Oregon Coast Temperate Setups.

The tank still looks really nice. Imagine how nice it will look with more LEDs and substrate. I'm excited .

Maybe I missed it but could you post a list of what livestock you have? From the pics you posted I can see some white nems, pink nems, sculpins, and a prawn...

so you only collect in Oregon you should come to wa i can show you some cool places but its a drive for you i know a few good places in the Puget sound lots of nems tube worms

jared wrote:Maybe I missed it but could you post a list of what livestock you have? From the pics you posted I can see some white nems, pink nems, sculpins, and a prawn...

Snails, chitons, strawberry anemones, a metridium anemone, a couple beadlet anemones all of which I got from Jaime when he broke down his tank. The strawberries actually came from Steve Weast's old tank. The only other things in there now are the tidal sculpins that I collected, and the spot prawn and snails that I bought from the asian seafood market.

moto826 wrote:so you only collect in Oregon you should come to wa i can show you some cool places but its a drive for you i know a few good places in the Puget sound lots of nems tube worms

I might be able to make a weekend trip or something, just gotta find a weekend when the tides are working in our favor to maximize collecting. Or we can just photograph what we collect and ship them to each other.

i know a few good places

Got the LED lights setup on the smaller tank, still need to waterproof a few connections and get them glued into place, but they work

Best part with the way this tank is set up, I can view everything from above with the lights on and still get into the tank no problem.

Nice! FTS!!

Here's some FTS' of the tank with the lights on over it.

Very nice! I love it!

It's so bright . You've done a good job!

Super cheap too, under $30 total : )

I might splurge and buy a nice toggle switch to mount into the plastic and wire inline to turn them on/off instead of just plugging them in, maybe even a fancy one that lights up

Day one of leak and plumbing tests completed on the second coldwater system. Addressed all the issues I could without taking another trip to Home Depot. Gotta pick up a few more ball valves and unions to make sure I can do maintenance on the pumps in the future.

Also found out the used skimmer I bought for this system leaks and is utter junk, meh, $40 down the drain on that purchase. Got a lead on a much nicer ATB skimmer for a killer price though.

Gotta swap out a drainage bulkhead on the seagrass fuge tank but otherwise looks like I should have it up and running full force by this wednesday.

Then, there will definitely be a mega picture update before and after my collecting trip this coming weekend, stay tuned

Well the second system is running with freshwater right now with no leaks and everything but a skimmer plumbed in. Refrigerated auto feeder works, sump made from cooler doesn't leak and holds enough volume when the pumps are off to not flood, chiller fully functional, waterproof LED's are working like a charm.

I have friday off so hopefully I can get water moved from the big system then.

Got to love progress.

Are you ready to hit the beach! lol

How far are you from the ocean? The lowest tides are in the middle of the night.... the neap tides are on the 21-24th (ish), but they are at around 1am!

The wife and I are staying this weekend at the coast, heading over on saturday and heading home monday. Should be some decent tides, so I'm bringing my air pumps and coolers and power inverter for the trip home. Also my bat stars, urchins and other goodies should be showing up tomorrow or the next day

Do you have a sportfishing licence? use hook and line when the tides are high, and your hands when they are low

OK here's what I got finished on the new system, I'm getting water from the big tank moved into it as we speak

OH ya. That's the stuff. Very slick. Is that fridge the chiller for that little tank? They are both Plumbed into that cool-sump, right?

Yeah the little acrylic tank and the cube tank are plumbed into the sump. The chiller is actually part of the cube tank and is built into the stand. The mini fridge is just for the auto feeding system.

I may have missed it...but, are you cycled and operational on any of your tanks yet ? What (if you're stocked yet) are you keeping ?

The 110 gallon tank is cycled and has all of Jamies old livestock in it. I had a pacific spot prawn for a few months until I moved the strainer on the overflow one day and found him dead on the filter pad plate

This most recent setup is where I will be transferring the heavily fed animals and the gorgonians when I get them. The 110 will house starfish, urchins, maybe some larger fish, and anything that eats large food.

Today I did a water change on the large tank and moved 25 gallons over into the new setup along with some rock. The total volume on the new system is about 55 gallons, but eventually I'll plumb another tank next to the small acrylic tank.

Heavy Photo Update, all taken this morning. Sorry about the flash, the main tank is not lit yet.

Corals? Did you just pick them up at low tide?

Good nems. I went out in the cold last night to see if I could find some, but alas, no. I did however find a healthy strand eel grass. Strangely, it looks EXACTLY like another plant I have growing in my FW trop tank. Could it be?

I never get my water that clear!

Keep in mind the water clarity on this tank is due to the fact its designed to keep 75 lbs of lobster filtered and happy I also change the filter pad daily and change the carbon every 2 weeks or so.