I just finished preparing the Yag alter. I generally just build earthen walls connecting the fingers to keep him contained with small gaps to use for escape when the meteors are coming. The water table is pretty high, so I might be able to do the water thing, but I'm not sure I like the idea.

This time I also built a hidey hole under the edge of the alter and tamed a couple of lox that were nearby while I was working. One of them wandered into the alter circle on it's own. The other one I had to use a few deathsquitos to lure him in, since I haven't made a saddle.

I found a deathsquito and let it sting me while I passed near the lox on the way to to the alter. It's a real balancing act trying to agro the lox on the deathsquito while keeping the deathsquito agroed on me, while making progress toward the alter, all while being strung.

The lox don't seem to want to breed, but I don't want to wait around for it anyways. They're just a bit of a bonus. I've never tried using lox, so I'm curious how well they do.