My LTA update.

[sarahkucera]

Quick backstory:
I go to pick up livestock from a tank tear down. Guy gives me a LTA for free because he's draining the tank that night and it was going to have to die if I didn't take it.
This is what I started with a month ago. If it wasn't for the tightly closed mouth I would have thought it was going to die right then and there.
<img src="http://www.midnightmadness.org/sarah/saltwater/071106/DSC08866.JPG" width=600 height=484>

After a month of TLC she's gaining back her color and eating like a pig.
<img src="http://www.midnightmadness.org/sarah/saltwater/081006/DSC00560.JPG" width=600 height=400>

Tentacle love.
<img src="http://www.midnightmadness.org/sarah/saltwater/081006/DSC00561.JPG" width=600 height=547>

Full nem shot after eating half a silverside, so the mouth is still a little distended.
<img src="http://www.midnightmadness.org/sarah/saltwater/081006/DSC00563.JPG" width=600 height=450>

Full tank shot. 120 gallons and look at how big that LTA looks!
<img src="http://www.midnightmadness.org/sarah/saltwater/081006/DSC00584.JPG" width=800 height=600>

 

[Genin]

beatiful anemone.

 

[skeeter-doc]

wow, it sure has come a long way, good job! what kind of lighting do you have?

 

[Amphiprion]

That is a beautiful Heteractis crispa anemone (sometimes called LTA, but more commonly called a sebae anemone). Glad it is doing so well for you.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

The anemone looks like Macrodactyla doreensis to me...

 

[sarahkucera]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7919547#post7919547 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by skeeter-doc
wow, it sure has come a long way, good job! what kind of lighting do you have?

4 x 96 PC. It's a Custom Sea Life fixture, and finding a new ballast for it was the biggest pain in my arse ever.