pod collecting in hudson river

[NYreefNoob]

well took my daughter to the park in peekskill which is on the hudson river and as we were by the water out of curiousity i turned a rock over and it was covered in pods, well the park trip was cut short as i ran home to get a bucket, got a 1000 or so pods and a few different types of algea, my seahorse's are in heavan now, hardest part was cause i just picked rocks up and shook around in a bucket of water was getting pods out of all the debris in bucket

 

[jayuws]

very interesting. I didn't think the ocean water went up the river that far. Or could they be fresh water pods? I'm in Manhattan and I never thought to go to the Hudson for pods. I guess I'm so used to thinking of the Hudson as a PCB dumping ground. I'd be interested in getting more info on the livestock in the Hudson and if it's safe to put in our tanks. Anyone else have any info?

Jay

 

[NYreefNoob]

i should have tested the salinity of the water, but from my understanding it reach's up past me as well, not sure what else ya might find, was a bunch of fern calurpa on the shore

 

[Chapz]

I tested the salinity of the water in fire island inlet and it was 1.023.
Water was even warm which was surprising for this time.