steveweast Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Well, since my warm tank leaves much to be desired these days....and since I did a little diving and collecting last weekend....I thought I would post a few updated pics of my cold water reef. I picked up a few gorgonians and some natural substrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
180Brandy Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Awesome Pictures!!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JManrow Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Very nice Steve! Where are the gorgonians from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DChemist Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 I love your coldwater pictures- were you going to add a small Puget Sound King Crab to it? I might be remembering that wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Neat fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Holy !@#$%^, you have been holding out! Those are spectacular, please show us more when you can! I smell POTM coming on. Very nice shots, I especially liked the second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanz Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Very nice! Is everything in there hand collected? That is soo cool...didn't know such life existed in the NW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JManrow Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 I know that beautiful Shaw's Cowfish(Aracana aurita) is from Tasmania, but are the invertebrates all from the Pacific Northwest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveweast Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 I know that beautiful Shaw's Cowfish(Aracana aurita) is from Tasmania' date=' but are the invertebrates all from the Pacific Northwest?[/quote'] Most of the inverts are from Puget Sound/Straits of Juan de Fuca......a few are from Tasmania. In a couple of weeks though, some folks from the Monterery Bay Aquarium are coming up here for a collecting trip. I'm hoping to get on that boat too. If I can, Then I'll have access to areas that are tough to get to. As it was, last weekend, it was a fluke that I had access to a boat that was going to Neah Bay (Makah reservation) at the very tip of Washington. It's high current there that is really only divable during summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveweast Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 I love your coldwater pictures- were you going to add a small Puget Sound King Crab to it? I might be remembering that wrong. Nope....don't have one.....but, from what I've been told.....small ones are illegal to collect. I haven't been able to confirm that yet (sometimes the rules are very vague and are geared more for fishermen); but, I've only seen large ones so far. I see quite a few in the Strait.....but, never in the Sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 BEAUTIFUL! I had no idea coldwater could be so interesting. I was under the impression that it's very limited except for inverts. Boy was I WRONG! That's impressive!! :eek: (clap) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveweast Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share Posted June 30, 2007 A few more.... My ornate box.... An out of focus end view..... A center view.... Another center view.... My seahorse using a basket star as a hitching post... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlemissy617 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 (drooler) wow these pics are gorgous I cant imagine what your tank must look like in person. I agree with nyles potm(clap) very nice. what size tank is this? how long have you been doing cold water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveweast Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share Posted June 30, 2007 (drooler) wow these pics are gorgous I cant imagine what your tank must look like in person. I agree with nyles potm(clap) very nice. what size tank is this? how long have you been doing cold water? I've been keeping cold water for about 3 years now. I have two small tanks....one about 120 gals and one about 50 gals joined with a common sump. I keep them in some extra space that I have in my equipment room that services my warm water reef. These are not really display tanks....but rather, tanks that test the viability of keeping cold water critters. Some day, I'll set up a real cold display....but for now, these are just two small cold water play tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loke Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 love those pink anemones and gorgs. great photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Freakin amazing!!! Thats all I can think of when I look at those pics. GREAT system. Garrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 So very cool, Steve!!!!!!!! I love that basket star!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidalsculpin Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Very nice. So much to strive for. I need to go collect again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVES Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 where are all the catalinas Steve? Super cool, its too bad their isnt more access to cold water specimines, Id love to set one up at the shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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