Stuart

I have some acrylic scraps you can take a look at. I'm in Leander as well so just PM me and we can exchange info. I'll be around this evening.

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I'm curious on another item based on Moo's questions. Is there a benefit to having a healthy pod population if you don't have livestock that will use them as a food source? I'm curious if they do more than just eat plankton to become something elses dinner.

As far as changing carbon what I have always done on my tanks in the past running carbon was to have two bags to make up the total volume of carbon you want to run. Change one out in the middle of the month and change the other out at the end of the month. This way there isn't a potential hit on the system from toxins building up and then quickly being reduced again. Your water quality as far as what carbon can do for you will maintain at about the same level. You will only get small swings when the carbon is changed rather than one drastic change every month. Depending on whats in the water it probably may not matter but I always had good luck with doing i that way. I did that for years when I was running my 75g freshwater with a large Oscar and never had any issues.

Yeah good point. Plus some species if brought out of their normal habitat could just completely infest your tank if nothing keeps them in check.

I got curious on the whole subject and kept reading so here is some more info. It is a violation to take more than 15 live univalve snails during a day which include no more than 2 each of the following snails: lightning whelk, horse conch, Florida fighting conch, pear whelk, banded tulip, or Florida rocksnail. I think you can actually get in trouble for transporting water from the coast because it could contain hitchhikers. Also there is a permit process to collect sediment materials. It appears as part of an erosion control plan. I'm not sure how you can take sediment without hitchhikers either but that is the way I'm reading it. These rules about water and sediment I have only found on the Texas Administrative Code so it is kind of hard to understand. I'm sure the Texas Parks and Wildlife could answer more questions or at least direct you to the right place to get them answered. There is just a lot to know about going down and taking stuff from the coast that could get you into trouble if your not aware of the laws. Just FYI.

As far as fishing license yes you do have to have a salt water fishing license even to pick up stuff by hand since that is still considered fishing. You can check out www.twpd.state.tx.us for more info. You can really get into a lot of trouble on accident. If your not sure about something being legal to have my advice is to throw it back. Game wardens can really mess up your world if they want to.

All the time actually. Leander is only about 10 mins from austin on the toll. I stay mainly north of mopac on 183 for the most part but I do travel further when I need to.

I haven't had any problems either but just not sure I want to deal with it.

I have some grape caulerpa if you want it. I'm switching to chaeto as I'm still a novice in saltwater and I don't want to deal with the caulerpa. It's free if you want it.