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dockrat · #1 09-28-2006, 09:58 PM

I considered doing the same thing at my office which is actualy floating on the ocean All i would have had to do is Pump fresh salt water (from about 20ft below the office for polution reasons) and add a PC light i could have collected things right off the pillings out side my door and the fish could be colected and released as reqired for size .... What a great idea until i was told By a conservation officer that NO IT IS ILLEGAL TO COLLECT FROM the wild, Exept what is in the Fishing regulations such as crabs, clams , most fish , Ect with a fishing licence.... Most of the stuff i wanted to keep where pertected

... And my office is open to the public so i decied not to go thru with the idea. If you are considering doing this Just Don't get caught and its best NOT to collect at the beaches where people Dig for clams as the conservation officers often patrole these areas...

Scavenger · #2 09-28-2006, 11:00 PM

Dale, one thing you might be able to do to make your intertidal critters feel more at home is add some form of chilling to the sump but not the display tank.

That way, as the tide is dropping the ambient temp of garage might warm display water a bit, like a true tidal zone.

In the sump, you could even try to figure out your evap rate and have an ice cube dump for your top off if you can't afford a chiller.

Once the return kicks in (raising tide) the critters will be hit with colder water much like the natural enviroment.
Just a theory, but I'd guess certain behaviors in your livestock would be more triggered by temp than light.

Dale · #3 10-03-2006, 06:18 AM

Just an update.
I'm now in the "process" of communicating with the Fed and Prov Gov's re. collection and transport issues. Welcome to my nightmare!!! Oh well, no brick walls yet - just lots of detours. I'll post the results when and if I ever have some. So far the people I have spoken to both there and at the V.Aquarium have been nice enough and want to help but no one seems to know how to apply the rules to this situation.

I've had a tank and sump running in the garage for a week now and as suspected, no condensation. I really want to try to avoid any temp imput so that the tank follows the ambient temp in the garage. Already I see that my submersable pump is adding heat so I will probably go to an external pump.
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Scavenger · #4 10-03-2006, 02:29 PM

Dale,

I was going to do this tank set up a couple of years back..
I wrote the DFO and was assured all you need is a valid Salt Water fishing licence if you are collecting your own livestock. Just respect the area/season closures and catch quota. Anything you collect for your tank will come under the "other" quotas. Unless you plan on stocking a swimming pool, I doubt you'd limit out!