If people are intrested in temperate fish from Australia try emailing oceanreef@aanet.com.au they should be able to help you
Regards Steve
Regards Steve
Cold/Temperate Water Reef
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Dale Carlisle
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Anenome poop.
Dale Carlisle
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Sunstar
Skimming the surface for food
Avoiding an anenome
Skimming the surface for food
Avoiding an anenome
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chrisstie
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Your starfish looks like you could tell people it was a crown of thorns and if they weren't hobbyists wouldn't know the difference. Y ou could charge people to see your enemy-of-the-reef ;p That sun star is HUGE wow.
I'm looking to move to Seattle this year so this thread has just got me even MORE excited because I'll be able to collect stuff like this. Puget Sound, here I come!
I'm looking to move to Seattle this year so this thread has just got me even MORE excited because I'll be able to collect stuff like this. Puget Sound, here I come!
Dale Carlisle
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If you mean the lime coloured one with the ball of poop it is a green burrowing anemone (Anthopleura artemisia), a relative of the Pacific green surf anemone.
They have a strong muscular foot that extends down through the substrate so that only the tentacles and mouth extend above the surface (of the sand). I find them in tidal flats where the outgoing/ingoing water runs through channels. I feed them a small piece of scallop or mussel once or twice a week.
The sunstars can grow to be 3' across and are quite commonly over 2' in the locations I go diving.
Here is the main food that I feed the fish, hermits, shrimp, crabs, anemones and stars; frozen scallops and mussels from the supermarket.
As well I dose the tank occasionally with cyclopeeze and reef roids for the brooding and plumose anemones.
Garage tank temp. today: 54*F.
They have a strong muscular foot that extends down through the substrate so that only the tentacles and mouth extend above the surface (of the sand). I find them in tidal flats where the outgoing/ingoing water runs through channels. I feed them a small piece of scallop or mussel once or twice a week.
The sunstars can grow to be 3' across and are quite commonly over 2' in the locations I go diving.
Here is the main food that I feed the fish, hermits, shrimp, crabs, anemones and stars; frozen scallops and mussels from the supermarket.
As well I dose the tank occasionally with cyclopeeze and reef roids for the brooding and plumose anemones.
Garage tank temp. today: 54*F.
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Wow, that's one hell of a bolus, I thought it was a tunicate.
Nice anemone. I recognized it as soon as you told me what it is. I haven't seen a lot of them where I go kicking around, but I've seen some really impressive purple ones with neon green centers, I think central OR.
Nice anemone. I recognized it as soon as you told me what it is. I haven't seen a lot of them where I go kicking around, but I've seen some really impressive purple ones with neon green centers, I think central OR.
Thanks for your appearance on reefcast, Steve, that was a really interesting discussion.
Anyone else who wants to check it out should download episode 29b at www.reefcast.com.
Anyone else who wants to check it out should download episode 29b at www.reefcast.com.
ranran
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Its on display at a LFS but i do all the feeding and maintenance on it. I battle hair algae but i think its due to all the high light invert tanks located next to it. 12 hours of indirect VHO lighting does not help the algae control in a tank. I do run carbon and gfo in a reaction chamber and have a decent skimmer on the tank but every month i am scraping algae off the rocks.
I need to do a trip to the coast to see if there are any tide pool snails that can help me with the algae but out run the stars.
I need to do a trip to the coast to see if there are any tide pool snails that can help me with the algae but out run the stars.
steveweast
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Randy,
I plan on carbon dosing the next time around as well as having automated feedings at least four times a day. Cold water tanks indeed can battle algae. The last time, I'd do 50 % to 75 % water changes every 2 to 3 weeks (as well as run GFO and carbon)......and I was still having to clean more than I would have liked. I've heard good things about carbon dosing from a few other cold reefers.
I plan on carbon dosing the next time around as well as having automated feedings at least four times a day. Cold water tanks indeed can battle algae. The last time, I'd do 50 % to 75 % water changes every 2 to 3 weeks (as well as run GFO and carbon)......and I was still having to clean more than I would have liked. I've heard good things about carbon dosing from a few other cold reefers.
steveweast
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Carbon dosing = vodka or sugar or vinegar.....vodka is the easier of the 3. The principle is simple.....small amounts of vodka are injected via a dosig pump (or manually) into the system.......bacterial growth consumes the food along with N & P.....skimmer removes bacteria. That's the simplistic version....but....there's lots of info on RC as well as the RCmagazine. It has pitfalls....but, it does work as a nutrient export method......especially with a heavily fed non photosynthetic system like a coldwater tank.
Hello, after running a coldwater "play tank" for a little more than a year I found my way here. I have spent a fair bit of time looking for and reading the little that is available on forums about coldwater; and Steve, you seem to be the authority!
First let me say WOW! Your tanks were wonderful!
I did have a few questions if you don't mind sharing, how do you collect your anemones? It is rare that I find them on a rock that is portable, and often they are on a very irregular surface so I am reluctant to scrape them. All of mine are on the rocks they came with.
What did you use to attach your finds (other than anemone) to rock already in your tank?
Is your friend\dive buddy Coldwater reef still keeping a coldwater tank? he dropped off this thread quite some time ago. I live in Bellingham and dive out of anacortes every other week or so, I thought I might see what experience he can share. Thanks for any advice!
-Todd
First let me say WOW! Your tanks were wonderful!
I did have a few questions if you don't mind sharing, how do you collect your anemones? It is rare that I find them on a rock that is portable, and often they are on a very irregular surface so I am reluctant to scrape them. All of mine are on the rocks they came with.
What did you use to attach your finds (other than anemone) to rock already in your tank?
Is your friend\dive buddy Coldwater reef still keeping a coldwater tank? he dropped off this thread quite some time ago. I live in Bellingham and dive out of anacortes every other week or so, I thought I might see what experience he can share. Thanks for any advice!
-Todd
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