Cold/Temperate Water Reef

you guys should see the coldwater reefs at the seattle aquariums INCREDILBE
i will try to get some pics maybe this saturday since i have training. you should look into getting some ratfish, not sure if they are saltwater though, but def. need to check them out
 
Some inspiration from the Vancouver aquarium:

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Hi guys! just got back from scuba diving, lucked out and found a quantity of proliferative anemones, so I collected a good amount. Other than that I managed to catch 2 grunt sculpins. I also picked up a couple more rocks and a new hermit crab and a small orange starfish. All in all a good trip. Going out again tommorow. I'm after an octopus but didn't find any today. Oh well, try again tommorow. Finally though, some grunt sculpins in the tank!
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8690610#post8690610 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Dale Carlisle
Some inspiration from the Vancouver aquarium:

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Wow, that is nice!! What temp do they have the tank on?
 
Will....congrats on the sculpins and brooding anemones....sounds like you were in Deception Pass ? I really want to get out to Neah Bay to collect true Corynactus strawberries (unless you know of another place where they are located) like in the photo above. The one colony that I have does very well....but, they need more friends. If you get a chance to go to Neah, let me know....I would join you.

Edward....The Vancouver Aquarium is right on the water....so, I imagine that their system is open. Right now, Puget Sound temps are in the upper 40's.
 
Yes, they run ambient ocean temps on most of their systems.

Congrats on the grunts! Please keep us informed on their progress in the tank (feeding etc...) as this is a species I'm quite interested in.

Marathon 10 hour day yesterday tearing down one reef and setting up another. No fish losses and only one droopy cabbage coral. Whew!
 
I set the temp at 48f. The grunts are hopping around looking for food. I'm working on filling up my air tanks and getting our again...BTW the strawberries I refer to are proliferative or brooding anemones, I was where I took you before Steve, but just more to the west of the point. I lucked out, no significant current. I punctured a wrist seal somehow and got wet, but made a second dive anyway, my right arm and upper body was soaked all the way to my waist! Proof that argon gas works, I did cut the second dive a little short when I began to get slightly chilled, but nothing serious. A have a backup drysuit now with a new neck seal and inflate valve(viking sport) that I'll pick up from the shop today($200 repair bill...EEEK!) I still have to check on the moorage inside DP but it looks like a go! Yes I want some true Corynactus strawberries, but none closeby, I'll have to go out more around San Juan or Orcas I think. I've found some huge, beautiful coralline colored umbrella crabs there. Also I want some juvenile Puget Sound kings, I've found only 1 here though, 10 years ago. Strange I found no octos, but the vis was really bad yesterday due to previous high tidal volumes. BTW I'm putting together a website for all this stuff...but it'll be awhile yet. The grunt sculpins are happy this morning, my woman has fallen in love hehe("you never said they were so cute!!!") As far as feeding goes, they need live food and I find what they'll instantly feed on are the small hermits found during low tide. collect a few handfull then break them out of their shells. Grunts love them! I'll also be collecting as many amphipods as possible, another good foodsource. Anyhow, I'll make another report this evening...
 
Will....Let me know if you get further into the San Juans. Ryan and I would love to join you....especially if it means more corynactus. I think I might head up to Seiku next week....I hear from Jeff that baby Kings can be found there.
 
My boat is pretty fast Steve-Today I didn't dive but I took it from Skyline around the island though DP and now it's at a dock there. I could cruise out into the San Juans easily weather permitting(I had a bumpy ride today) then meet you guys and load up the gear. With myself, dive gear and another person I can still get up on plane. With myself and two diver It'd be cramped but could manage. It's just a 12' hard bottom inflatable. It's supposed to have a 15 horse engine, I use a 25 horse, so plenty of power! Anyhow I still have to find a GPO so I'm waiting on a bit better weather, today wasn't so good and I have a punctured wrist seal.
Let me know when you want to come up. Neah is a bit far for my boat though. I'd like to find corynactus somewhere close!
 
Well folks, I just got back from a night dive. Spent about an hour cruising around underwater. Got myself 4 piling perch, a few surf perch, and 3 sailfin sculpins. In addition I picked up some kind of crab I'll ID later, and 3 keyhole limpets. Then I spent awhile wading around with my dive light and mask/snorkel netting shrimp and amphipods. The grunt sculpins were happy about that! They are much more predatory than I had thought, and go after larger prey than I imagined! I changed 10 gallons water with natural seawater, everything in the tank perked up a bit with that. The brooding anemones finally opened etc. I'll be doing a 10 gallon water change every day for the next week until I'm sure it's pristine. My aquarium is getting very well stocked finally. I'll be wanting some more horse barnacle clusters next, and after that just small inverts. Anyhow the dive was perfect, when I entered the water there was a slight current which stopped about 5 minutes into it...I had checked the tide table and there was only 11 inches of exchange. It was in a spot where normally there's a bit of current normally. One of the sailfins is a bit large for my taste, I may release it. All in all, a really productive night.
 
What are you doing up so late?
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted...actually according to murphy, no good deed ever goes unpunished.
Yeah I still have to figure out how to post pictures.
 
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