Aqua Posted September 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 yeah, plenty of the little green anenomes, but they're in their own little holes, so getting them out would be more damaging than anything else.. Although.... the stone is soft, so with enough patience, you could carve the rock out around them! :lol: I thought sealettuce was a pest, and you're meant to report it to the council & destroy it ASAP? Or am I confused? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Yeh Caryl, I think I know what your talking about. How long did everything last? Did you have any starfish? What did you have in the tank? Sorry about the questions I just want to do the right thing and I can't find any information apart from what nik posted and what you have been saying. Chris- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 mm , down at this beach I remember seeing some nice looking green things and stuff .. also had some shrimp and crabs (hermit and large ones) as well as some fish in one rockpool! Chris- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Last time I dived out at "W" bay on Wheiheke (sp) we found a tunnel running between two small bays. It was filled with sponges, crays, anenomies and octupii. I was peering into hole and one of the octupii wrapped itself around my head and pulled the mask off my face along with my reg and I dropped my torch. Pretty scarey stuff in a dark cave/tunnel, but in the rockpools over there at low tide there's heaps of baby crays and optopus, especially under the overhanging rock outcrops that never dry out. Another great place is Takatu Point on the East coast if you are mobile and don't mind the walk after parking. Saw some of the biggest crays in my life there, plus tons of babies, and you can get to a lot of it just on snorkle, but watch for hammerheads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Wow , wonder how hard it would be to keep an octupus :lol: ? About this cooling, I'm not sure how to go about it. I might ask a few petshops what they would suggest. Chris- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua Posted September 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 hahah Chris - don't even think it!!! MASTER escape artists.... from memory, a 3 foot octopus can squeeze through a hole the size of a 10c piece... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Let' see, what did we have in the tank? Hmmm... red beadlet anemones sea cucumber biscuit starfish cushion starfish firebrick starfish brittle starfish (aptly named) shrimps (did you know they have red knees?) paua (shhh don't tell) hermit crab we avoided the common crabs as we were told they would eat the other inhabitants octopus chitons limpets whelks sea lettuce - Caulerpa sedoides triplefins (saltwater cockabully) rockfishes lots of other unnamed critters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Did they all last long? did you happen to take any pictures? Sounds like you had a nice selection on fish and things there! I have to wait till I come back from Australia (I leave on the 12th, what a day to choose ). My house doesn't get that hot either, 'cause we don't get much sun (big tree's). Chris- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Caryl, did the starfish look like this: Chris- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Some looked like that. They are brittlestars. All survived for the 2 years we had the tank set up except when it got too hot, the legs would drop off the starfish and they would die. The paua needed it a lot cooler too. We do not have any pics of it sorry. It was pre-digital camera days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Must of been nice when it had been fully set-up. About the anemones, are any poisonous? How long did you have the tank set-up with water and shells / gravel / sand before you added anything? Chris- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 We added everything straight away. We had the tank sitting empty then went to the beach and picked up rocks (with as much lichen on them as possible figuring it would be another food source) and sand and the sea water. The water was in 30 litre barrels so we just caught the critters and threw them in one of the barrels of water. When we got home we arranged the rocks artistically (ie dumped them in a pile ) put the sand in and poured the barrels into the tank. The filter was turned on, and voila! The filter was only there to keep the mucky bits out and the water circulating. Not sure whether it did anything as a biological device. I do not think any of the anemones are poisonous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Wow Caryl, those Red Beadlet Anemones look lovely. Are they poisonous? Chris- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 We added everything straight away. We had the tank sitting empty then went to the beach and picked up rocks (with as much lichen on them as possible figuring it would be another food source) and sand and the sea water. The water was in 30 litre barrels so we just caught the critters and threw them in one of the barrels of water. When we got home we arranged the rocks artistically (ie dumped them in a pile ) put the sand in and poured the barrels into the tank. The filter was turned on, and voila! The filter was only there to keep the mucky bits out and the water circulating. Not sure whether it did anything as a biological device. I do not think any of the anemones are poisonous. Thanks for all your wonderful help Caryl When I get mine set-up I will be sure to get pictures and post them. Nik - maybe we should go out hunting ! Chris- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua Posted September 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 hehe that would rock...... pool hehe couldn't resist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua Posted September 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 hehe that would rock...... pool hehe couldn't resist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 lol :lol: At Takapuna did you see anything else apart from the black stuff and those 2 fish? Anyone know what those 2 fish are? They camouflage so well with the sand! Chris- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 O, what size tank would you recommend me getting? Just post the measurments here. Chris- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Bigger ones won't heat up so fast. We started with a 3ft x 18" x 1ft then up to a 4ft x 18" x 20". I wouldn't go smaller than a 2ft x 1ft x 1ft I don't think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 mm ok Caryl .. I'll get a big one .. 4-5ft. Thanks, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 does anyone know what I would have to do in order to keep undersize snapper? Is there a possibility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua Posted September 3, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 a tank the size of the East Tamaki Jansens! :lol: doesn't matter if it's undersized, it'll grow HUGE.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 I thought something similar when I was fishing with my bro in law and he caught a little shark about a foot long. Thought, "That'd be sooo awesome to have in an aquarium!" Such a beautiful, long skinny little shark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 what would they eat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 Snapper Biscuits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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