Local collection, Long Island Sound

[eddiesylas]

I have not had any success in propagation with locally caught pods. Just my experience with the two or three times I added them to the aquarium. They survive for a little while in the fuge but just slowly died off. Some of them are wicked fast and I suspect predatory (just a guess- not evidenced) but fun for the few weeks they cruised around.

 

[mtc1966]

eddiesylas i wont be counting on propagation just snacks for seahorses.

 

[mbg75]

Interesting thread. I'm in Mt Sinai. On the water few times a week.

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[AquaticEngineer]

I know this might be a long shot, but are any of you guys interested in collecting some stuff for my cold water tank and shipping it out to me?

If you are keeping a coldwater tank yourself I could trade you some of the stuff I've been able to collect.

 

[gmate]

PM'ing you.

 

[suicideissleep]

once i start collecting for my cold water tank i will hit you up also

 

[Collinrb]

since youre near clinton, check out hammonasset as well. i used to go there as a kid at low tide there are literally millions of rocks to shake around. found a mantis shrimp once there before i knew what they were (luckily i couldnt reach it haha thought it was a lobster)

 

[SueAndHerZoo]

Bringing this thread back to life

Bringing this thread back to life

Since I just posted this thread yesterday about my "haul" from the beach, thought it was time for the two threads to meet.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=20115635#post20115635

Sue

 

[gmate]

It's been 3 weeks since my haul and some of the macros have made it and all my snails are still kicking.

 

[mtc1966]

It's been 3 weeks since my haul and some of the macros have made it and all my snails are still kicking.

how about a pic of the macros that made it :wavehand:

 

[madlarkin]

Just as an FYI to the snails collected:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/mg/index.php

 

[gmate]

Just as an FYI to the snails collected:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/mg/index.php

Good read, thank you

 

[madlarkin]

Good read, thank you

No worries. I lurk around and have been very interested in this thread, kicking around the idea of a small cold water tank. Something about the snails had been bothering me, and I finally remembered having read that when browsing the same creatures being sold via Ebay.

 

[DrHarryLopez]

Excellent, I enjoyed the reading. I can't wait to go collecting or at least experience it!

 

[gmate]

Picking up more snails and macro on Wednesday. Oh yeah!

 

[Paul B]

Todays catch of amphipods. There were many more but my wife accidently kicked over the bucket on the boat and I had to chase them down on the carpet. For every one you see there are fifty babies you can't see. I collect every few days in the summer.

 

[suicideissleep]

I have had two crabs nine mussels twenty snails and millions of pods alive in my cold water tank for three months now the pods are just multiplying need something that eats pods now lol love how everything in this tank is off the shores we swim in. Worse part was I just scooped my cup with a 50 micron screen into the water and got a half inch of pods and I was were everyone was swimming and just thinking how many of these I swallowed over the years of swimming in the ocean lol but good times hope I can start finding more things other than hermits snails and crabs

 

[mtc1966]

too many pods wish i had that problem.

 

[AquaticEngineer]

I will be heading out to Long Island next year for a wedding, any chance some of you guys would want to get together and do some collecting?

 

[gmate]

I will be heading out to Long Island next year for a wedding, any chance some of you guys would want to get together and do some collecting?

You won't find anything too crazy, but I'm sure if you bump this thread in another year some of us would be down. I would!