Have any Seattle are reefers ever put critters from the sound in their tanks?

[jedimike]

I know... kind of a weird and possibly controversial topic.

I have a red coris wrasse and to prevent him from eating my very cool cleaner shrimp, I figured I would just provide him with some local fare. I went down to the beach and found some small clams, very small hermits, very small crabs, and some very small snails. (btw, I do have a shellfish license)

I know the local inverts probably won't survive in my tank, but they are food for the wrasse anyway. I have seen the wrasse pick at the small snails and today he dug out one of the clams from the DSB, but couldn't figure out how to get it open. It was cool to watch though. He may have picked at other things today as well when I wasn't around, but I was able to observe the above.

Of course, the hermits are quite active and I expect, like cockroaches, they'll live through anything. I am worried about the clams though. I added 4 small ones, but the burried themselves right away. I would hate for them to die and not find them right away.

I also shucked an oyster and fed some of it to my BTA and the rest to my LPS and a big hairy shroom I have.

 

[trido]

For some reason taking a creature that has been in near 50F water and putting it into my 80F tank never sounded like a good Idea to me. :razz: Id bet most of the critters will die before the wrasse shows any interest in them. You may be able to train it to eat them immediately upon introduction but Id bet it will also get even more agressive to the inhabitants you do want to keep.
Also, potential adaptable foreign algeas, and parasites wouldn't be worth the risk to me. I'd just get rid of the fish if its that big of a hassle.

 

[Jobiwan]

I collected those teeny little crabs that hide under the rocks to feed to my octopus, he loved hunting 'em, they are tough enough to handle the warmth for a while(adapted to tide pool extremes and all)