Pic of how long tentacle anemones like to attach.

kjboggs · 11/22/2015, 02:34 PM

Since I've had this lta for over 2.5 years, and this is a common question. They are sand dwelling, but in my experience they are always happiest when they have a spot in between the sand and a rock. Since my clowns always clear the sand over time from around the nem, it always moves if not anchored like this. You can see his foot and how far they extend, and has been in this spot for over a year. He was in the front and had his foot through this same hole until it was cramped for space. And my clowns bite it to make it retract some while they have eggs, and only let it open fully inbetween egg clutches!

Dkuhlmann · 11/22/2015, 05:03 PM

That is an insane stretch.

Your bubble coral is Amazing

ThRoewer · 11/22/2015, 05:59 PM

My tan gigantea does the same thing.

kjboggs · 11/22/2015, 06:47 PM

The bubble has grown a little since that pic! Pretty much touches my 55 front to back!

Dkuhlmann · 11/22/2015, 07:31 PM

WOW that bubble is insane. Thanks for sharing. I'd love to see it without the blue lights if you can. I do love big mature corals and colonies. I'll be getting a 20 something head Duncan this week. The one in my avatar had 23 heads and I lost it to brown jelly. I've got a small two head frag left from it.

I just lost my wall hammer too this week. It's been going downhill for a while now and have no reason why. I know that wall Euphyllias don't usually live very long once fragged.

kjboggs · 11/24/2015, 05:19 PM

Better pic of the bubble. It was a frag smaller than my fist i rescued from petco for $39.00

The tiny brittle stars have made a nest behind it!

Dkuhlmann · 11/24/2015, 05:47 PM

I need to do some coral rescues from Petco. Thanks for sharing, it's a beautiful coral and yep the little brittle stars sure do call it home.

squeakymcmurdo · 12/26/2018, 12:48 PM

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I’ve been searching and most people base their advice on their experience with bubble tips.

My LTA didn’t get the memo. I have several great spots similar to yours where it can go deep into a cave on my sand bed but it keeps moving up my rock work. Should I try to encourage it to attach on the bottom or just let it stay in the spot it picked? (About midlevel in my 125 gallon)

I bought it with the Clarkii clowns it was hosting on Sunday, but the fish are in a quarantine tank. This tank has been up since July, but the rocks and 1/3 of the sand are from my old tanks that have been running for over a year. I have lots of spaghetti worms, sponges, and other microorganisms so I consider it established.

pfan151 · 12/26/2018, 01:03 PM

Do you have a pic of the anemone? How deep is your sandbed?

squeakymcmurdo · 12/26/2018, 04:15 PM

My sand is about 4” deep in the spots I had set up for it to choose from. It pulled out a frag plug of zoas and has its foot in the crevice where they were wedged. It was in the sand at the store with the female clarkii laying in it. It’s about the size of my hand when it extends it tentacles all the way, which it seems to do more often in the evening. It’s foot is white/beige

Apercula · 12/26/2018, 04:43 PM

My LTA started out on the rockwork, by its choice, then stretched through a hole in the rocks to the glass, then finally moved to rock sand interface.

A picture of the column stretching through the rock.

During lights on, from the front, when it was reaching through the rock to the glass.

A couple months later, at the base of the same rock, I think all that it did was retract under the rock then work its oral disc back out to the front.

pfan151 · 12/26/2018, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squeakymcmurdo

My sand is about 4” deep in the spots I had set up for it to choose from. It pulled out a frag plug of zoas and has its foot in the crevice where they were wedged. It was in the sand at the store with the female clarkii laying in it. It’s about the size of my hand when it extends it tentacles all the way, which it seems to do more often in the evening. It’s foot is white/beige

Looks like you don’t have a LTA. Looks like a bubble tip.

squeakymcmurdo · 12/26/2018, 09:36 PM

It moved to the sand sometime in the past couple hours. Front and center! It looks white in daylight. Here’s its mouth.

11/22/2015, 02:34 PM	#1
kjboggs Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 148	Pic of how long tentacle anemones like to attach. Since I've had this lta for over 2.5 years, and this is a common question. They are sand dwelling, but in my experience they are always happiest when they have a spot in between the sand and a rock. Since my clowns always clear the sand over time from around the nem, it always moves if not anchored like this. You can see his foot and how far they extend, and has been in this spot for over a year. He was in the front and had his foot through this same hole until it was cramped for space. And my clowns bite it to make it retract some while they have eggs, and only let it open fully inbetween egg clutches!

11/22/2015, 05:03 PM	#2
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	That is an insane stretch. Your bubble coral is Amazing __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

11/22/2015, 05:59 PM	#3
ThRoewer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 9,555	My tan gigantea does the same thing. __________________ Pairs: 4 percula, 3 P. kauderni, 3 D. excisus, 1 ea of P. diacanthus, S. splendidus, C. altivelis O. rosenblatti, D. janssi, S. yasha & a Gramma loreto trio 3 P. diacanthus. 2 C. starcki Current Tank Info: 200 gal 4 tank system (40x28x24 + 40B + 40B sump tank + 20g refugium) + 30x18x18 mixed reef + 20g East Pacific biotop + 20g FW +...

11/22/2015, 07:31 PM	#5
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	WOW that bubble is insane. Thanks for sharing. I'd love to see it without the blue lights if you can. I do love big mature corals and colonies. I'll be getting a 20 something head Duncan this week. The one in my avatar had 23 heads and I lost it to brown jelly. I've got a small two head frag left from it. I just lost my wall hammer too this week. It's been going downhill for a while now and have no reason why. I know that wall Euphyllias don't usually live very long once fragged. __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

11/24/2015, 05:47 PM	#7
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	I need to do some coral rescues from Petco. Thanks for sharing, it's a beautiful coral and yep the little brittle stars sure do call it home. __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

11/22/2015, 06:47 PM	#4
kjboggs Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 148	The bubble has grown a little since that pic! Pretty much touches my 55 front to back!

11/24/2015, 05:19 PM	#6
kjboggs Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 148	Better pic of the bubble. It was a frag smaller than my fist i rescued from petco for $39.00 The tiny brittle stars have made a nest behind it!

12/26/2018, 12:48 PM	#8
squeakymcmurdo Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Star Valley, Wyoming Posts: 139	Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I’ve been searching and most people base their advice on their experience with bubble tips. My LTA didn’t get the memo. I have several great spots similar to yours where it can go deep into a cave on my sand bed but it keeps moving up my rock work. Should I try to encourage it to attach on the bottom or just let it stay in the spot it picked? (About midlevel in my 125 gallon) I bought it with the Clarkii clowns it was hosting on Sunday, but the fish are in a quarantine tank. This tank has been up since July, but the rocks and 1/3 of the sand are from my old tanks that have been running for over a year. I have lots of spaghetti worms, sponges, and other microorganisms so I consider it established. __________________ 75 gallon reef with 10 gallon sump 125 gallon waiting outside and functioning as my kids’ swimming pool until my husband helps me lift it onto the stand.

12/26/2018, 01:03 PM	#9
pfan151 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: FL Posts: 1,897	Do you have a pic of the anemone? How deep is your sandbed?

12/26/2018, 04:43 PM	#11
Apercula Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 707	My LTA started out on the rockwork, by its choice, then stretched through a hole in the rocks to the glass, then finally moved to rock sand interface. A picture of the column stretching through the rock. During lights on, from the front, when it was reaching through the rock to the glass. A couple months later, at the base of the same rock, I think all that it did was retract under the rock then work its oral disc back out to the front.