My “local tank” started as a slice of my surrounding harbors and bays, specifically East Hampton, NY on the east end of long island, complete with macro algae. The entire process is going to be an experiment.
This all started when my brother and I bought our nephew a 10 gallon tank and we put in some striped killifish and Atlantic silversides for him. I work for my local government and we do some seining and trawling roughly once and month for data collection. We would catch some interesting things and I would bring them over and put them in the tank. All of this sparked my interest in doing a full sized version. This is the account of the process as it takes shape and changes along the way.
This system is now a mixed reef and this is the account of it's changes along the way.
This all started when my brother and I bought our nephew a 10 gallon tank and we put in some striped killifish and Atlantic silversides for him. I work for my local government and we do some seining and trawling roughly once and month for data collection. We would catch some interesting things and I would bring them over and put them in the tank. All of this sparked my interest in doing a full sized version. This is the account of the process as it takes shape and changes along the way.
This system is now a mixed reef and this is the account of it's changes along the way.
Crab Hitchhiker?
Posted 05-08-2009 at 05:21 AM by Beaun
Here is the story, this guy hitchhiked in a while ago, I think he might be responsable for the Royal Gramma loss. I was looking around in the tank the other night and noticed a crab leg on a rock, I figured it just came in with one of my water changes (natural sea water). Later that night my brother yelled for me to come over and look at the crab he found. I didn't believe him at first, but in reality there was a mud crab staring back at me. I dropped a piece of krill in there an it devoured it, we were excited to say the least.
So I figured it came in on one of the rocks or macros that I have in my tank. Just thought some people might think its interesting. Here are some pics and a viedo of him breakin' nasty on a piece of krill.
So I figured it came in on one of the rocks or macros that I have in my tank. Just thought some people might think its interesting. Here are some pics and a viedo of him breakin' nasty on a piece of krill.
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