What is the best value epoxy that is useful for aquascaping or coral mounting?

[Daniel@R2R]

Epoxy is one of the most useful adhesives in reefing and extremely useful for aquascape creation. However, a lot of the hobby purpose epoxies are pretty expensive. However, at the same time, you don't ever want to get something that's cheap, but not useful or (far worse) potentially harmful to your tank. So, I'm wondering what's the best bang for your buck? What is the best value epoxy that is useful for aquascaping or coral mounting?

 

[DanyL]

I always been using AquaMend, it’s cheap, working great and always available to purchase where I live.

 

[Johnd651]

I'm so used to cyanoacrylate... tagging along to learn

 

[Daniel@R2R]

I always been using AquaMend, it’s cheap, working great and always available to purchase where I live.

I've never tried AquaMend. Does it require curing time before it's safe for the tank, or is it useful for things like coral mounting?

 

[DanyL]

I've never tried AquaMend. Does it require curing time before it's safe for the tank, or is it useful for things like coral mounting?

I’ve both aquascaped and mounted coral with it.

It does take some time till it hardens, so for mounting anything more than a small frag I either use the cyanocrylate-epoxy sandwich, or using a fishing line to give it additional support for a few hours.

It is very similar to commercial reef specific epoxies I’ve tried in the past.