items found on beach

[dee718]

now you know that i am a beginner.....are you able to put items that you might find on the beach in the tank?

 

[Paul B]

Well that depends on what you find. But maybe you should not add what I do.

But most shells (if they don't smell) , rocks, jewelry, and ceramics are fine. Don't add driftwood or anything half dead.

 

[dee718]

love the beer can...thanks for the advise

 

[dee718]

where can i find mushrooms like yours?

 

[MikeC]

IMOP some of it depends on your personal aesthetics and what you want your tank to look like.
I would consider my personal preference to be on the other end of the spectrum than Paul's with that said obviously they both can work but I would advise against putting cans,bottles and or chains in your salt water tank but that could just be me

 

[Paul B]

but I would advise against putting cans,bottles and or chains in your salt water tank but that could just be me

I would advise against that also.

where can i find mushrooms like yours?

What mushrooms? They are very common anyplace that sells corals.
Some of them get huge.

 

[dee718]

your tank is beautiful....i cant want to add to mine

 

[dee718]

what corals would you recommend? should i start with all inexpensive pieces? what are frags and should i start with them?

 

[Paul B]

Frags are any small coral, they make frags by breaking off pieces of larger corals so they are cheaper to buy then larger pieces.
You should start with mushrooms, leathers and later LPS corals but you need enough light first. I think you need to do a lot of research before you buy corals as many of them are not that easy.

 

[masterswimmer]

Be aware of adding anything from local beaches/shore from the NY area. If you're setting up a typical tropical reef tank, the livestock from the Pacific, Caribbean, and equatorial locations are much warmer waters. Livestock from NY beaches are much colder water critters. NORMALLY they can't be mixed. There are always exceptions to the rule.

Russ

 

[dee718]

thanks Paul

 

[dee718]

Be aware of adding anything from local beaches/shore from the NY area. If you're setting up a typical tropical reef tank, the livestock from the Pacific, Caribbean, and equatorial locations are much warmer waters. Livestock from NY beaches are much colder water critters. NORMALLY they can't be mixed. There are always exceptions to the rule.

Russ

thank you for the advise Russ

 

[Rob&Gab]

Be aware of adding anything from local beaches/shore from the NY area. If you're setting up a typical tropical reef tank, the livestock from the Pacific, Caribbean, and equatorial locations are much warmer waters. Livestock from NY beaches are much colder water critters. NORMALLY they can't be mixed. There are always exceptions to the rule.

Russ

believe it or not. me and my girlfriend last year we caught a baby black fish, about 2.5in now he is about 3-3.5in hes been doing well and growing.

we did have his mate with him but she wasn't able to make it. she went after
about a month we had them.

if you would like to read about the blackfish-aka tautog i have. here is a link.

http://mylifeasamarinebiologist.wor...opical-reef-fish-living-in-cold-ocean-waters/

 

[charliethetuna88]

U shouldn't take small undersize blackfish its agaist the law .

 

[Rob&Gab]

U shouldn't take small undersize blackfish its agaist the law .

well thanks for letting me no. i didn't no that till now. and also we didn't no what kind of fish it was till a few months ago.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

:sigh:
:tired:

 

[Paul B]

I have had local lobsters, blue claw crabs, blackfish, flounders, eels, searobins and just about everything else on the north east coast in my tank. Yes most of that was illegal. Shoot me what can I tell you. All gamefish are fine to catch as long as they are the legal size and you can eat them, but you can't keep small ones in a tank.
Sometimes those things came home by accident as tiny babies like the lobsters when I collect amphipods. Right now there is a local crab in this bottle that grew to large to get out, I have no idea when or where I got him.

 

[Rob&Gab]

I have had local lobsters, blue claw crabs, blackfish, flounders, eels, searobins and just about everything else on the north east coast in my tank. Yes most of that was illegal. Shoot me what can I tell you. All gamefish are fine to catch as long as they are the legal size and you can eat them, but you can't keep small ones in a tank.
Sometimes those things came home by accident as tiny babies like the lobsters when I collect amphipods. Right now there is a local crab in this bottle that grew to large to get out, I have no idea when or where I got him.

so the crab rite now of is in your bottle ! do you feed it lmao.

 

[Paul B]

Yes, I do feed it. It is actually a Japanese shore crab which is an invasive species and all over the place here. You can't get away from them and they look like fat Sally Lightfoot crabs.

 

[jaBX1]

IMOP some of it depends on your personal aesthetics and what you want your tank to look like.
I would consider my personal preference to be on the other end of the spectrum than Paul's with that said obviously they both can work but I would advise against putting cans,bottles and or chains in your salt water tank but that could just be me

great colors you've got!! im starting to notice i have too many green and purple corals...

What lights are you running, and was there any post editing to that picture?