Rocky Neck State Park

[Shark Bait100]

In conjunction with the Fin and Feather Club Day Sept 30 , CTARS will be at Rocky Neck State Park for low tide to do a scavenge hunt for refugium critters and plants, pods and shrimp.

Justin Incredible will be at hand to answer any questions and show where he collects his critters.

Low tide is at 7:21 am so if we arrive at 9:30 am. That will give you several hours of scavenging.

We will have a box of joe with some donut holes on hand.

This event is rain or shine, if thunder storms/lightning are projected, then it will be cancelled.

Afterward we can all go over to Fin and feather and check out what John is doing for Club Day.

Look forward to see everyone attend.
Dave

 

[renogaw]

this sounds like fun

i was there a couple weeks ago looking for periwinkle shells. the kiddies had wiped out the whole beach

any info on the rock crabs that generally are at our beach? they ok for reef tanks?

 

[MADtanks]

so you guys are actually putting some of these critters in your tanks or is it just for a Colder type reef?? if they are ok in your reefs i def want to collect some pods or waever i can snails....

 

[trstange]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10757255#post10757255 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by erickrm
so you guys are actually putting some of these critters in your tanks or is it just for a Colder type reef?? if they are ok in your reefs i def want to collect some pods or waever i can snails....

Some critters are safe and other are not, thats why Justin is going to be there. It should be an educational event

 

[MADtanks]

oh wow... thats really cool i was always affraid that water temp wise that they could not be kept in out tank... cant wait

 

[renogaw]

the periwinkles aren't very good for our tanks since they are tidal snails--when they climb up the glass they think the tide has gone out and close up and wait for the tide to come back in. they do though make awesome homes for hermits.

we also have mantis shrimp on our shores

 

[tank o tang]

What about pollution? I always thought it was bad in our area.

 

[Shark Bait100]

Were not putting ocean water or beach sand in the tanks, only live things. Polution won't be a problem.

 

[fishieness]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10757866#post10757866 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by renogaw
we also have mantis shrimp on our shores

great... nwoim never goign to want to go swimming in a rocky area again....
and to think, i saw jaws on a big screen for film class earlier this week, and the thing that makes me not want to go swimming is the thought of mantis shrimp...

 

[renogaw]

ehh, the mantis we have are small near the shore, but go out and they can get you good.

did you see http://www.lisrc.uconn.edu/lis_uwtour/index.asp ?

 

[ctreefer]

When I was a kid we used to find large mantis washed up on the beach after large storms.

I was just at our rocky area at the beach this past weekend with my kids at low tide. Lots of kool stuff in the tidal pools. I found a small pipefish that was too small to keep plus lots of sponge and caught a small cunner. He's a kool little wrasse looking fish in my nano now.

This trip should be fun. Hopefully I can make it.

 

[MADtanks]

damn sounds like alot of fun!! i would like to catch a pipe but dont have a cold water setup booo haha, def should be fun fun

 

[ctreefer]

Rich, If you could keep the tank around 75 that would be enough. These pipefish range from the florida coast all the way up here if I'm not mistaken. They end up in tidal pools all the time and can tolerate large changes in temperature over a short period of time reaching over 80 degrees. Several locals I've communicated with had mixed results in keeping them. The one I caught so my kids could see was really small (4 inches) and I didn't want to risk it.

 

[MADtanks]

gotcha.... yea my blue stirpes are tiny lol... like 2" i finally got them to eat frozen cyclopes today!! hopefully they will take to it alot more this way i dont have to spend so much dough on trigger pods lol... thanks for info.

 

[benray4fun]

This is definitely a cool trip..."I wish I could make it." I could use some micro-fauna.

 

[T5PO]

Interested!

Interested!

Count me in, and what kind of Mantis are out there???:dance: ctreefer post a picture of the wrasse, would love to see it.

 

[ctreefer]

Here are some not so great pics.

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[renogaw]

Re: Interested!

Re: Interested!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10764101#post10764101 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by T5PO
Count me in, and what kind of Mantis are out there???:dance: ctreefer post a picture of the wrasse, would love to see it.

not sure what type of mantis, but i beleive we have smashers.

i was in a small town on the shore just south of foxwoods getting perriwinkle shells and brought them back, plopped em in some boiling water, and out shot a baby mantis. all the broken shells made sense right then and there. I also spoke to some guy in the Soundkeepers society and he told me we definitely have mantis on the shore, and as they grow they go in deeper.

in that slide show from uconn there's a pic of one or two.

 

[renogaw]

Squilla empusa

looks like we have slashers, not smashers.

 

[J8851]

I'm unable to make it (Due to firefighter school) but i'm very interested in knowing what we can keep in our reefs.

this is alot to ask but is there anyway someone can keep a picture log of what we can keep and where it can be found?