This is a couple pics of my Temperate tank. Based on the tide pools of SoCal. Starting out with one rock and a six gallon AIO, turned in to two nano tanks. I recently combined both of my small tanks into the RS170. The average temp is 63deg F.
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Was that gorgonian just found in a rockpool? It’s gorgeous!This is a couple pics of my Temperate tank. Based on the tide pools of SoCal. Starting out with one rock and a six gallon AIO, turned in to two nano tanks. I recently combined both of my small tanks into the RS170. The average temp is 63deg F.
Actually, in the spring we had a storm with some big surges and there was a bunch washed up on the shore. I brought a couple home to see if they would survive and they have come back fantastically.Was that gorgonian just found in a rockpool? It’s gorgeous!
Stunning photoActually, in the spring we had a storm with some big surges and there was a bunch washed up on the shore. I brought a couple home to see if they would survive and they have come back fantastically.
Here Is a morning shot, lit by the morning sun. They are ;
Brown gorgonian
Muricea fruticosa
I wish we got gorgonians round here, but instead I have to have a warm tank to keep them as we don’t get cold water/temperate gorgonians that I know of for sale.Actually, in the spring we had a storm with some big surges and there was a bunch washed up on the shore. I brought a couple home to see if they would survive and they have come back fantastically.
Here Is a morning shot, lit by the morning sun. They are ;
Brown gorgonian
Muricea fruticosa
While my temperate tank is my easiest tank to keep, I can’t imagine trying to keep one away from the ocean. I guess it would be like keeping a tropical tank. Most of my inhabitants are from zooplankton from kelp or kelp holdfasts that have washed up on shore. (including the bat star) While my tank is full of life, it is a accumulated menagerie. Everyday, twice a day actually, life is washed up on shore only to be doomed to the food chain process. It is only a small representation of what would be food to birds, crabs and Isopods. The tanks life cycle is continuous, in a catch 22 fashion because weekly I have to get fresh kelp to feed my Wavy tops and Top Norris snails, which in turn bring in new life. Some of that new life will establish itself, some becomes part of the food chain in my tank. Couple that with the fact that I am able to get NSW for water changes a few blocks away, which also adds to the biodiversity.I wish we got gorgonians round here, but instead I have to have a warm tank to keep them as we don’t get cold water/temperate gorgonians that I know of for sale.
I see what I can do in the next few daysAny chance you could post updated photos? The ones you have posted so far are fantastic.
Well here is a quick shot I took today. StarLA was hungry so she came out for some food. She is getting really big now considering when I found that she was in my tank she was about 10mm.Any chance you could post updated photos? The ones you have posted so far are fantastic.
Wow this is super cool!! BeautifulHere is another with a better color rendition of StarLA. Plus another anemone who is slightly deflated because one of the hermit crabs was making it close up to look for scraps.