PICTURES, my basic salt setup

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Hawaiianfishkee;3507491; said:
thanks guys!! yes i consider myself very lucky, for i am water locked... saves me a lot of money...
got my sand, rock, and fish all from the ocean..

yah i checked the fish tank this morning and it looks as if some of the ghost shrimp were gone... maybe possibly to the filters, but i have a feeling they ate some of the shrimp. the fish get lively when i turn off the lights..

i just grabbed some live rock from this beach by my house and there were the load of worms, slugs, crabs, and stars... plenty of algae... i made some caves so hopefully the fish will get comfortable.. i'll post more pics...just gotta clean the glass..
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im quite fortunate too. i live in liverpool, so im only about 10 mins from the famous River Mersey... i obviously dont have as big a selection as you do in hawaii, but i still have access to some cool critters...

i also have acces to what would be catsharks in the us. dogfish to me. all free. as long as i take stuff for my table im ok.

my big, glass, waterfilled table :naughty:
 
thats cool, no paying for fish anymore. BTW do you or can you use the water from the ocean in your tank??
 
you can, but i dont. you have to use the water you collect on the day, or leave it for a few weeks so the algaes can die off. anything in the middle can cause you water problems, either through an algae bloom, or die off.

you can also inadvertantly introduce pollunants into your system. especially if there is a lot water traffic in your area.

some people who have the ocean on thier back yard can run an open system like most public aquariams. pumping water directly from the ocean into their tanks and then back out, instead of using traditional forms of filtration.

this method can also introduce marine organisms into your tank, good and bad. so most people will use a uv sterilizer to kill off any nasties.
 
Reefscape;3508078; said:
Ya gonna need a bigger tank for the heteropriacanthus cruentatus...they can grow up too 12 inches in length, even in captivity. Night time feeding is the way for these as they are not only cave dwellers, they are also nocturnal feeders..

Good luck with it.
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Yah I speared a 9 incher one time (tastes better than they look) i read that they need a 75 gal minimum. No problem, Im probably going to set them free once the cycling process ends and trade them off for smaller And more apropriate aquarium fish.
 
this is some of the newer pics....
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I think ima make my own live rock.. like a ledge or table mid way up..
 
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