Another salty tank
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bluwtr
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Re: Another salty tank
Cool tank. Is this the "back bay" tank?
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No its a front beach tank, lol Yes its a complete native tank and as soon as I can I am going to get another tank on-line. My 100gal that I got from Gerwin has 2 Spade fish in it and I have had to let most of the other fish go home since the Spade fish area quite large now. The mullets were over 3 inches long, my bull minnows were mating and I had around 10 fry that were between 3/4 to 1 1/2 inch in size. My big male blue crab would cover the bottom of a 5 gal bucket with no problems. Life is good in both tanks for sure...
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bluwtr
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LOL! Good deal. You ought to throw a cast net around a pier and get you a bunch of juveniles of several species. Stay away from pogies however--they are filter feeders. You could even pull a seine if you have one to get some really cool things especially ones off of the bottom.
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Re: Another salty tank
Unique concept! I love it.
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Re: Another salty tank
U use a small butterfly net around the old President casino and in Long Beach harbor and have caught some cool critters. Would love to have a Robin Fish,
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bluwtr
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Robin fish? You mean a sea robin? If so, yeah they are cool as hell, especially when the get defensive and they posture. They put their pec fins down, flair them, and dip their head to make themselves look a lot bigger. If you do get one be aware that it will slurp down your shrimp very quickly.
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Re: Another salty tank
Its all good since it would go in the big tank, I have a few secret spots to catch small shrimp and use them as feeders. I just cant spend .25 cents per shrimp at Walmart at the rate I got through them in my tanks. I also catch smaller native mosquito fish at a hidden spot and use them as feeders. Some do survive and those get frigging huge. I am down to about 10 fish in the 100Gal tank with:
1 Hardhead Catfish (daughter named it Kitty-Boo)
2 Spadefish (daughter named them as Gizzard (large one) and Gibblet)
the others have no names
Whats cool is the Spades and the Cat will stick their mouths out of the water to grab the shrimp I purchased from Rouses since the live shrimp that are remaining are really good at hiding from the fish.
1 Hardhead Catfish (daughter named it Kitty-Boo)
2 Spadefish (daughter named them as Gizzard (large one) and Gibblet)
the others have no names
Whats cool is the Spades and the Cat will stick their mouths out of the water to grab the shrimp I purchased from Rouses since the live shrimp that are remaining are really good at hiding from the fish.