jeremai Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 The livestock is coming from a guy out of Puget Sound I tracked down on a Yahoo! group. It will be cramped, but that is easier to do in a temperate tank than a tropical one; no chemical warfare, higher oxygenation levels, more forgiving livestock. I have the temp at 56F. Link to comment
surferdan Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Hello all, very cool project. Just thought I'd share a pic of a strawberry anemone I saw while diving in a reserve in norcal called girstle cove. It was full of them! This guy was like AT LEAST 9" across. Cant wait to see how big your's gets. Link to comment
Charlie97L Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 The livestock is coming from a guy out of Puget Sound I tracked down on a Yahoo! group. It will be cramped, but that is easier to do in a temperate tank than a tropical one; no chemical warfare, higher oxygenation levels, more forgiving livestock. I have the temp at 56F. jeremai, isn't 56 a little low? i thought temperate tanks were generally run around 60. are you going to get any fish? lookin awesome man... i think you'll be fine with the livestock... cold water can definitely handle more density/bioload from what i've read. Link to comment
clifford513 Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Can't wait for the pics Link to comment
adinsxq Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 looks GREAT! what are you on/off intervals for the chiller? Link to comment
I Take Pictures Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Look svveet mang. That being said, I think you could use some more rock. Link to comment
ab420 Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 VERY cool! (no pun intended) It's nice to see something a little different! Good luck with everything. Link to comment
jeremai Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 Thanks for the photo, surferdan! Charlie97L, the guy who sent me the stuff keeps his tank at 56, and the water temp in Puget Sound where the livestock comes from is usually in the 40s. The only places I know where stuff lives in the 60s is Southern California and off the Australian Coast. Since I don't have anything from either, the lower temp works well. Perhaps a gruint sculpin later on, maybe a catalina goby to see how it does at a lower temperature - but with all the anemones I'm planning, there won't be much swimming room. Adin, the chiller comes on for about five minutes, every twenty minutes or so. The room is at 82 because of my other tanks, so it's trying to keep a 25 degree pull-down. I Take Pictures, I'm working on getting some more rock; they guy is sending the anemones attached to rocks, so I want to make sure I have room for everything. Link to comment
jeremai Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 Ok, some better shots. I haven't even bothered to narrow down the species for the anemones - but there are two types of Urticina and one Metridium. The last photo is a mystery - I had thought it to be a macroalgae, but now I'm leaning toward a bryozoan of some sort. Urticina felina (left), Urticina capricornis (right): Urticina felina: Metridium spp. (possibly M. senile): Bryozoan; won't get it any more succinct than that: Link to comment
adinsxq Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 oh wow.... i LOVE the two white ones Link to comment
I Take Pictures Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 TI Take Pictures, I'm working on getting some more rock; they guy is sending the anemones attached to rocks, so I want to make sure I have room for everything. Alright, sounds awesome. This tank is gonna be something really different when its all finished. Link to comment
RayWhisperer Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Is that some type of anemone shrimp on the second nem pic? Link to comment
jeremai Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 Nope. The tentacles are super sticky; that one picked up some sand particles. Link to comment
kinetic Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 you're still using the 32watt retro? do these guys need as high of lighting as reef anems? Link to comment
jeremai Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 They are completely non-photosynthetic, no lighting required. Link to comment
jeremai Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 Scallop has gone to the little reef in the sky. A big, scaly red blob turned out to be a colony of hydroids that just started to 'bloom' - I'll get some photos when they're less shy. Anyone know anything about the biology of hydroids? Link to comment
deacon hemp Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 The red anemone looks like a snake lock anemone. They spit babies out there mouth if im not mistaken. This tank rocks man,my local public aquarium has the sickest cold water displays and ive always wanted to try one out.A few places up the coast here you could get anemones right of the pillars of the docks. Cant wait to see this tank develope. Link to comment
jeremai Posted November 16, 2006 Author Share Posted November 16, 2006 Thanks. I updated my photo post above with the scientific names. Link to comment
MFish Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 I just got done feeding some hydroids in a bio lab actually.. Interesting little things. nice tank Link to comment
adinsxq Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 looks like the end of a sea apple Link to comment
jeremai Posted November 17, 2006 Author Share Posted November 17, 2006 Pops out of that scaley red bump at the center of my FTS. Fully open, it's about a half inch tall. No idea what it is. Link to comment
MFish Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Haha that is so awesome.. Link to comment
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