A few people asked me to post some pics of my tank so here we go.

The livestock includes:
- 1 tidepool sculpin
- 5 or so anemones of varying sizes
- a few small starfish
- 1 prickleback(you can see it sticking its head out in the 6th picture)
- various crabs, hermits, snails, etc

Everything in the tank except for the sand and water is from the same beach.

Nice work man. I love it.

nice tank


how big is that large nem? looks like it could down a silverside

omg awesome tank

very nice tank... i like the concept. whats the temp that you are running in it?

bzphotog

dshnarw:

Its about 3-4in fully open i think.

bzphotog:

I keep the temp at about 55 degrees.

dang thats cold. lol are you runnning a chiller or is the tank just at 55 naturally?

No its not naturally 55 lol. The room the tank is in is around the 70's. I use a 1/5hp chiller to keep it so low.

sick tank!

whats your lighting? how about an equipment list?

looks awesome!

Very nice.

nice tank, you could put anything in that tank and it will look good, lol

Nice coldwater setup! Looks like your from the PNW area. Do you use natural seawater or mix your own? How often and how much for water changes? I've thought a lot about doing this because I'm only 1-1/2 hours from the coast.

Nice, now all you need is a big red Urticina lofotensis.
Keep the pics coming...

beatiful - the crabs is sweet. Your branching coralline looks awesome too.

Thanks for the compliments everyone. I managed to get a better picture of the prickleback a few days ago.




I used some seawater when I started the tank but not for waterchanges. Its a 2-3hour drive to the beach so I just mix it. I change 2 gallons every week or two.

About the equipment, I use a 1/5hp chiller with a mag 350, a regular screw-in pc for lighting, and an aquaclear hob filter.

The tank looks really cool and that fish is awesome

Wow! I love the algae.

Beautiful! I'm sooo doing a CW tank You have a huge variety of stuff in there.

wow, looks nice. seems like the rock is holding up well, even the barnacles and bryozoans appear to be doing great. still having luck with the plants with that lighting?

JIM27 I have to say welcome back to the site! You were one of our very first members back when I opened the message board.

Beautiful aquarium!

Great tank!

Awesome tank

[quote name='JIM27' date='Feb 8 2009, 02:08 AM' post='2056989']
Thanks for the compliments everyone. I managed to get a better picture of the prickleback a few days ago.




Man, that sure does look like a gunnel and not a prickleback.
Awesome tank though!

Awesome tank!!

Nice work!

Very Cool!

http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/visitor/vclear...rickleback.html

very unique tank, really nice

What a great looking tank! I would love to do something like this some day! That fish is awesome.