Cold Water Nano

[kingwintergreen]

and it comes with the net!

 

WCA-1 MINI-OCEAN AQUARIUM

by West Coast Aquatics

 

This entirely self-contained refrigerated unit is a perfectly practical and useful piece of equipment that has been designed to meet a wide variety of needs in the scientific and academic communities. The Mini-Ocean Aquarium has been thoroughly tested to fulfill the requirements and service applications necessary in a diversity of studies including but by no means limited to: Ecology, Embryology, Marine Biology, Geology, Marine Botany and Fisheries Biology.

 

FEATURES:

 

48"L x 18"W x 16"H

Volume Capacity: 50 gallons

Weight: Empty 80 lbs., Full 505 lbs.

Electrical Requirement: 110V AC, 60 Hz One-Phase

Refrigeration: 1/6hp with thermostat control

Cooling Capacity: 20F (10C) below ambient

Built-in digital thermometer

Internal air pump

Wet-Dry Biological Filtration

Foam Fractionation

Sturdy acrylic construction

Hydrometer & net supplied.

Light kit included

[Jamie]

Oh my god, I saw that in carolina biological supply a while ago, and it reminded me, they sell coldwater livestock! I totally forgot. It's sort of a you don't know what you get thing, "Mystery invertebrate sampler" and stuff like that though. Still, we need to add that to the list.

[kingwintergreen]

Oh my god, I saw that in carolina biological supply a while ago, and it reminded me, they sell coldwater livestock! I totally forgot. It's sort of a you don't know what you get thing, "Mystery invertebrate sampler" and stuff like that though. Still, we need to add that to the list.

 

the CBS catalog I have is from last year but it appears that they only sell tropicals (though some stuff looks suspicious). at least we now know where we can get Aiptasia nems for $28.00. one good thing about CBS is that you don't need an institutional permit of any kind to order from them (except for the human brains)

[lakshwadeep]

Oh my god, I saw that in carolina biological supply a while ago, and it reminded me, they sell coldwater livestock! I totally forgot. It's sort of a you don't know what you get thing, "Mystery invertebrate sampler" and stuff like that though. Still, we need to add that to the list.

 

Me too! But, it seems like most of the marine livestock and equipment pages were placeholders with no way to order.

[Jamie]

hmmm... Well, the one I have is pretty old, so it could be that they don't sell them anymore. Or maybe my memory is failing me, I'll have to see if I can find it again. It would be odd that they sell cw tanks but not cw livestock though. Does your edition have that tank in it?

[jeremai]

and it comes with the net!

 

WCA-1 MINI-OCEAN AQUARIUM

by West Coast Aquatics

 

This entirely self-contained refrigerated unit is a perfectly practical and useful piece of equipment that has been designed to meet a wide variety of needs in the scientific and academic communities. The Mini-Ocean Aquarium has been thoroughly tested to fulfill the requirements and service applications necessary in a diversity of studies including but by no means limited to: Ecology, Embryology, Marine Biology, Geology, Marine Botany and Fisheries Biology.

 

FEATURES:

 

48"L x 18"W x 16"H

Volume Capacity: 50 gallons

Weight: Empty 80 lbs., Full 505 lbs.

Electrical Requirement: 110V AC, 60 Hz One-Phase

Refrigeration: 1/6hp with thermostat control

Cooling Capacity: 20F (10C) below ambient

Built-in digital thermometer

Internal air pump

Wet-Dry Biological Filtration

Foam Fractionation

Sturdy acrylic construction

Hydrometer & net supplied.

Light kit included

I remember seeing that a looooooong time ago, when I was still researching my contest tank. Wasn't it like threeg rand or something?

[lakshwadeep]

I remember seeing that a looooooong time ago, when I was still researching my contest tank. Wasn't it like threeg rand or something?

Au contraire, it's only $2,750.

 

http://www.carolina.com/product/living+org...sortby=ourPicks

[jeremai]

Hmm... too bad 20 degrees below ambient isn't low enough for me.

[Jamie]

http://www.carolina.com/product/living+org...sortby=ourPicks

 

well, I'm guessing "red beaded anemone" is coldwater, though a scientific name would be nice. It's only 13.50 though. Anyone wanna get one and find out?

[jeremai]

The beaded anemone is probably Heteractus auroroa or Epicystus crucifer. I don't know of any temperate species with that common name off the top of my head.

 

But I could be wrong.

[Jamie]

Does H. aurora come in red? But could be, you're thinking of the tentacles being beaded? Urticina coriacea came up as the first link on google for the search "red beaded anemone." Phymathus crucifer (aka Epicystis crucifer, I think) came up second. I don't know why all the links referred to it as Phymanthus, but google image search looked the same, so I'm assuming they're synonymous?

[jeremai]

Yeah, Phymanthus is an outdated taxonomic name.

 

Same with U. coriacea: http://actiniaria.com/urticina_felina.php

[Jamie]

So that website is right then? The Radianthus (as opposed to Heteractis) magnifica was throwing me. Was that recently changed? And it doesn't agree with my guide book on a lot of the urticina species names, but I know they've been fooling around with them a lot.

[jeremai]

The folks at aciniaria.com are at the forefront of their field. I've had a few long email exchanges with the Sanamyans, and I can say with confidence that their scientific names are (or should be) the correct ones.

[Jamie]

Good! I've been wondering about that for a while. They're a great resource for id'ing things.

[C-Rad]

I have come across some books, sites, etc. that might be of use. The Temperate Reef Aquarium by David Wrobel is a very general but complete approach to the subject (available through Sealife Supply, Sand City, CA).

Sea Life Supply (formerly "California Reef Specialists")

(831) 394-0828

info@sealifesupply.com

The book is $20.00 plus $3.00 S&H

 

It's more of a large booklet than a real book, but the content, while dated (1991), is specific to keeping temperate animals of the North American West Coast, and has information that I haven't found anywhere else, which has saved me from learning many things the hard way. Since it's the best, and almost the only, source available, I think it's very well worth the price.

 

Aquarium Husbandry of Pacific Northwest Marine Invertebrates (available through the Seattle Aquarium)

This book is definitely worth having, but a bit difficult for the layman to read because it mostly only uses the scientific names for animals. That makes it more accurate, but I often to stop and use other sources to figure out what animals he was talking about, which is a pain when reading sentences like "<unintelligible Latin A> feeds on <unintelligible Latin B>, <unintelligible Latin C>,and many members of the genus <unintelligible Latin D>." That being said, it too is one of the few lights in the darkness for west coast americans who want to keep local animals, and so it's a must have IMO.

[AquaticEngineer]

Wanna take the staples out of the binding and fax me a copy