place them in a small container (shotglass, tupperware) to protect them from current and prevent them from moving to much with a small rock and they will attach themselves in as little as a few days then place this plug on your reef rock and they will spread onto it. a but tougher to do is to use a 1 - 1.25 piece of PVC attached to the reef rock with rubber bands, twisty ties, or something and place them in there and again they will attach. its real simple if you can just keep them to sit still in the same spot for a while they'll do the rest. i've dropped them in holes in the reef rock and redirected current away from them for a few days and that works too. however cheeze cloth and superglue do not work as you have discovered.
