castiel Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Not sure if this is the right thread for pictures of rock pools, but these pics were taken at our local beach here in Melbourne. (urchin was a dead shell) That's an anemone out of the water (as seen in the pics above), plus a chiton? Makes me want to grab some of this stuff and start a tank. Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Castiel rock pools are just as awesome Nice pictures! That urchin is cool. Link to comment
Codeman Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Had my first scuba class last night, picked up my mask, snorkel and a pair of boots today. Can't wait to get in the water! Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Had my first scuba class last night, picked up my mask, snorkel and a pair of boots today. Can't wait to get in the water! Nice! I want to try and get scuba certified over the summer. Link to comment
NancyC Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 My favorite snorkel place yet has been Tunnels Beach in Kauai. All I had was a cheap disposable underwater camera, so the pics didn't come out very well....I'll see if there's any worth scanning. I live in So. Cal, but I think the waters too danged cold so do all my snorkeling where the water is warm and comfy. Link to comment
Pandion Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Had my first scuba class last night, picked up my mask, snorkel and a pair of boots today. Can't wait to get in the water! Here is your warning, it is as addicting as hell! Be prepared to say "well just ONE more course...." Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Super pumped I get to go snorkeling around the docks tomorrow after work. Gotta go get some more shrimp to sell for feeders to a LFS. Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Super pumped I get to go snorkeling around the docks tomorrow after work. Gotta go get some more shrimp to sell for feeders to a LFS. Noice! Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Noice! Got canceled for tonight due to weather. On the plus side though, I got the OK from the wife to go on sunday instead So it went from a frigid quick night dip in the rain to collect shrimp, to an all day snorkeling/collecting trip with a high of 54F no rain and partly cloudy. I'll take that Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Haha nice. What species of shrimp are you collecting? Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Haha nice. What species of shrimp are you collecting? They are called Sitka Shrimp (Heptacarpus sitchensis) I found a couple honey holes for hand netting them. Last time I brought home 300 without even getting wet I have them for sale on ebay and aquabid as live feeders and I've started selling them to LFS' for feeders as well. Also keeping then in my "jar-quarium" Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 They are called Sitka Shrimp (Heptacarpus sitchensis) I found a couple honey holes for hand netting them. Last time I brought home 300 without even getting wet I have them for sale on ebay and aquabid as live feeders and I've started selling them to LFS' for feeders as well. Also keeping then in my "jar-quarium" That's an easy money maker! How much do you sell them for? Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 That's an easy money maker! How much do you sell them for? Selling 100 shrimp for $64.99 shipped. Search " Coldwater Marine Aquatics" on either Ebay, Facebook, or Aquabid and you'll find me. Link to comment
748S911 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 thanx castiel, I need to go to dive around your neck of the woods to The Great Barrier Reef Link to comment
castiel Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 That's where I am hoping to go in a couple of months. Went about 10 years ago and it blew my mind. Though I am also considering Ningaloo reef on the west cost of Australia, where you can swim with Whale Sharks ... Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 Awesome pics!! I loved the sea lion one Selling 100 shrimp for $64.99 shipped. Search " Coldwater Marine Aquatics" on either Ebay, Facebook, or Aquabid and you'll find me. Yep I saw you. I "liked" you on facebook. Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Yep I saw you. I "liked" you on facebook. Right on, thanks You probably don't go by animalmaster6 on facebook though, right Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 The name's Michael. Michael Downey Link to comment
Jacob042426 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 im going snorkeling in tulum next week and got a nikon aw100 and pansonic ts3 for my bday! expect amazing pics! Link to comment
Picoclaire Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Wow! Some amazing pics! I myself have also been diving but sadly we restored my computer so I lost my pics without thinking... I'll see if my friend has a picture of a shark I got. Link to comment
Thornchase Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Wow! Some amazing pics! I myself have also been diving but sadly we restored my computer so I lost my pics without thinking... I'll see if my friend has a picture of a shark I got. Cant find them I'll take some screen shots of the videos though! Link to comment
Thornchase Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 These are of Picoclaire... HORRIBLE quality but you get the point Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 So after taking a trip yesterday to Astoria to deliver a lobster tank I refurbished I got to go , collecting, and diving all day Best part was that the couple that bought it from me were AWESOME! The guy is a Coast Guard Rescue Diver, and his wife is a biologist that works for NOAA. After showing us a pretty cool spot near the mouth of the Columbia River (that me and my buddy were to chicken to snorkel in ) they followed me and my friend all the way down the coast to Tillamook to go collecting with us. I showed them a couple of my choice collecting locations so they could stock their tank when its up and running, and we helped them catch several species of gunnels and pricklebacks for her research. She studies stomach contents of birds, and sees lots of dead gunnels, problem is they are usually just bones which makes them harder to ID. So we caught her some lives ones that she can photograph, catalogue, and then photograph the skelenton once they melt the flesh off ( I know pretty morbid, but its for science ) Byron (the rescue diver) has a go-pro on his dive helmet and was able to get video of a yet unidentified fish that was hanging out in a burrow under a rock. I suspect it to be a wolf eel, but he said it was more fish like. He's gonna get the video of it hosted on photobucket soon. Super cool guy, he took home a couple urchins to eat and some mussels, and it was a race to see who could get their dive knife out first when we both spotted a good size scallop at the same time. ( He wanted to eat it, I just wanted it for my tank) I ended up being quicker, so the scallop lives on in my tank Link to comment
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