nano_reeflover Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Dood thats sweet. I'm gonna do one!! I live like 30min from Puget Sound so collecting stuff would be a breeze. Link to comment
adinsxq Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 i was at the georgia aquarium a week and a half ago... lol (shark tank was cool though) update photos please Link to comment
jeremai Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 Well, no livestock yet. I'll see if I can get an FTS up so you can all admire my wonderful rockwork. Link to comment
Charlie97L Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Dood thats sweet. I'm gonna do one!! I live like 30min from Puget Sound so collecting stuff would be a breeze. just be sure you're licensed. there are some steep fines for collecting illegally, and they do patrol the puget pretty well, from what i've read on RC. Link to comment
adinsxq Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 any problems with condensation? Link to comment
Fishfreak218 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 i was just thinking that^^ Link to comment
GrizzleBee's Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Yeah there was this temperate water tank at mystic aquarium in connecticuit, and I had to wipe off the condensation just to see inside. But judging by the temperature of the glass, the water felt REALLY cold. Colder than 60 degree range... Link to comment
jeremai Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 Hmm, one of my favorite public aquariums... when were you there? They just remodeled the enitre facility about a year and a half ago, moved over to acrylic for all display fronts. Their coldwater tank is kept at 50 degrees and features life from LIS north to Bar Harbor. I'm not having any condensation issues, for two reasons - one, the entire tank is insulated, with .5" acrylic on the front; the second reason is that relative humidity in Las Vegas hovers around 15% year-round; even with two open-top tanks in the room, there still isn't enough humidity to condense on the surfaces. heck, cold glasses don't even get condensation here, even in the middle of summer. Link to comment
GrizzleBee's Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Yeah I was there labor day weekend. They had this shallow coldwater tidepool thing with anemones and hermits and what not. The tank Im talkin about was more of an in-wall display, and alot smaller... I dont even remember what was init... may like a few schooling fish? small herring or something? I'm not exactly sure if it was glass, but water can condense on acrylic, right? Mystic had alot of cool SW And FW setups alike. The giant octopus particularly caught my attention... I just thought it was so cool to just see it in the corner with its eyes closed, controlling all eight tenticles independently, probing multiple rocks/crevices at once... Really made me think about cephalapods and the level at which their preliminary "consciousness" operates at. Link to comment
nano_reeflover Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 just be sure you're licensed. there are some steep fines for collecting illegally, and they do patrol the puget pretty well, from what i've read on RC. All you need is a fishing license. No one cares if you take stuff off the beach or from tidepools, I'm out there all the time. Plus my grandparents have a place on the water with tidepools so I could just collect from there. Link to comment
jeremai Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 Well, if you do collect stuff, send some my way. Link to comment
nano_reeflover Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Well, if you do collect stuff, send some my way. I'm going over to my grandparents for thanksgiving. In the tidepools there are shrimp, urchins, oysters, clams, macro algae, snails, hermit crabs, decorator crabs, opelescent nudibranchs, anemones, etc. How desparate are you for livestock $$ Link to comment
Charlie97L Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 All you need is a fishing license. No one cares if you take stuff off the beach or from tidepools, I'm out there all the time. Plus my grandparents have a place on the water with tidepools so I could just collect from there. i'm not saying you're not right, but i swear i've read on a few threads on RC that to collect anemones and other inverts in the puget and other areas in washington/oregon, you needed a collection license. i'll see if i can't find those threads. jeremai, more pics man!! EDIT: I stand corrected. It's the California coast that's difficult to get permits for. Oregon and Washington allow collection anywhere as long as you are not in a reserve. been quite a while since i'd read those threads... i'll keep mah mouth shut until i research next time. Link to comment
nano_reeflover Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Hey no prob. Those Cali folks have it tough down there Link to comment
jeremai Posted November 6, 2006 Author Share Posted November 6, 2006 Ok, I do plan on stocking this thing, I swear - I should have my first shipment in this week. Link to comment
Fishfreak218 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Ok, I do plan on stocking this thing, I swear - I should have my first shipment in this week. we're waiting! lol c'mon im dieing to see this tank get stocked Link to comment
jeremai Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 Tremble with fear, naysayers! Got the first shpment in, everything is still settling in. I'm going to have a bit of a time with identification, I think, but I enjoy that part. Anyway, a quick but dirty FTS - I'll get better shots once everything settles down. Link to comment
seabass Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Very interesting. What does the Sea Star eat? I would have thought that it ate organic film. Link to comment
jeremai Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 I have no idea - but there is no organic film perse in temperate reefs. I'm guessing it eats meaty foods, like everything else. This is going to be one dirty tank. Link to comment
clifford513 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Nice Jere! Can't wait to see everything settled in. Link to comment
Fishfreak218 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 You suck, I hate you! everyone else always gets the cool stuff lol but seriously VERY cool looking.. i cant wait for everything to settle in... but IMO the star and those hermits look mighty cramped, if you catch my drift Link to comment
jeremai Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 Yeah, it was basically a grab bag - I send the guy money, he sends me whatever he wants; I think he underestimated how small a 10g is, hehe. I think I've convinced a reefing friend of mine to set up a 60g temperate tank, so we'll see how that goes. There are four anemones - maybe a fifth, I have no idea what the brown thing in the middle is yet, but it moves like an anemone. Six or seven barnacles, also MUCH larger than the tropical variety I'm used to. Some macro, a few tiny brittle stars, a small crab (maybe 1") and a few other unidentified creepies. Good times. Link to comment
jeremai Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 The barnacles are freaking me out - it's like the rocks are moving, hehe. Speaking of which, am I the only one who didn't know that barnacles are arthropods? I had always thought they were mollusks for some reason... Link to comment
kinetic Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 looks cool! but cramped! where are you getting these grab packs and such? what temperature is your tank being held at? thanks Link to comment
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