ho i was at the beach td and have some questions

[dynamictank]

hi everyone i was at the beach today i caught a bunch of small shrimps (clear glass looking), some fish that look like pipefish (long and thin), also i caught silversides and small fish with verticle stripes also black snails that look like nassurius snails
i want to know if i can feed some of these things to my coral and put them in my tank, please let me know what i can do

 

[THEDLO]

i wouldnt put any fish u find in this area in ur DT too much pollution in our area IMO

 

[Bob 1000]

Plenty of people keep these shrimp and some fish.. A lot of them need to be in colder water.. Personally I've kept up to around 500 grass shrimp in my display with no problems. they tend to eat algae off the back wall.. They didn't bother my sps at all.. Send Paul B. a message and he could probably set you straight about all of the things in the water up by you.. I've only collected there a couple times, but I do collect by me..
Better to get facts from people who know through experience then people guessing, or "forum smart"...

 

[KathyC]

It is best to ID the creatures you are taking out of the ocean prior to bringing them home.
It is strongly not advised that you return anything to the ocean after you have introduced it into your DT.

Hopefully you put these creatures into a tank by themselves.
Some feel that snails can introduce undesirable parasites into your tank, others think it adds biodiversity.

Posting pictures will help with the ID'ing of the fish.

 

[MIKE NY]

I've had those ghost shrmp and Nass snails in my tank, but only after a freshwater dip and QT.

 

[dynamictank]

Thought I'd upload an image also I let the shrimps go invested way too much time n money to risk any problems


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[e.muehlbauer]

The "nassarius" snails (actually Ilyanassa) do very well in a reef tank, last for years and are excellent scavengers. I would not give them a freshwater dip...while they are known to be vectors of the parasite that causes swimmer's itch (worm cercariae), these parasites appear to be released in response to freshwater...they cannot survive in reef salinity, although the snails can. I know from experience that I only get swimmer's itch after a period of heavy rains, from wading in the water while fishing. Since the snails are intertidal, they can be well subjected to periods of fresh water during storms. I now know to rub my legs down with purell afterwards. But its only a problem after rain...there hasn't been any swimmer's itch in several weeks. I have never heard of anyone getting it from their tanks.