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09/03/2008, 04:56 PM | #176 |
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The reason I went out...
Krill; took me all of 25 seconds to catch this: Close up(a little blurry): One swipe of the net:
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02/26/2009, 11:18 PM | #177 |
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Outstanding pics Big Red. It has been while since I have checked on this thread. Im real happy to see that many of you got out in the open to catch stuff. It is a lot of fun.
As Big Red demonstrated from Newfoundland, you dont have to be in the tropics to find great sea life. All of our shores are teaming with life if you take time to look. I often laugh to myself as I see thousands of people at the beach walking right over things they do not realize or dont even see. All the while I am next to them picking up sea life left and right - gorgonians, sponges, urchins, sand dollars, hermits, anemones, stars, limpets, conchs... Spring is just around the corner. Lets get some more cool photos into this thread of what you find out at the beach and the surf and the bays of America. |
02/26/2009, 11:24 PM | #178 |
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Big Red, how well did those pods acclimate to your system? Did the cold water pods adapt to your warm water?
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03/04/2009, 02:34 PM | #179 |
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well, long story short, they didn't, lol. By the time I got them home, the vast majority were already dead. next time, I'm going to use a larger bottle, and NOT stop to talk to girls in bikinis
Either way, it was an interesting trip and everything was eaten by the next morning so it was worth it to me, so I'll be going again come spring.
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07/14/2011, 10:20 PM | #180 |
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Can anyone show some pics of things found at the shore that could be added to your home tank? I understand that many finds will not be compatible with a reef tank. My question revolves around creatures that potentially COULD be kept at home if the settings were right. So it doesnt matter if you are adding or just doing catch and release. Lets hear about and see what you have come across. How about posting some pics?
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07/15/2011, 12:37 PM | #181 |
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I've kept a couple blennies in my tank before. I also have collected a couple zoas from the Keys. Back to your orginal post, up here in NW FL i don't see near as many pods as I saw as down south. Alot of the things up here are mean though.
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07/15/2011, 09:13 PM | #182 |
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07/16/2011, 12:44 PM | #183 |
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PCFisher66 - Can you give some examples of things that are mean by you?
One nice find in this area are paired gobies and pistol shrimp. Hunt at night and look carefully at the edge of rocks to find them. |
07/16/2011, 12:51 PM | #184 |
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I personally go to the beach all the time to collect pods, I usually hit tide pools and collect driftwood, which is crawling with them! I have also collected about 15 peppermint shrimp this way, they are all over my tank and getting huge. As a bonus, you just cut it open and you get bristle worms and huge isopods and all sorts of cool things. Just never actually put the wood into your tank- it's a nitrate disaster...just ask how I know....
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07/24/2011, 02:16 AM | #185 |
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I collect "Tiger-pods" (Tigriopus californicus) from the splash pools on the Oregon coast and grow them out in my garage to feed to my coldwater tanks.
I'm sure you could do the same for feeding to mandarins and seahores. They are found from Alaska to Baja on the West coast. |
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