AquaticEngineer

I think evap would be a problem, my lobster tank has lids on it and I have not had to add a drop of water due to evaporation in 6 months.

I got my fingers crossed for you I'd love to have another person to go collecting with. Yeah I wish I could find more of those, I ended up selling that one to Nick at Rose City. I think another guy is going to buy it soon though and set it up as a coldwater tank.

Yeah it is totally legal to collect invertebrates there but only as long as its not done between May 1st and August 31st which is breeding season for local birds, and that only applies to Three Arch Rocks not Maxwell Point. It lists it all out on the ODFW Marine Regs, they are kinda like my bible now, lol From Page 104 under Special Regulations for This Zone: As for PH buffering, I dont have anything that lays down any calcium skeleton yet for corals. I do have several starfish and hermits, but I have about 60lbs or base rock that I used in the false bottom lower filtration area, and I feed my starfish snails so there is at any given time at least a 1/2 lb of empty snail shells in the tank.

Yeah most of the rock on our coastline is solid granite, thats why the coldwater tanks cant really rely on bacterial waste breakdown like tropical reefs. There just isnt the same surface area available.

Oh man, I as sooo stoked now I just checked what the low tides were on 3-22 when ShaunMonahan and family went and it was a -.7 It will be a whole FOOT lower than that on the 20th!!!!

So you were able to find brittle stars, and shrimp there??!! Those are two of the critters I am after for sure, Thanks for the tip I'm also hoping to find more medium sized rocks that have clams bored into them, the clams create some awesome holes in the rock and they are the coolest pieces I have in my tank by far. Turns the rock into almost a swiss cheese look after erosion has done its fair share,

Let me know, I got that white one still for sale. There is a guy from Rainier who wants to come and check it out this week, and another guy in Seattle that is trying to talk me in to driving it up to him. I'll take lots of pictures when I'm there and of what we find

Found some great photos of the place I'm going collecting this month using google maps and thought I'd share. I'll be looking for more anemones and different fish as well as other inverts like some more porcelain crabs. I may take home some urchins and starfish if I find some I haven't seen before. What I'm really hoping for is to find cup corals or other things that are usually only found below the tidal zone since there will be a -1.7 tide when I'm there. These pictures are of an area called Maxwell Point in Oceanside, OR. Just off shore are the large rock islands that make up the Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge.

How about $550, and a free starter colony of strawberry anemones to get you going when your ready

I have the perfect sump with a built in chiller for you....... http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/app/2290619647.html

Very dimly lit tank, it only has a couple of waterproof LED setups angled from each end towards the middle and one of them went out the other day :( Nothing in the tank is photosynthetic so lighting is just for when I want to see whats in there

I'm interested in what your doing here, I could use some of the stuff you got going for food in my cold water tank Let me know if you have any extra. We're practically neighbors out here, lol.

Thought I would give you guys a picture update of my tank, all the starfish and the gorgonians in here I have had since November of last year. Most of the anemones and the Corynactis I've had since July of last year. Here's a couple pics of my orange Ochre Star eating snails from the market. Picture to show you the size of the Bat Stars and Ochre Stars, I got big hands too. My abalone with my finger in the shot for size reference. My slowly growing strawberry fields Gorgonians Anemones

Just so everyone knows, it was used on a tank for about 3 months, so it has plenty of life left in it

Bump for a price drop..... How about $550????

Got the 50w LED and driver in the mail today, just waiting for the heatsink to hook it up to and we'll be in testing phase.

Yeah I got it used from a guy that lives up the street from me.

Bought this a while back for a project but don't really need it anymore, rather have the money back for other projects. Looking to get what I paid for it, $75 Shoot me a PM it'll go to my cell and I will get back to you asap. https://post.craigslist.org/manage/2292683270/

I thought I would mention this also in case anyone has the ability to plumb one of these lobster tanks into their existing system, but this tank would make for the most bad *** sump ever on a reef I'm essentially going to be running both of the lobster tanks I'm keeping as sumps for my display tank inside and using the dual chillers, dual filters, dual skimmers, and 220 gallons of water to my advantage in the garage. But for all you tropical reef keepers that worry about the temps of running halides over your tanks during the summer, imagine if you had 110 gallons of water sitting at a stable temperature in your garage with a 1/2 horse chiller hooked into it plumbed into your tank

I have an almost brand new Tetrapond 9watt UV sterilizer I bought to put on a lobster tank but decided not to. Hit me up if u are interested

I mix it at home, just like any other saltwater. I try and buy buckets of salt when they are on sale. Is the 110 you are talking about a lobster tank like what I have? If it is show me some pics What model is it? Hit me up if you want to know some good mods for them to use as marine tanks.

I keep hoping someone from this site will buy one of these from me so that I can have a buddy to go tidepool collecting with

My wife laughed when I asked her about buying the first tank, 6 tanks later she's not laughing anymore.....lol. If anyone is serioulsy wanting to get this tank and get it stocked, let me know, I'm taking a trip to Barview/Garibaldi on April 20th and there will be a -1.7 tide that morning. If anyone wants to tag along and split on gas hit me up

Thought I would let you guys in on this if anyone is interested: Yes, another lobster tank for sale http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/app/2290619647.html'>http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/app/2290619647.html Asking $600 obo for this one. ************************************************************************************** 4/10/11 Okay, this is a PNWMAS only special, this will not be advertised on my craigslist add. Hopefully this will inspire someone to take the plunge into coldwater like me PRICE DROP TO $475 If you had been debating on buying this from me and you were on the edge hopefully this will push you over. ************************************************************************************** Thought I'd update this with a video showing the tank in action. http://s246.photobucket.com/albums/gg100/Stuwobbe/Coldwater%20tanks/?action=view&current=VID_20110407_235306.mp4

I'd only pay that if it was made of 1.25" acrylic.