Cold water anemones!

[SamMule]

Been making my way down the Oregon coast this week. Made a few stops and checked out the tidepools. There are some amazing anemones up here in the cold water! Really makes me want to start a Coldwater Nem tank.
Here are a few pics I snapped. Excuse the glare... I'm not a photographer... Let's see yours!

Aggregating Anemones:

Giant Green Anemone:

Pic doesn't do the size justice. Bad angle... This thing was over 10" in diameter. Actually has a pretty potent sting as well.

 

[Timfish]

And cold water urchins. Those vibrant purple urchins can't tolerate the water temperatures of our reef ssytems. One of the most atractive marine systems I've ssen was at the Monteray Bay Aquarium. It looked like it was about 75 gallons and was full of strawberry anemones and catalina gobies.

 

[steveweast]

And if you scuba dive down past the algae zone (about 40 feet)....an even better world opens up. Here is a video of my Puget Sounbd reef tank that I had a number of years ago....

 

[SamMule]

Wow, that's an amazing tank! How was the survival rate of stuff you put in there compared to warm water reef tanks?

 

[steveweast]

Survival rate rate was high…..especially with the strawberry anemones which spread rapidly. The tank was set up specifically for their needs with high flow and a maximum temp of 55f ….plus near constant auto feedings. All the critters in there were non-photosynthetic.