Jacobnano Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 You can collect cup coral? I am interested lol. Quote Link to comment
jeremai Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 shameless plug: http://ficklewaters.com/temperate-coldwater-systems.html Quote Link to comment
sango Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 I am starting a Temperate / Coldwater Group Buy. See the thread here: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=252643 Quote Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Thought this would be a good addition to the links page for Temperate resources. Its an online publication of " Estuaries and Coasts" Volume 1 / 1978 - Volume 33 / 2010 This journal has been published since 1960. Within these years, the journal was published as Chesapeake Science from 1960 to 1978 and published as Estuaries from 1978 to 2006. http://www.springerlink.com/content/1559-2723/ Fully search-able and able to download most in a PDF. I easily found a ton of information on Eel grass in just a couple seconds. Quote Link to comment
Fish-Filet Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 What are the main basics for having a cold water tank? What is ideal as far as setup and equipment? Quote Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 What are the main basics for having a cold water tank? What is ideal as far as setup and equipment? A well insulated tank, either very thick acrylic or dual pane glass. A good dependable chiller. Patience.... Quote Link to comment
jeremai Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 before anyone even considers a coldwater tank, they should have access to livestock. nothing's more depressing than designing a coldwater-specific system and not having anything to put in it! for an easy rundown: http://ficklewaters.com/temperate-coldwater-biotopes/ Quote Link to comment
Fish-Filet Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I live in SoCal on the coast close to some really nice tidepool areas and shallow areas. Is it even legal to pluck these creatures from the coast? lol It would be super depressing to get in trouble for doing something I love hahah. Thanks for the info guys by the way.. Quote Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 (edited) I live in SoCal on the coast close to some really nice tidepool areas and shallow areas. Is it even legal to pluck these creatures from the coast? lol It would be super depressing to get in trouble for doing something I love hahah. Thanks for the info guys by the way.. The short answer for CA is no, its not legal for most things. Read, read, and re-read your fish and game regulations. There are species you can take, but I dont know them specifically. In Oregon, we have it pretty good. As long as its not a no collection area ie: marine garden, or research reserve, we can take 10 "unclassified marine invertebrates" per person per day. Makes for some good group collecting trips Edited February 11, 2011 by AquaticEngineer Quote Link to comment
kingwintergreen Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I live in SoCal on the coast close to some really nice tidepool areas and shallow areas. Is it even legal to pluck these creatures from the coast? lol It would be super depressing to get in trouble for doing something I love hahah. Thanks for the info guys by the way.. if you look, you can regularly find temperate critters for sale at large retailers like liveaquaria.com. then there are always unconventional means such as lab supply houses (such as gulfofme.com), ebay.com, or even your local fish market. Quote Link to comment
bigmikey177 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I live in SoCal on the coast close to some really nice tidepool areas and shallow areas. Is it even legal to pluck these creatures from the coast? lol It would be super depressing to get in trouble for doing something I love hahah. Thanks for the info guys by the way.. I just got started on a temperate tank myself about two months back and my advice is the same as aquatic engineers. That dfg regulations book should be your best friend. Also find out if these areas near you are protected waters or not because some places are strictly observe only. Another good place for you to look would be your local bait shops since some places carry live bait. Yeeah my first post hahahahaha Quote Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Coldwater Marine Aquatics Facebook Link Thought I would add this Quote Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 If you want you can add me as a source of Pacific coldwater livestock. I will fully licensed and permitted by the state of Oregon to harvest, transport, and sell native marine fish and ivertebrates as of January 1st 2012. So if there is anyone who has a coldwater tank that is looking for something let me know. PS, yes I can get you an Octopus Quote Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I just wanted to say thank you to Jeremai and everything he did here. He will be greatly missed, and I just wanted everyone to know how much he contributed to my own coldwater tanks just by gathering the resources here in this thread alone. I remeber reading through this very post about Coldwater Resources when my lobster tank was still sitting dry in my garage. Rest in Peace. Quote Link to comment
NanoTank1 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 I'm confused about how to achieve a large temperature pulldown for a small tank. Let's say I have a 5 gallon temperate tank and want to lower the temperature from 90 degrees to 55 degrees (NYC summer and I'm not fond of air conditioning!). I assume that something like a 1/10hp chiller would work. Think this size chiller needs a flow rate of 250 gallons per hour or so. If I ran that through my 5 gallon tank that would be 50x flow. Is that okay for temperate? And would I still need something like a MP10 to direct flow sideways through the rectangular tank? Thanks! If you want you can add me as a source of Pacific coldwater livestock.I will fully licensed and permitted by the state of Oregon to harvest, transport, and sell native marine fish and ivertebrates as of January 1st 2012.So if there is anyone who has a coldwater tank that is looking for something let me know.PS, yes I can get you an Octopus Quote Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 I'm confused about how to achieve a large temperature pulldown for a small tank. Let's say I have a 5 gallon temperate tank and want to lower the temperature from 90 degrees to 55 degrees (NYC summer and I'm not fond of air conditioning!). I assume that something like a 1/10hp chiller would work. Think this size chiller needs a flow rate of 250 gallons per hour or so. If I ran that through my 5 gallon tank that would be 50x flow. Is that okay for temperate? And would I still need something like a MP10 to direct flow sideways through the rectangular tank? Thanks! Sorry for the super long delay in responding to this You should be more than fine with a smaller size chiller, just stay clear of thermal electric varieties unless you can keep the tank in a stable indoor temperature with A/C. I have a 1/2" thick acrylic 7.2 gallon tank from Mike at Micro-Reefs, and I run mine with a 1/13th HP chiller. Even when my temp was 89F inside and the humidity was at 45% (enough to cause a bit of condensation) my tank temperature was still solid at 55F. I only use a small internal pump that is maybe 200gph at best. 1 Quote Link to comment
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