tidepools

[mikemangue]

I think it's only illegal if you get caught...! Go ahead, grab a few and make a run for it..

Originally Posted by nemo1991

hello everyone, i live in rocklin and am planning a trip to monteray bay for a couple days, i ahve a 55 gallon salt water tank (whihc you will understand sshortly why i said it, lol), my freind who lives there said that i should just pick up anemones, snails, hermits, and other crabs while i am there to bring home to my tank, he said he had loads in the oens buy his house. i immeadiatly thought about the temp change and such, and isnt it illegal??
any ways what kind of hermits are in the pools, what kind of crabs, what kind of anemones???
if its illegal i am not going to take any, but if its not i dont want to take them if they are not going to survive

[Airborneguy]

I set up a seperate 10 gallon tank and slowly acclimate them over a few days. For me, living in NY, the temp difference is tremendous, so that's why I take the extra precaution. I fell in today trying to get off a sandbar I got trapped on by the high tide while collecting, and I was frozen by the time I got back to my car! right now, I have snails and hermits acclimating to higher temps and my water chemistry right now.