AquaticEngineer Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 1/23/10 *******Edited my original post to reflect my new purchase*********** So now that I picked up a second 110 gallon marineland tank, I think I'm going to try a male/female pair of these if I can find them again. I'm waiting until I set up my indoor display tank to get any small fish, but any other recommendations for livestock would be welcome ******************************************************************************** ************************ My brother and I did the rounds today on the live seafood markets to see if there was anything new and exciting. Mostly the same old stuff, snails, abalone, crab, lobster, clams, oysters, blah blah blah..... But we found a new place that did have live fish today and these are what they had. They were all about 8 inches long or so, averaging about 2 lbs they told me and they were $7.99 a lb. Didn't know what they were at first but suspected a kelp greenling, which they turned out to be. Looks like they had 3 coloration's in there. Did some quick reading and the color differences are just male, female, and juvenile My pictures dont do them justice so I'll post google images underneath each of my pics. KELP GREENLING Link to comment
Jamie Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 YESYESYES!!! and when it gets big you can eat it! Though I think even a full grown one would be ok in a 110 gal, they're not huge swimmers. And while you're looking at greenling, look up painted greenling. They have a symbiotic relationship with the big urticina anemones, which would be awesome to imitate in captivity. Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 I would love a painted greenling. I am going to get a male and a female kelp greenling for the new 110 gallon I'm getting tomorrow. Link to comment
C-Rad Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I would love a painted greenling. I am going to get a male and a female kelp greenling for the new 110 gallon I'm getting tomorrow. So you're getting the second 110 gallon. I hope the price was right, and again, I'm jealous! Link to comment
cruiZe Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 ...and when it gets big you can eat it!... so cool ! Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 So you're getting the second 110 gallon. I hope the price was right, and again, I'm jealous! The price was so right, I picked up 2 of em So yes, that is three 110 gallon coldwater tanks I have now I only needed one more of them, but the price was too good to pass up. They both need a little cleaning and some minor modifications like my current one to make them work for home aquariums. I've already done all the experimenting on the one I have running so I know exactly what to do with these ones. Anyways, I'll probably be selling one soon if anyone is interested shoot me a PM. Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Sold the extra tank for $100 more than I paid for the both of them. Gotta love a free coldwater marine tank and a $100 profit in less than a week Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 *******Edited my original post to reflect my new purchase*********** So now that I picked up a second 110 gallon marineland tank, I think I'm going to try a male/female pair of these if I can find them again. I'm waiting until I set up my indoor display tank to get any small fish, but any other recommendations for livestock would be welcome Link to comment
Jamie Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Cool! good luck. I was at Uwajimaya in Portland about a week ago and they had live abalone, along with the usual clams and oysters. They also sometimes get live shrimp, which would be pretty sweet. Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Cool! good luck. I was at Uwajimaya in Portland about a week ago and they had live abalone, along with the usual clams and oysters. They also sometimes get live shrimp, which would be pretty sweet. I got one 4" abalone in the tank right now, I cant wait until they get spot prawns again this summer they are freaking awesome I'm gonna get like 4 or 5 of them this time. Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Stopped by the seafood market today on my way home and they had more of the Kelp Greenlings in today!!! I'm going to get my cooler and some water ready and go pick up some tomorrow after work if I'm off in time. They also had some monster sized china rock fish as well as some huge cabezons in. Too big for my liking, but the smallest kelp greenlings they had in may be just perfect. If not, they will be a nice snack Heres about the size of the china rock fish, and a good pic for reference, if I could get a juvenile one that'd be sweet but not one this big. Link to comment
Jamie Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Yeah, china's are gorgeous. When I was in Newport last summer I saw some juvenile rockfish hanging out by the docks. they were around 3 inches long - perfect! not china's, but they still looked nice. I would definitely look for them next time you go. Link to comment
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