All Hail the Local Tank!

[Todd]

Nice tank!

What are your plans for the Cabezon in the future?

[digital-audiophile]

That's awesome! My dad needs to set up a tank like that, he's in Quallicum Beach and needs a retirement hobby.

[justinl]

sweet! that is so cool. you definitely have a cool looking specimen of red... blenny... type thing. lol I dunno what it is. I love the cabezon too. very cool fish.

one question: what are you waiting for?! go get a giant pacific octopus! lol joke.

[Scavenger]

Originally Posted by justinl

sweet! that is so cool. you definitely have a cool looking specimen of red... blenny... type thing. lol I dunno what it is.

I believe it's a longfin gunnel

http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/projects...fingunnel.html

[Chaloupa]

that's a very cool tank! Kind of neat to keep stuff from the beach alive and healthy!!!

[Coldwater]

Nice tank!

What are your plans for the Cabezon in the future?

When it gets big enough I will release it. Or eat it for dinner...

one question: what are you waiting for?! go get a giant pacific octopus! lol joke.

I would really like a baby dogshark again. Also just today I found a medium sized giant pacific octopus but I couldn't get it get out from under the rock without hurting it before the tide came in . I would also like anything cool.

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Originally Posted by justinl View Post
sweet! that is so cool. you definitely have a cool looking specimen of red... blenny... type thing. lol I dunno what it is.
I believe it's a longfin gunnel

http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/projects...fingunnel.html

If you want in future pictures I can tell you guys the names of them. I know them all.

Just on a side note. All of these things were caught yesterday at low tide with a dip net in knee deep water.

Matt

[Moogled]

What kind of tank is that?

I've never seen those fish before; very interesting!

[Delphinus]

Cool stuff.

You finding these things off Parksville or are you driving for a bit to collect them?

[Diana]

so how about some specs on the set up?

Do you run a chiller on it? I see you are using glass, any problems with sweating on the glass? How long have you had this thing set up with the macroalgae in it?

Originally Posted by The Moray Guy

I would really like a baby dogshark again. Also just today I found a medium sized giant pacific octopus but I couldn't get it get out from under the rock without hurting it before the tide came in . I would also like anything cool.


Matt

I like big fish/exotics, as much or more than most... Not tryin to harp on you, but (well I guess I am, I used "but") I hope your planning on a tank at least 10 times the size as you current setup (and I still think that would be undersized!) if you plan on putting a dog shark or a giant pacific octopuss in your tank...
I dont have black tip reef sharks or bonnet heads because I had to sell my 7500gallon shark tank while I was sick, I could put them in a 1000gallon tank but I wouldnt want to because I think it would be undersized... mabey 1-2 sharks in a 4000+gallon but thats pushing it...
Personally I dont agree at all with keeping them for awhile in captivity and releasing them in the wild when they get too big, whatever it is, will be at a huge disadvantage when released, weaker than its competition, not as skilled at hunting, not as immune to parasites,bacteria/disease..... the list goes on!!!!!!!!!!! Also Im not sure that we have any laws against harvesting live marine specimins, but I know it is illegal to do so with any species classified as "game" species(unless you have the appropiate fishing liscense). You may have checked already, just giving you a heads up.
Please dont do it...."the big stuff I mentioned"
Best of luck with appropiate species!!!!!!!!
Cheers