Haha, its all over the interwebs. Many people use superglue, if you can try using the gel kind as its a lot easier - and less messy- to work with.

The good thing is that water quickens the curing process, so adding to the aquarium right away basically is reccomended!

 

I would use hot glue as a quick fix for auto wiring as its a semI solid that when heats turns to a liquid from the inside out IF I didnt have the proper stuff to fix what I needed. but because the flexibility of being reheatable and reapplyable I would highly advise against it in a tank.

silicone, superglue and fishing line are the recommended ways... ive seen youtube vids of people dabbing superglue and 20 minutes later filling the tank but I personally would still wait 48-72 hours just to be over cautious

 

Hello everyone! I’m setting up a new Betta tank for my white opal Betta. I’m making it a planted tank. I was planning to attach a small Anubias to a stone. I was planning to use glue instead of string. Will E600 or hot glue work? Is it safe for fish, especially Betta fish? How long will it last?

I wouldn't use hot glue on a live plant. It's HOT! I'd just tie Anubias with a light fishing line. It will attach itself tightly to porous rock or wood after awhile, then you can remove the line. Otherwise, like Ann Daniel said, you might be picking pieces of glue out for ages. I don't know how difficult it would be to attach a wet plant to a rock with aquarium silicone either. Good luck with it. (just tie it with fishing line...)

 

Regular super glue is the most commonly used adhesive, and it dries in about 20 seconds so there’s no worry about plants drying or having to wait etc

 

Thanks, this thread was precisely what I was looking for

 

Hey.

I actually put a rubber band around my anubias's rhizome and around the log I was attaching it to. Not visually friendly but I removed the rubber band after about a month and the anubias was attached to the log.

Fishing line works too and it's transparent

Even if people say super glue is fine, I still personally wouldn't want to risk it.

 

SUPER GLUE!!! Use it! Dont freak out because you can smell a chemical. It is the best thing to use for many reasons.

1. Instant skin with contact with water. You can literally use super glue to attach things while its under water and in the tank. It won't harm anything. The only issue is you won't realize its attached to your skin until you take your hands out of the water.

2. It is semI permanent and brittle. This means that roots can break through it and it will harmlessly break off over time. Super glue won't last for years like silicone. It will break off as the plants grow and it is completely inert. Its just basically plastic.

3. Super easy to use. The gel kind gives you more control. Just apply, press plant to object, toss into water. Ive super glued moss to driftwood while it was still underwater.

Bottom line is this: if reefers use it underwater to attach frags, it will always be safe enough for anything I would use it for. Reefers are super cautious about what is in their tanks. Corals aint cheap, but they are easy to kill!

 

Thanks everyone for the replies! I'm gonna go with the fishing line or the rubber and idea. Thanks again!