[JonnyIce]

When I was doing my research I got very little help from anyone, including the local EPA, etc... at any rate here is a quickie:
http://www.epa.gov/region1/eco/lis/ccmp/hypox.html

and then back to HAPPIER crabbing news

[Paul B]

JohnnyIce, great article. I have ben diving in the Sound for 40 years and it is amazing the life that has disappeared almost completely.
Fishing there is almost useless except for stripped bass.
There are no more flounders and I used to spear two at a time, we also used to get our limit of 6 lobsters a day after throwing back 10 or 15 shorts.
Fluke also used to be very common, I have not seen one lately.
It is a shame.

	Holocentrus refus- Holocentrus refus-Stripped Squirrel Fish Squirrel fish are very hardy. They don't bother corals, but they will eat snails, crabs, starfish and small fish, so if you plan on placing one in your reef tank, you need to take this into account. They do get to a large size, with Sargocentron spiniferum getting about 20” or so, but the striped squirrels group are smaller, 4”-6” range. Squirrel fish are very active during the day and are nocturnal, so they will become even more active when the lights go off. It’s a good fish for a FO or a Fowlr tank and can be kept with both aggressive and non-aggressive fish. They also make knocking sounds that you can hear from some distance away. A very good squirrel fish for a reef tank as it doesn't get to large. Will eat small fish and inverts, so you need to be careful.

[JonnyIce]

it's pretty much the same reaction as our tanks...people dumped waste mercilessly into the sound...therefore nitrogen and phosphate levels were up...this lead to an algal bloom...which hurts in two ways...blocks sun from getting to photosynthetic organisms down below AND when the algae dies it sucks up all the dissolved oxygen on the way down to the sea floor. so the guys who crawl along the bottom and can't move to a higher DO saturated location lose out . still love your lobster diving photo in the other thread Paul