Going on 10yrs of Busting Barnacles

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Hello salty people.

I went through a multitude of jobs in my teens and somehow landed a job cleaning boats, 5-6 days a week. For years it was just that, a job. Lately I have been interested in the cycles of growth based on water temp, rain, sand vs mud bottoms. Some times it is massive growths of encrusting yellow sponges, sometimes the weird mangrove tunicate. Mostly barnacles, oysters and these large, leathery sea squirts. I've come across spaghetti worms living between actuators on trim tabs, feather dusters of fleshy, sand and solid calcium tube forms. Weird colored sponge/tunicate things that pucker when touched and a multitude of other stuff I have yet to identify.

Man, I need a go-pro.

My brother has a FOWLR 75g tank and I have a few empty tanks, 40b, 57t, 10 and a 29. Thinking of doing a tank myself.

Tldr, I scrape barnacles. Wanting to start a tank in the near future.
 
Beware of getting the antifoul paint in your tank. The sea wall might be a better bet. What part of FL? The fresh water during summer disrupts growth in most areas away from an inlet.
 
Hello Barnacle, I used to bust barnacles in San diego years ago. I ran into all kinds of differing life on these boat hulls. Lauderdale has a good point . You surely don't want any copper in the tank. The sea wall is a much better idea. You have the experience for sure !
 
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Beware of getting the antifoul paint in your tank. The sea wall might be a better bet. What part of FL? The fresh water during summer disrupts growth in most areas away from an inlet.

Flagler County. I was born Broward, finished highschool in Volusia and now reside in Flagler. Yeah, the rain and high temps during the summer leave all but the hardiest left alive.

Hello Barnacle, I used to bust barnacles in San diego years ago. I ran into all kinds of differing life on these boat hulls. Lauderdale has a good point . You surely don't want any copper in the tank. The sea wall is a much better idea. You have the experience for sure !

I don't plan on any wild harvests. The copper based biocide does wonders for a lot of growth, but some animals just don't care, like sea squirts. It is an experience but not thee experience. I have never seen off shore yet :( but plan to.. eventually.

I always find, see and learn something new in the waters. I am kind of half way in the salt-marsh, dead center between Matanzas and Daytona inlets.
 

WHAT PART OF LIVING WITH A REEF TOOK YOU BY SURPRISE?

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  • Salt creep, spills, and cleanup outside the tank

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  • Making decisions when there’s no clear right answer

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