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Sold - Arch with about 30 orange bubble tip anemones for sale

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Mark Shelly

Mark Shelly

I have an artificial arch rock with about 30 orange and green bubble tip anemone clones on it. The arch has run out of space for corals to spread and needs to be thinned. The arch is about 20 inches long, 10 inches wide and 10 inches deep, so a container larger than this would be needed for transport (Not provided). Water from my tank could be used for transport. Cost is $450 cash. Pickup would be in Jackson NJ. If you return the arch after, I will refund $50. These particular bubble tip anemones are about 3" in diameter before they split when not crowded. I use a combo of T5 and Led strip lights visible at the top of the first picture. I do not have the ability to separate the anemones.
This is the arch today just after feeding with the anemones partially closed.
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This is the arch when I made it from and visible from the same side as the above photo..
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This is the anemone after its first division
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A close up pic of one from a year or so ago.
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Sponge

Sponge

Crazy how they are all hanging out together. Mine tend (but not always) to move away and settle in a different spot in the tank
 
Mark Shelly

Mark Shelly

MadReefer said:
Love the arch you made. Need more detail on how you built it.
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I bought shells, aquarium sealant, aragonite, and some low alkaline cement (from a pool center. I first used the sealant to connect some scallop shells back to back and in a slight arch. I placed the arch over loose aragonite. I mixed the cement with water and aragonite to make a concrete mixture and poured it into the open side of the shells. The loose aragonite prevented concrete leaking out and stuck to any exposed concrete. The shells acted like an external shell.
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Next I bounded more shells to the exposed shells to complete a tube. I placed more cement on the first section and the folded the shells over the cement.
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I then kept adding shells with the concrete mixture to the outside and ends. Some of these were open. I did take a few off that didn't feel right. I was hoping to give a shaded area underneath for fish to hide out in.
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This is the back side. I let it soak in water for a few weeks before putting it into the tank,
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Mark Shelly

Mark Shelly

I have a buyer that I am holding this for now.

Sponge said:
So glad you asked Madreefer. Thanks for sharing that Mark. Hmmmm anyone else think it’s no coincidence that Mark Shelly made a nice shell arch. :dance:
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Yes, it is a SHELLy tank through and through. And that is no aBALONE, Below is a shelf I made with Coral legs and attached shells and coral. The colorful shells helped make it look nice through the new tank stages.
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that's such a kool concept !!!!! nice work aa
 
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