tidepools

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

 

Im not sure if its illegal, depends on ind. states. As far as the crabs, I dont see the problem, anything else is a Q. Ask your local fish and wild life agency about that.

 

Having grown up in Monterey Bay and being a 'very' frequent guest at the aquarium (a MUST see btw) and having a Mom that is the manager of the Moss Landing branch of the Marine Mammal Center; I hope to shed light on a few things. There is nothing "illegal" perse about taking marine wildlife, with the exception of the protected species and areas. Please do some careful research, as a large portion of the Monterey Bay is currently protected, especially near the southern edge (Seaside, Marina, Pacific Grove).

Here are a couple links you need to start with. If you need anything else at all, or just want some more insight, please let me know.

Also, where abouts in Monterey Bay are you going?

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/pdfs/ccmpas_brochure.pdf

California Department of Fish & Game, Marine Life Protection Act Initiative

There is a huge support for the protection of the intertidal areas of the Bay (by some usually over-zealous folks with too much time on thier hands!) but it's enough to warrant caution.

Check up on the tidepool initiative. A group of activists started lobbying all the local governments (cities, counties, etc) trying to get them to totally ban the taking of everything. I don't think they got that far with their pleas, but I haven't lived in that area for years.

Anyway, great luck on your trip, have lots of fun, and make sure to go eat at Bubba Gump Shrimp - its just down the street from the aquarium.

PM me if you have any other q's

 

Mmmmmmm Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. They have one of those in Daytona Love that place!

Welcome to 3reef!

Isn't it all you need is a Cali Salt Water fishing license?

 

collection, shipping and handling will be key for you and the success of you animals! Their are right and wrong ways of doing these.

 

agreed. pick up some heat packs or handwarmers and a foam cooler to place your creatures in.

 

Acclimate your found critters very slowly to warmer tank water.

I have some hermits in my tank from Pudget Sound that have been with me for a long time...


Happy hunting.

 

um i was thinking of jsut putting them in one of those acrylic little bins like 8" long, 5" wide, and 6" tall, and putting a little bubbler for oxygen, and putting some sand and rock in there, will that be enough, or will i need to get other things????

 

oh also would those hermit crabs be reef safe???

 

i have hermits from the NJ beach in my tank......dont do anything bad for me, heck they keep sand nice and white