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<DIV>G'day Nikki</DIV>
<DIV> The best product I've found is Vepox CC57 (Aussie name) made by
Ameron Coatings. It has a workable time of about 50 minutes, sets in
about 60 min. I mix it on the surface in icecream
containers immediately before the dive. It is expensive at Aus$120
per 3kg but for transplanting fragments you only need a few grams per
coral. It is relatively non-toxic and corals start to grow over it within
3 months. For large corals it would be expensive so I recommend using
cement.</DIV>
<DIV> One tip... Epoxies and cement only adhere well to a clean
surface so you should drill a hole or chisel a clean patch before attaching the
coral.</DIV>
<DIV>regards,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Rohan Pratt</DIV>
<DIV>Flamingo Bay Research</DIV>
<DIV>Cairns Australia</DIV>
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<A title=N.D.Chapman@hw.ac.uk
href="mailto:N.D.Chapman@hw.ac.uk">N.D.Chapman@hw.ac.uk</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 7 February 2001 0:38
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> epoxy</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hello,<BR>I was wondering if anyone knew of any brand names
(and company if <BR>possible)for epoxy resin used for underwater fixing of
corals to hard <BR>substrate.I have seen it being discused in e-mails and
mentioned in <BR>papers and could use it for a similar application.<BR>Thanks
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