local temperate species surving in heated tanks

[Myka]

Be aware that collecting wildlife from the ocean or tidepools is illegal.

Originally Posted by marie

A lot of our local sea life has the ability to survive high temps for a short period of time. If you've ever put your hand in a tidepool you know how warm the water can get, in just the space of a few hours.
In the long term, it shortens their life spans considerably because the warmth speeds up there metabolism...they eat more and die quicker

Agreed.

[PoonTang]

Clams will survive for about 3 days. Sea lettuce does well tho, and my tangs love it.

[golf nut]

Originally Posted by Myka

Be aware that collecting wildlife from the ocean or tidepools is illegal.

Interesting.. but why?

[Funky_Fish14]

Originally Posted by Mr OM

Interesting.. but why?

Your not really supposed to 'collect' (read steal) anything from the wild anywhere... Its kind of like poaching... (but just cause you dont kill it, doesnt mean its ok)...

[justinl]

bad idea. even tidepool species should be kept in a cooled tank. If you can't afford to set up a coldwater tank or just don't have the time, then you can't keep them. You wouldn't keep a tang in a fishbowl would you?

[Keri]

Originally Posted by justinl

You wouldn't keep a tang in a fishbowl would you?

But my LFS said it was ok!!

[o.c.d.]

So let me see if I have this correct a Figure 8 or greenspot puffer can adapt to a salt water environment. But FW puffers CAN NOT BE DONE! Is a greenspot or a figure 8 a puffer? If they are a puffer than Cannot be done is a contradiction and my generalization of all puffers should be corrected. I really didn't mean all puffers I meant the one the LFS employee showed me and said " these little guys can be converted to SW"... Thank you for showing me the way midgetwaiter

[midgetwaiter]

Originally Posted by o.c.d.

So let me see if I have this correct a Figure 8 or greenspot puffer can adapt to a salt water environment. But FW puffers CAN NOT BE DONE! Is a greenspot or a figure 8 a puffer? If they are a puffer than Cannot be done is a contradiction and my generalization of all puffers should be corrected. I really didn't mean all puffers I meant the one the LFS employee showed me and said " these little guys can be converted to SW"... Thank you for showing me the way midgetwaiter

You've got it, green spot and figure 8 puffers are not FW fish, they are native to brackish estuaries. Adult green spots spend a lot of time in mangrove swamps at full SW salinity as before they head upstream to spawn, like salmon or steelhead. I keep my GSP in a LPS reef tank.

There is a whole bunch of other puffers that are native to FW areas, arrowhead, target, fahaka, etc. Those will not adapt.

[hillegom]

Originally Posted by Funky_Fish14

Your not really supposed to 'collect' (read steal) anything from the wild anywhere... Its kind of like poaching... (but just cause you dont kill it, doesnt mean its ok)...

I am not going into the "wild" to collect cold water species and put them into my tank.

But I don't get it. People hunt, fish, collect flowers, etc.
I go sea kayaking and we always collect and eat from the sea. At work, we sometimes throw a crab trap out. I take the crabs home alive, in a bucket.
Its only one more step, into a cold water tank.

I can understand if the animal or fish is endangered, but if I wanted to establish a cold water tank, then I would just go get what was available.
I would have a salt water fishing license first mind you.
I do not understand why this would be illegal.

[Jason McK]

I do not believe it is Illegal to collect inverts and small amounts of fish from BC waters. It should be but it isn't

J