almost 35 year old reef pictures - Page 35

Aquarist007 · 08/26/2009, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rybren
These mysterious fish disapearances are annoying, aren't they? I always look on the floor first to see if they went carpet surfing.

I had a lawnmower blenny go missing on me a couple of weeks ago. He looked healthy and was eating well then one day he was gone. There was no sign of him on the floor or area surrounding the tank. Guess the CUC cleaned him up.

On another note, I haven't seen the bumblebees in a few days. They're so small and could be anywhere (including someone's stomach)

blennies and gobies are always taking a hike somewhere for a few days in my tank and then suddenly you see them again

no signs of carpet surfing----and my anthias were never prone to that in the first place. If it did die you are right I have a huge hermit in there that would have taken care of it

jterrell · 08/26/2009, 09:03 PM

I just lost a blue green chromi that has been with me for two years. God I loved that fish. I couldn't flush him, had to have a proper burial under the cherry tree.

Paul B · 09/01/2009, 08:45 AM

I have two chromis but they eat unbelievable amounts of baby brine shrimp. I have to double my hatch so the pipefish get enough. They are like vacuum cleaners.

Paul B · 09/01/2009, 09:04 AM

New pictures of locally collected stuff. I just love this 1/2" boxfish or burrfish.

And of course these guys

jason2459 · 09/01/2009, 09:07 AM

Wow, very nice find. What's your plans for that little guy (boxfish that is)?

Sugar Magnolia · 09/01/2009, 09:13 AM

Kewl!! Love that little guy.

Paul B · 09/01/2009, 09:31 AM

Well for now he has to stay in my local tank with the butterflies. He will never go into my reef and he eats too much for me to keep him forever. When and if he grows a couple of inches I will give him away, maybe to a public aquarium.
I am going collecting tomorrow so he may have company.

sunfishh · 09/02/2009, 12:24 AM

Looks like you found some cool stuff Paul

Alaska_Phil · 09/02/2009, 01:49 AM

Dang! Paul that's really awesome that you can go collect stuff yourself.

Even if I wanted to do a cold water aquarium it's illegal in this state to keep live native fish. Perfectly fine to catch them to eat though.

Phil

Paul B · 09/02/2009, 04:16 AM

It's also illegal to keep native live "game" fish in NY but tropical fish are not native to NY so you can take them.

Paul B · 09/02/2009, 04:54 PM

Here is some stuff I collected today along with a million pipefish which I returned to the sea, another million blowfish, which I also returned and a load of trumpet fish, needle fish, and wrasses.
We also collected five gallons of spearing, to eat. Me not the fish.
This picture was taken in my local tank where there is a regular light bulb so everything is yellow. The water also was just poured in right from the sea so it is turbid. The fish really have yellow and black stripes.

Alaska_Phil · 09/02/2009, 05:12 PM

Paul, how do you collect fish? Diving? casting net? traps? Electrodes? I still think that is awesome. I used to keep native minnows in a 10 gal when I was growing up in Wyoming. There you only needed a $15 seining and trapping permit to keep any non-game species, but that was 25 years ago now.

Phil

Paul B · 09/02/2009, 05:19 PM

You just walk through the water with a 25' two man scein net.

I really wanted blue claw crabs but last week they were all dying.
Where you are maybe you can collect some elephant seals, or is it penguins? Oh, north pole, seals

conorwynne · 09/02/2009, 05:23 PM

We're not allowed by law to keep native livestock, although I did keep a perch (when I was a kid) in my fresh water fishtank. The baxturd ate all my purchased fish in a day, so I ate him. :-)

Paul B · 09/02/2009, 05:35 PM

Conor, none of these fish are native so there is no law for them. They are tropical fro the Caribbean which hitch a ride up on the Gulf Stream. They will die here in a few weeks when it gets cold.

Alaska_Phil · 09/02/2009, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Paul B
You just walk through the water with a 25' two man scein net.

I really wanted blue claw crabs but last week they were all dying.
Where you are maybe you can collect some elephant seals, or is it penguins? Oh, north pole, seals

I used to use traps or a 12' sein net in the streams and ponds growing up. It's amazing how effective a sein is. I used to catch blue gills, pumpkin seeds and green sunfish all the time, but had to throw them back as "game fish". My favorite was a type of Killifish with bold tiger stripes on it's sides. I kept a male and small harem of females for some time in that little 10 gallon.

I'm a long way from the coast here in Interior Alaska, so just freshwater fish. there are all sorts of little sculpins and other minnos that would be cool in an aquarium. Even though i'd need a heck of a chiller since most prefer water temps around 45 degrees.

Phil

ddinox64 · 09/02/2009, 06:16 PM

I'm going to play the part of a sterile reefer.

Is that a brick I see in your aquarium? You know that can not be good for your inhabitants. Things can leach out and kill them. Probably not the yellow light you siad you're using turning the water yellow but the brick emitting toxins.

You should also know that water from the ocean has polutants in it, and is bad for the fish you took out of it. You should really filter it before you put them back in it.

Alaska_Phil · 09/02/2009, 06:52 PM

jason2459 · 09/02/2009, 07:27 PM

Yeah, what the hell are you thinking Paul.

Paul B · 09/03/2009, 04:56 AM

Quote:

Is that a brick I see in your aquarium? You know that can not be good for your inhabitants. Things can leach out and kill them. Probably not the yellow light you siad you're using turning the water yellow but the brick emitting toxins.

Really

That used to be a whole brick but that hermit crab took up sculpting as a hobby. He is making a replica of the Pieta.

Sugar Magnolia · 09/03/2009, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jason2459
Yeah, what the hell are you thinking Paul.

Aquarist007 · 09/03/2009, 02:14 PM

the comment "one brick short a load " comes to mind here

I've used bricks in fresh water tanks all the time with no problems or leaching--don't know if salt water makes a difference or not

Paul B · 09/03/2009, 03:05 PM

Bricks are great in saltwater. They are more porous than rock, there cheap or free, readily available and it makes good conversation. It seems that if I didn't use bottles, cans, chains, bricks, asphalt or mud, you guys would have nothing to complain about.

Aquarist007 · 09/03/2009, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Paul B
Bricks are great in saltwater. They are more porous than rock, there cheap or free, readily available and it makes good conversation. It seems that if I didn't use bottles, cans, chains, bricks, asphalt or mud, you guys would have nothing to complain about.

I built a reef out of bricks before in the shape of an outdoor barbeque. My fish were not impressed

ddinox64 · 09/03/2009, 11:32 PM

Not even with a skewer?

09/01/2009, 08:45 AM	#853
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	I have two chromis but they eat unbelievable amounts of baby brine shrimp. I have to double my hatch so the pipefish get enough. They are like vacuum cleaners. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

09/01/2009, 09:04 AM	#854
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	New pictures of locally collected stuff. I just love this 1/2" boxfish or burrfish. And of course these guys __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

09/01/2009, 09:07 AM	#855
jason2459 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Iowa Posts: 9,671	Wow, very nice find. What's your plans for that little guy (boxfish that is)? __________________ rebuild and recovery log: No more red house, you'll have to click on my name and visit my homepage! You can check out my parameters at reeftronics dot net website and look for my username. Current Tank Info: 180g mixed reef w/ a beananimal overflow to a dolomite RRUGF. \| 20g long G. Smithii Mantis Tank

09/01/2009, 09:13 AM	#856
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Kewl!! Love that little guy. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

09/01/2009, 09:31 AM	#857
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	Well for now he has to stay in my local tank with the butterflies. He will never go into my reef and he eats too much for me to keep him forever. When and if he grows a couple of inches I will give him away, maybe to a public aquarium. I am going collecting tomorrow so he may have company. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

08/26/2009, 09:03 PM	#852
jterrell Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ruidoso, NM Posts: 263	I just lost a blue green chromi that has been with me for two years. God I loved that fish. I couldn't flush him, had to have a proper burial under the cherry tree.

09/02/2009, 12:24 AM	#858
sunfishh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Fullerton, Ca Posts: 1,875	Looks like you found some cool stuff Paul __________________ It's nice to be important, but important to be nice

09/02/2009, 01:49 AM	#859
Alaska_Phil Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Pole Posts: 986	Dang! Paul that's really awesome that you can go collect stuff yourself. Even if I wanted to do a cold water aquarium it's illegal in this state to keep live native fish. Perfectly fine to catch them to eat though. Phil __________________ Don't be afraid to fall - if you're not falling down once in a while, you're not trying anything new and probably not having much fun. Current Tank Info: 50 gal mixed reef, 65 gal freshwater planted.

09/02/2009, 04:16 AM	#860
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	It's also illegal to keep native live "game" fish in NY but tropical fish are not native to NY so you can take them. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

09/02/2009, 04:54 PM	#861
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	Here is some stuff I collected today along with a million pipefish which I returned to the sea, another million blowfish, which I also returned and a load of trumpet fish, needle fish, and wrasses. We also collected five gallons of spearing, to eat. Me not the fish. This picture was taken in my local tank where there is a regular light bulb so everything is yellow. The water also was just poured in right from the sea so it is turbid. The fish really have yellow and black stripes. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

09/02/2009, 05:12 PM	#862
Alaska_Phil Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Pole Posts: 986	Paul, how do you collect fish? Diving? casting net? traps? Electrodes? I still think that is awesome. I used to keep native minnows in a 10 gal when I was growing up in Wyoming. There you only needed a $15 seining and trapping permit to keep any non-game species, but that was 25 years ago now. Phil __________________ Don't be afraid to fall - if you're not falling down once in a while, you're not trying anything new and probably not having much fun. Current Tank Info: 50 gal mixed reef, 65 gal freshwater planted.

09/02/2009, 05:19 PM	#863
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	You just walk through the water with a 25' two man scein net. I really wanted blue claw crabs but last week they were all dying. Where you are maybe you can collect some elephant seals, or is it penguins? Oh, north pole, seals __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

09/02/2009, 05:23 PM	#864
conorwynne Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 433	We're not allowed by law to keep native livestock, although I did keep a perch (when I was a kid) in my fresh water fishtank. The baxturd ate all my purchased fish in a day, so I ate him. :-) __________________ New tank (468L or 120G) has salt and rock, just add coral and fish! Current Tank Info: New tank in progress....

09/02/2009, 05:35 PM	#865
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	Conor, none of these fish are native so there is no law for them. They are tropical fro the Caribbean which hitch a ride up on the Gulf Stream. They will die here in a few weeks when it gets cold. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

09/02/2009, 06:16 PM	#867
ddinox64 Moved On Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Ca. Posts: 1,327	I'm going to play the part of a sterile reefer. Is that a brick I see in your aquarium? You know that can not be good for your inhabitants. Things can leach out and kill them. Probably not the yellow light you siad you're using turning the water yellow but the brick emitting toxins. You should also know that water from the ocean has polutants in it, and is bad for the fish you took out of it. You should really filter it before you put them back in it.

09/02/2009, 06:52 PM	#868
Alaska_Phil Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Pole Posts: 986	__________________ Don't be afraid to fall - if you're not falling down once in a while, you're not trying anything new and probably not having much fun. Current Tank Info: 50 gal mixed reef, 65 gal freshwater planted.

09/02/2009, 07:27 PM	#869
jason2459 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Iowa Posts: 9,671	Yeah, what the hell are you thinking Paul. __________________ rebuild and recovery log: No more red house, you'll have to click on my name and visit my homepage! You can check out my parameters at reeftronics dot net website and look for my username. Current Tank Info: 180g mixed reef w/ a beananimal overflow to a dolomite RRUGF. \| 20g long G. Smithii Mantis Tank

09/03/2009, 02:14 PM	#872
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	the comment "one brick short a load " comes to mind here I've used bricks in fresh water tanks all the time with no problems or leaching--don't know if salt water makes a difference or not __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

09/03/2009, 03:05 PM	#873
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	Bricks are great in saltwater. They are more porous than rock, there cheap or free, readily available and it makes good conversation. It seems that if I didn't use bottles, cans, chains, bricks, asphalt or mud, you guys would have nothing to complain about. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

09/03/2009, 11:32 PM	#875
ddinox64 Moved On Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Ca. Posts: 1,327	Not even with a skewer?