built for rare red LTA

brendans_life · Jan 12, 2023

So I built a new rock, I wanted a long tentacle anemone (lta) and decided to give something I heard about a try. I ripped apart some rock and built a cave then glued a 2 inch pvc pipe that's 4 inches long to the cave. Then the process was just hiding the pipe and building ledge ls for coral. Once built I filled the pipe with sand and let it cure before adding coral and the anemone.

Currently I have a rare red lta that lives on top and it went right into the sand and doesn't seem interested in moving. Underneath in the cave there is a randals goby with a pistolshrimp. My royal gramma loves the holes left from covering the pipe.
I have some soft corals that are going to be attached to the rock structure but I just wanted show off what can be done.

Tired · Jan 12, 2023

Oh, that's a good idea. I'm a little concerned about the maturity of the tank, though; that rock doesn't look well-established at all, and anemones need mature tanks to do well at all.

brendans_life · Jan 12, 2023

Tired said:
Oh, that's a good idea. I'm a little concerned about the maturity of the tank, though; that rock doesn't look well-established at all, and anemones need mature tanks to do well at all.

The tanks been up for about 10 months, the rock was built about a month ago. Most of the other rocks are from my old tank so they are well cycled for a few years.