Coldwater / Temperate Reef Keeper here :D

[AquaticEngineer]

I registered here a while back but just never did an intro.

My name is Stu and I used to have quite few different tropical reef setups, I'm now fully enveloped in keeping coldwater and temperate marine tanks.

I usually spend most of my time on a few other sites but thought I'd say hi and stay awhile here too.

Here's some pics of my current stuff:

 

[AquaticEngineer]

 

[Frankie]

AWESOME!

 

[Krish]

Good stuff man!! Very different!!! Thanks for sharing!

 

[AquaticEngineer]

AWESOME!

Good stuff man!! Very different!!! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks guys The best part is that I get to go and collect all my own stuff if I want to.

 

[Markee]

This is really cool! Thanks for showing it! Love all the starfish!

 

[AquaticEngineer]

This is really cool! Thanks for showing it! Love all the starfish!

I have 3 Bat Stars (one red, one orange, and one tan and purple) that I got from a scientific supply company in California, and 2 Ochre stars ( one orange, one purple) that I collected myself from the oregon coast.

 

[dtd87]

Looks pretty cool!

 

[AquaticEngineer]

Looks pretty cool!

Its very cool, right between 55 and 60 degrees cool most of the time

 

[user 2204]

Awesome tanks. Love the Pacific NW coldwater stuff. Been a Pacific NW scubadiver for about 11 years now. Thanks for sharing your awesome tanks.

 

[AquaticEngineer]

Awesome tanks. Love the Pacific NW coldwater stuff. Been a Pacific NW scubadiver for about 11 years now. Thanks for sharing your awesome tanks.

Let me know next time you go diving, maybe you can grab me some stuff

 

[user 2204]

Let me know next time you go diving, maybe you can grab me some stuff

*lol* I would but I live up in Edmonds Washington. Most of my dives are in marine sanctuaries. Which means there's no removal of marine life in those areas. Of course there are a couple of dive sites where it could be possible.

 

[Markee]

I showed my sister this thread. She just graduated from OIMB down in Charleston and she wanted to know if you found the parasitic worm on those bat stars? But she wanted to say it might of been a different star so if shes wrong just say lol

 

[AquaticEngineer]

I showed my sister this thread. She just graduated from OIMB down in Charleston and she wanted to know if you found the parasitic worm on those bat stars? But she wanted to say it might of been a different star so if shes wrong just say lol

Actually yes, there was one on one of the bat stars. I dont know if its still there, I haven't looked for it in a while.

 

[Markee]

Oh thats cool. She got really excited when I showed her this because these are the things that she got to see everyday at school.

 

[AquaticEngineer]

I don't know if anyone here is interested in doing a coldwater marine tank like I'm doing, but I have an extra tank for sale on craigslist.

Lobster tank/coldwater marine aquarium. Stainless/white

 

[klwheat]

wow! That's great. My wife and I were recently at Seaside admiring the MASSIVE starfish and large anemones in the tide pools there. Very cool stuff! Thanks for sharing.

 

[mcdonaldjosh7]

Wow I was actually going to go and set one of these up...I have always loved the idea of being able to collect sealife from the water...

 

[AquaticEngineer]

Wow I was actually going to go and set one of these up...I have always loved the idea of being able to collect sealife from the water...

If your serious, I have a tank I am trying to sell right now. Built in chiller, dual paned glass, little giant pump, skimmer, filtration. Hit me up

 

[klwheat]

I saw the "tide pool" setup they have at the Pacific Science center in Seattle this week. VERY cool stuff. Would love to do something like that if I had the room/time.