(Bio)³ Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Me and a buddy are down at the coast with my dad to play with the new boat during the day, and shrimp collection at night. I plan to bring back peppermint shrimp and hermit crabs. If I see anything else special like seahorses or pipe fish I plan to grab those also. Going to also bring back ulva to feed the critters. If anyone is interested in shrimp or crabs I'll be bringing them back to Austin tomorrow night, since I live in North Austin I can meet people along the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 I'm in dired need of some shrimp, let me know what you want for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 I would love some peppermint shrimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshdmartin Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 ID TAKE SOME PEPPERMENT SHRIMPS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hydro Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Chris you jinxed yourself offering someting you haven't caught yet! Good luck now lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nwehrman Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Peppermint Shrimp - please ...if you get any!! Nicole Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinB Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Me too please! I'd love one. If you have any left over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Peppermint Shrimp are serious predators in the food chain of refugiums. If you bring them in to soon, they can prevent a healthy amphipod population. For Aptasia removal, I always use them, but not as a refugium detrivore. Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 Heading home to the beach house, got a good catch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+o0zarkawater Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 hope its not a sculpin. you wont have any of those shrimp left if it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 Hmm it could be. Can't see a good pic on my phone but he is smaller than most of the shrimp. I'll be back tomorrow evening and I'll show him to you if you want to meet me. Still need my polyps anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hydro Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 BTW your ph is over 9 now which is just a tincy bit high IMO....at least your temp is ok though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 I should really calibrate that thing one day, secondary Hanna reads at 8.4 apex has yet to be calibrated since bought used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caferacermike Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 I'll take an angler if you don't want them all. If you grab any rock nems, I would be interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Grog Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 What did you use for collecting? What type of location? Not asking you to give your 'spot' away but interested in the technique and the geography. Seine? Trawl? Trap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+o0zarkawater Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Net on a stick! Its incredibly easy, once you're down there. Just walk out on one of the jetties at night, shine your light down into the cracks inbetween the rocks and scoop up all kinds of critters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 My first marine tank was collected from the jetties in Galveston almost 40 years ago, but I collected on the jetties in the day time . When we went out at night, it was to gig flounder to eat. If you stay on the jetties, no problem. If you go seining in the flats at night, be careful of stingrays on the bottom. As a child, we used to vacation on the Gulf Coast near Grand Isle, La. At the same time that flounder are in the flats, so are stingrays. If you walk on them, you risk being barbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Grog Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 My jetty experiences have involved beer and attempts at catching edible fish or crabs. This would be a different trip for me. Flats, I know to shuffle my feet. I have much more experience using a rod and reel than I have trying to capture unharmed specimens for a display tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 Yup, hit the jetties with nets and start your gamble to check what you can find.... careful though it hurts when you fall out there, that part was no fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hydro Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 ughhh ya, I fell on the jetty in pureto rico and nearly broke my neck. The rocks were slippery and in an instant I was falling with my face heading directly for a huge rock with no way to catch myself. I was able to slip my hand in between the rock and my face just before impact. It hurt but I was so happy to be mostly unscathed I was actually excited about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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