All Hail the Local Tank!

[Coldwater]

What kind of tank is that?

Its a tank with stuff from here in BC.

You finding these things off Parksville or are you driving for a bit to collect them?

All of these things are from the beach near my house. I would like to go out to the west coast to get some more interesting things.

so how about some specs on the set up?

Do you run a chiller on it? I see you are using glass, any problems with sweating on the glass? How long have you had this thing set up with the macroalgae in it?

Yes I do run a chiller on it. I keep it between 56-60 degrees Fahrenheit. No I have not had any problem with sweating on the glass. Thats something I didn't expect but a I am really happy that there isn't any. Maybe there is enough air flow going through to keep it off. The macro algae started growing in there almost a week after I set up the aquarium. The big clump on the back is about as big as a softball.

I like big fish/exotics, as much or more than most... Not tryin to harp on you, but (well I guess I am, I used "but") I hope your planning on a tank at least 10 times the size as you current setup (and I still think that would be undersized!) if you plan on putting a dog shark or a giant pacific octopuss in your tank...
I dont have black tip reef sharks or bonnet heads because I had to sell my 7500gallon shark tank while I was sick, I could put them in a 1000gallon tank but I wouldnt want to because I think it would be undersized... mabey 1-2 sharks in a 4000+gallon but thats pushing it...
Personally I dont agree at all with keeping them for awhile in captivity and releasing them in the wild when they get too big, whatever it is, will be at a huge disadvantage when released, weaker than its competition, not as skilled at hunting, not as immune to parasites,bacteria/disease..... the list goes on!!!!!!!!!!! Also Im not sure that we have any laws against harvesting live marine specimins, but I know it is illegal to do so with any species classified as "game" species(unless you have the appropiate fishing liscense). You may have checked already, just giving you a heads up.
Please dont do it...."the big stuff I mentioned"
Best of luck with appropiate species!!!!!!!!
Cheers

You bring up a very good point. I just release the things when they get to big but I never though about the fact they would be smaller, have weaker immune systems and the other things you said. I don't think I will be doing that anymore. As for the octopus and shark I would never have a Giant Pacific Octopus in a tank this size. It would be cool to have but I do not have the resources to keep one. The dog shark would be awesome but again I don't think I would keep one again since what you said about it being at a disadvantage. I also like the bigger fish and other creatures to but I wish I had a bigger tank. On a side note you had a 7500 gallon tank!? Thats awesome. Thanks for the input.

Are those strawberry amemones on the top of your stand pipe?

No its just more macroalgae. I kept a small strawberry anemone before and it ate my favorite fish so I have said that I would no longer keep anemones.

Next question.

Matt