UPDATE
Ok, i went up there this morning, and iw as glad to see that the salt didn't effect anythign in the filter. Water is very clear and i think the filter medie thing has caught alot of the 'dust' in the water. I re-designed it a bit and added a bit piece of rock that had some algae and dead plant on it.
Great news!
Me and my dad are going to Marco Island in Florida to snorkel and go to tide pools to collect different critters. I'm hoping to find a few small clams, but if not i'll still get alot of good stuff. I may bring back extra stuff or stuff i don't nessacarily need and i may sell some stuff cheap to this forum's members, and DIBS forum members. DIBS will have a day before i post it here, mainly because the stuff will probably be inverts that they can use.
if anyone is looking for something, like aq certain starfish or something let me know and i'll keep an eye out for it. I hope to find some type of small goby while were there. So i'll ost likely find the following for the new tank...
snails (hopefully)
conch
starfish (for DIBS and
talking reef)
eggs of some sort if i find some (i'll only take a few unless there some type of invert egg sack, mainly cause i'd be curious of what hatches)
sea water
fresh live sand right from the ocean
maby dead coral
if i find anything i can get safly without hurting it i may get some corals or something.
anyway i'm really excited about this trip.
If anyone (like i said) is looking for something that could be found in shallow water or tide pools let me know and i'll keep an eye out for it.
so excited....
later plans for the tank is to....
add stuff from the trip
get (i think)
metal halide lighting for it
maby save up for sme small coral
is a filter and strong air pump enough to keep a good current for a small clam and a coral? the water seems to be moving alot...
i don't know if i mentioned this or not but i'm gonna add some young brine shrimp to it (because the strong current) to see how big they get, and maby they can contribute something to maturing the tank and stuff.
