Puget Sound Tank
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A native species tank isn't as popular as they should be. One of the reasons is the cost of a properly sized chiller. Your tank needs to be extra thick, so it won't let the cold out. You must have the tank temp down in the 50F range. They are low light, so you don't need 400W MH on them. But everything else runs like a fish system. Other than that, go for it! Mike
A native species tank isn't as popular as they should be. One of the reasons is the cost of a properly sized chiller. Your tank needs to be extra thick, so it won't let the cold out. You must have the tank temp down in the 50F range. They are low light, so you don't need 400W MH on them. But everything else runs like a fish system. Other than that, go for it! Mike
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Crazy Seahorse Lady
We have a 10 gallon Puget Sound tank. Wally covered three sides with foam and runs tubing through a small refrigerator that the tank sits on. Temp is 55.
We're still working on getting it cycled - it was cycled then we added too many critters too fast and crashed it. Now we're in a start over and go slower mode. Someday we'll have either a 55 or 90 gal Puget Sound tank. Already have the tanks and a chiller Wally's building shelves now.
We're still working on getting it cycled - it was cycled then we added too many critters too fast and crashed it. Now we're in a start over and go slower mode. Someday we'll have either a 55 or 90 gal Puget Sound tank. Already have the tanks and a chiller Wally's building shelves now.
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Crazy Seahorse Lady
We don't have a problem keeping the temp stable, but room temps are stable too at around 71. Tank has a Duetto submersed filter.
Right now we're not adding anything into the tank to allow it to cycle - plenty of ammonia already in there at the moment from critters that didn't make it.
The hardest thing is not adding too many critters. When we had the record low tides we picked up a couple of cucumbers and a couple of feather dusters... and more limpits. I think the cucumbers were what put us over the top... they were much larger in the 10 gallon then they looked on the beach. We have also learned that chitons don't seem to work out, and even small starfish need a new supply of barnacles once and awhile.
You can get a shellfish harvesting license (which you need for all tidepool critters, etc.) along with your fishing license for an extra $10. Dept of Fish and Wildlife also has an excellent resource booklet for shellfishing with info on the public access sites, but you have to call to get it.
HTH
Right now we're not adding anything into the tank to allow it to cycle - plenty of ammonia already in there at the moment from critters that didn't make it.
The hardest thing is not adding too many critters. When we had the record low tides we picked up a couple of cucumbers and a couple of feather dusters... and more limpits. I think the cucumbers were what put us over the top... they were much larger in the 10 gallon then they looked on the beach. We have also learned that chitons don't seem to work out, and even small starfish need a new supply of barnacles once and awhile.
You can get a shellfish harvesting license (which you need for all tidepool critters, etc.) along with your fishing license for an extra $10. Dept of Fish and Wildlife also has an excellent resource booklet for shellfishing with info on the public access sites, but you have to call to get it.
HTH
RockyHeap
Evil Genius
I've run a Puget Sound cold water tank during winter months out in my garage.......figure that the average outside temp is about 50 degrees anyways!
Pretty cool to go out crabbing, then bring home the catch to keep alive only to wind up on the dinner table over the next week!
Pretty cool to go out crabbing, then bring home the catch to keep alive only to wind up on the dinner table over the next week!
Grouperdog
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I have been an avid diver here in the pacific north west and BC canada for the past 10 years and there are some truly beautiful dive sites that I have been to. The one common factor that makes a great dive site here is a high current area and a lot of available food in the water for the vast array of filter feeders that thrive in these waters. That becomes the biggest issue when trying to keep some of the more colorful species is providing enough food for them. You could keep some of the smaller fish species and anthropods that live here but it would be next to impossible for example to keep some of the more colorful purple, pink and red soft corals. The other issue is just the shear size of some of the species here where scallops can be found the size of dinner plates.
