Omg woot!

Me and the girlfriend are planning a trip to Maryland in a few weeks.
She is originally from there and most of her family still lives there.
While we are there we are going to make a trip to the beach.
What, if any, creatures could I expect to find in the pools/shallows of the beaches around Maryland. Not sure if there are certain species in that area.
Would love to bring something home for the reef.

 

Absolutely none, since it will be cold water

 

there may be one animal. sand crabs, emerita analoga. i think it can adapt to reef temperatures since saltwaterfish.com sells them.

but you may risk bringing in parasites so i would qt what ever you get

 

don't risk it. You may see cold water anemones, stars, urchins, and stuff like that but none of them will live in your tank for very long.

 

Poo :-(

 

And even more importantly, without extensive knowledge of local species, you run the risk of attempting to collect a restricted species, get caught with it, and do time and/or pay heavy fines. It's very important to keep in mind that not everything in our great oceans is just free for the taking

 

Wait wait wait, your telling me that my sense of entitlement is wrong?;D That actually is a rather good point, just because it's there doesn't mean it's up for grabs. K+

 

The beach is cool, but don't get your hopes up about seeing to many things. I have been to the Jersey, Delaware and MD shores many times. You can find the sand crabs easy enough, but their not that interesting. You will find an occasional buried blue crab. There aren't many tide pools, at least on the ocean front, you may have better luck in the inlets and bays. I have seen king fish in the shallows as well as sand sharks and the occasional ray. There are mussles and such growing on the rocks, but that's about it. It is nothing like the tropical beaches. In went to Bermuda and you see parrot fish, damsels, barracuda, corals, crabs and countless other cool fish right in the shallows. It's really awesome, especially compared to the Mid-Atlantic beaches.

 

Cool.. I knew it was cold but was hoping some sort of star or something could live.. LOL
Just a remembrance from our trip mainly. Oh well.. will just have to check them out while I am there Will take some pics for you guys if I find anything neat

 

haha, living a block away from the beach, I sometimes forget how cool it is.


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