Marinelife82
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Is it possible to make a oyster bed or an eelgrass bed in a 20 or 40 gallon tank? I would like to make aquariums based on habitats in my state. To help me learn and study the habitat.
oyster bed or an eelgrass bed
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mercenary-grunt
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no clue but ill bump for you.
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Hey there, keeping stuff from our state is not as easy as it sounds. Funny thing is that keeping an oyster bed could be done fairly easily. The trouble is keeping everything cool enough. The sound and the ocean are stay very cold year round 45-55 degrees. This makes several problems for the tank. One is keeping it that cold using a chiller. And two preventing sweating. Having a chiller is the easy but expensive part. Just make sure you have a tank that is made from 1/2"-1" thick acrylic to be safe. You can get away with glass in low humidity but condensation sucks and I try to avoid it. I have two Coldwater tanks. And one is glass and without a chiller. But it's in my basement where it stays cool year round without a chiller. But the temp swings from 55-70 and I can only put in critters that are fit for tidal pools. I do keep cla
S in the sand bed to help filter the tank. I keep an oyster in my Coldwater reef tank and have so for over a year. This is housed in a lobster tank with double sided glass. I have a build thread on it in the member showcase forum. But the biggest problem is livestock. Its not legal to harvest any unclassified fish or invertebrates in Washington. But one thing you can harvest legally is oysters. Check your reg books about the how's what's. So a drive to the Oregon coast is how I do it. You can keep up to 10 unclassified inverts a day. I filled my tank with a couple 3 day camping trips and coolers. On the Oregon coast and will be leaving in may for another. Fish are still off limits but Coldwater marine Aquatics supply great Coldwater fish and tons of info for the newbie Coldwater enthusiast. There is a Coldwater reefer club in the forums area also. Where you can ask questions of the chosen few who keep Coldwater tanks. I hope this helps you
and welcome to RF!
Paul
S in the sand bed to help filter the tank. I keep an oyster in my Coldwater reef tank and have so for over a year. This is housed in a lobster tank with double sided glass. I have a build thread on it in the member showcase forum. But the biggest problem is livestock. Its not legal to harvest any unclassified fish or invertebrates in Washington. But one thing you can harvest legally is oysters. Check your reg books about the how's what's. So a drive to the Oregon coast is how I do it. You can keep up to 10 unclassified inverts a day. I filled my tank with a couple 3 day camping trips and coolers. On the Oregon coast and will be leaving in may for another. Fish are still off limits but Coldwater marine Aquatics supply great Coldwater fish and tons of info for the newbie Coldwater enthusiast. There is a Coldwater reefer club in the forums area also. Where you can ask questions of the chosen few who keep Coldwater tanks. I hope this helps you
and welcome to RF!Paul
