All Hail the Local Tank!

[justinl]

sweet! that is so cool. you definitely have a cool looking specimen of red... blenny... type thing. lol I dunno what it is. I love the cabezon too. very cool fish.

one question: what are you waiting for?! go get a giant pacific octopus! lol joke.

[Scavenger]

Originally Posted by justinl

sweet! that is so cool. you definitely have a cool looking specimen of red... blenny... type thing. lol I dunno what it is.

I believe it's a longfin gunnel

http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/projects...fingunnel.html

[Chaloupa]

that's a very cool tank! Kind of neat to keep stuff from the beach alive and healthy!!!

[Coldwater]

Nice tank!

What are your plans for the Cabezon in the future?

When it gets big enough I will release it. Or eat it for dinner...

one question: what are you waiting for?! go get a giant pacific octopus! lol joke.

I would really like a baby dogshark again. Also just today I found a medium sized giant pacific octopus but I couldn't get it get out from under the rock without hurting it before the tide came in . I would also like anything cool.

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Originally Posted by justinl View Post
sweet! that is so cool. you definitely have a cool looking specimen of red... blenny... type thing. lol I dunno what it is.
I believe it's a longfin gunnel

http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/projects...fingunnel.html

If you want in future pictures I can tell you guys the names of them. I know them all.

Just on a side note. All of these things were caught yesterday at low tide with a dip net in knee deep water.

Matt

[Moogled]

What kind of tank is that?

I've never seen those fish before; very interesting!

[Delphinus]

Cool stuff.

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

[Diana]

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?

Originally Posted by The Moray Guy

I would really like a baby dogshark again. Also just today I found a medium sized giant pacific octopus but I couldn't get it get out from under the rock without hurting it before the tide came in . I would also like anything cool.


Matt

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

[Quagmire]

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

[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