using water from the ocean

[Oddball]

you lived in Imperial beach? home town for me,

I used to work as an instructor at the Naval Amphibious Training Center down by Seal Beach. That's back when IB was strip clubs and biker bars before the shoppes and boutiques moved in to make IB reputable.

 

[pops]

in other words my old stomping grounds, back in the 70ies. I use to work on the pier. before the T fell apart.

 

[Oddball]

Oddball, was the pond covered? I have thought about the concept of an Outdoor sw pond but never deemed it possible in places where it rains often (albeit San Diego is comparably dry).

Never used a cover. All of my species were coastal and evolved in rapidly changing conditions. If the pond got low, from evaporation, the garden hose fixed that.

 

[Oddball]

in other words my old stomping grounds, back in the 70ies. I use to work on the pier. before the T fell apart.

Man!! I got most of my aquarium specimens fishing off that pier before a storm took it. The rest of my fish (and live food) came from night fishing/cast netting off the navy patrol boat marina on base.

 

[pops]

lot of those bikers you speak of where my friends. pier parking lot was big in drug sales to the squids.

 

[Frank Castle]

We only drew ocean water after a steady string of good weather. We never took water during bloom alerts or just after storms. The sand separator elements filtered down to 25 microns making parasites not much of a problem. UV and garlic kept the sharks parasite-free. Although, the occassional shorebird would deposit something that needed treatment every once in a while.

The water from Scripps Institute of Oceanography was so clean the fish looked like they were traveling through air. It was more than adequate for my leopard sharks, brown smooth hounds, guitarfish, and horn sharks. The bat ray did well in this water, too, until he was large enough to move to the pond.

wow dude, you seem to have kept an impressive array of creatures....have you done professional work, schooling, volunteer work, etc or are you just a well-versed hobbyist?

I used to work as an instructor at the Naval Amphibious Training Center down by Seal Beach. That's back when IB was strip clubs and biker bars before the shoppes and boutiques moved in to make IB reputable.

EDIT: I guess we both clicked the "post" button at the same time LOL

 

[pops]

did you know Hazel Baily? she and her husband owned and ran the bait shop on it.

 

[Oddball]

wow dude, you seem to have kept an impressive array of creatures....have you done professional work, schooling, volunteer work, etc or are you just a well-versed hobbyist?





EDIT: I guess we both clicked the "post" button at the same time LOL

I achieved my worthless degree in Ichthyological taxonomy with a minor in paleoichthyology. To pay the bills I had to become an electromechanical engineer which has been my vocation since 1985. I've learned a bit about the hobby from being active in it for over 50 years. I've kept oddball species since way before it was cool to do so.

This will make some folks choke a bit on their pepsi, I was keeping oddball fish way before anyone ever heard of the first Restricted Species laws.

 

[Oddball]

did you know Hazel Baily? she and her husband owned and ran the bait shop on it.

Sure I remember Hazel and her husband, Gary. Hazel did a hitch in the Navy in the 60s and always razzed me for being a 'boot'. Even after I made CPO.

 

[pops]

small world man, the friends with the bikers was so I could get on the pier, and a few where quite cool, I got allot of nights logged fishing on that pier.