Chad and Belinda Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 Here is Belinda's seahorses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 holy moly. how many did you end up bringing home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 I had no idea there were that many species in the area. Many of those are very suitable for a normal fish tank as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad and Belinda Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 holy moly. how many did you end up bringing home? All of the ones in the pics are here now plus a few others that I had listed. I'll post the extras on ARC pretty soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad and Belinda Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 I had no idea there were that many species in the area. Many of those are very suitable for a normal fish tank as well. Very much so. Once the extras are gone I'll work on my Texas tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 holy moly. how many did you end up bringing home? All of the ones in the pics are here now plus a few others that I had listed. I'll post the extras on ARC pretty soon. that's pretty awesome. i've been looking for a reason to go to port A. of course, I have a small tank and can't take that many fish. but it'd even be fun to sit there and watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Here is a wrasse. It is called a slippery d**k and no I am not making this name up. lolone slippery **** use this one.jpg SPECIES TANK! I can't wait to set up a tank full of slippery *****! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmvanness Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 The angler and the fiefish are both so cute! And grats on the porcupine puffer! I'm going to have to get down there soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad and Belinda Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 Here is a wrasse. It is called a slippery d**k and no I am not making this name up. lolone slippery **** use this one.jpg SPECIES TANK! I can't wait to set up a tank full of slippery *****! Oh wow...the things that I could say about that. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad and Belinda Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 The angler and the fiefish are both so cute! And grats on the porcupine puffer! I'm going to have to get down there soon. The anglers are one of my all time favorites. They are 100% fugly but the way they hunt is awesome to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmike015 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 how do you acclimate them to your tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad and Belinda Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 how do you acclimate them to your tank? Just as the same as you would with anything you buy at the store. I just put them in ziplock bags with gulf water. Stabilize the temperature then add my tank water a little at a time while throwing out the gulf water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmike015 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Thanks, I can't wait to go down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Sounds like you had a fabulous time on the Gulf! Welcome back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad and Belinda Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 Sounds like you had a fabulous time on the Gulf! Welcome back. We sure did. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko's Reef Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Sweet finds. Wife and I want to take a trip down there to see if we can get lucky and catch anything. Very encouraging after seeing y'all's haul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Has anyone made successful collection during the winter without the Texas summer heat? Is it always associated with the sargassum seaweed mats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Has anyone made successful collection during the winter without the Texas summer heat? Is it always associated with the sargassum seaweed mats? Winter collection isnt nearly as good as spring/summer. I've been down in all seasons, winter your lucky to walk with 20 peps or so. summer its 200-300 in an hour. Same with the other locations I visit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esacjack Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 SPS? in port a? what did you see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esacjack Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 http://coris.noaa.gov/activities/deepcoral_rpt/Chapter7_GulfofMexico.pdf some light reading (with pictures) for those interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad and Belinda Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 There is a lot of brown acro qround the jettys. I didn't get q chance to see it that dqy since I was too exhausted to keep holding my breath and diving under but a buddy I was with was explaining it to me. Matter of fact when we were in the grassy areas far away from the jettys Denas husband found a small piece of acro skeleton. I'll post a pic later. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Capt. Obvious Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 that baby bluehead is adoreable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theresa Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 By the way, Sargasum is the yellow/ brown sea weed that washes on shore this time of year. Take a net then start wading around. Pick up these clumps of sargasum that are floating around and shake them over the net. After awhile, you will end up with anglers and filefish. Here are some of the other ones that were collected. One of two puffers we found in the grassy areas. The other one was twice this size. He went home with a buddy of mine who was other there with us. Here is a wrasse. It is called a slippery d**k and no I am not making this name up. lol one slippery **** use this one.jpg sargassum angler One filefish.jpeg Remember that collecting corals from the Gulf is not allowed. These are found everywhere, even along the jetty. Also saw a lot of SPS one sea whip.jpeg sargassum angler one angler.jpeg Just run your fingers through the sand when you are splashing around. Don't be surprised if you grab something else like I did. Lol one snail.jpeg These large ones are caught along the grassy areas but also on the beach (when you get lucky like we did on this particular one). one large seahorse.jpeg Also found in a lot of areas. one gargonian.jpeg Sorry for this bad pic. He is a juvenile blue headed wrasse one blue headed juvenile wrasse.jpeg Eventually he will look like this. one blue headed wrasse adult.jpg What I had hopped to catch at the jetty but was unable to was the French Angel. The waves were too rough that morning which was our last day. one french angel.png Keep in mind that the tropical fish die when the water get colder in the winter. The adults lay and fertilize their eggs in Mexico and the Caribbean. The eggs make their way here which is why the fish were see are small. Below is a list of fish that you can find in the Port A area. They have either been seen or collected by a friend of mind. You can also find other tropical in other areas of the Texas Gulf. Blue Angel (1-3 per year) French Angel (30-100+ per year) Foureye Butterflyfish (3 ever) Doctorfish (1-3 year) (one year dozens) Ocean Surgeonfish Northern Searobin Bighead Searobin Emerald Sleeper Southern Hake Southern Stargazer Bank Cusk-Eels Skilletfish Frillfin Goby Least Puffer Tripletail Whitespotted Soapfish Grey Triggerfish (common) Planehead Filedish (1-2 per year) Seagrass & Oyster Beds: Cowfish (2 one year) Leopard Searobin Spotted Scorpionfish (common) Belted Sandbass (common) Tessellated Blenny (lots one year) Misc other less interesting Blennies Hairy Blenny (common) Chromis (I thought he said purple) (1-6 most years) Porkfish (1-6 per year) Flame Cardinal (dozens to hundreds @ night) Freckled Cardinal (1 ever, but may have mistaken for Flame Cardinal :arrotfish (1-2 every other year) (common south padre jetties) Jewelfish (Yellowtail Dansel) (1-3 most years) Bicolor Dansel (2-dozens Some years) Yellowtail Dansel) Bicolor Dansel Brown Chromis Porkfish Flame Cardinal Freckled Cardinal Spotted Scorpionfish Belted Sandbass Tessellated Blenny I just wanted to say that I learned a mountain of information on this trip and have much more to go. Thanks Carl for teaching Belinda and I and for getting me to go into areas I would have never thought I would ever go into. I hear August and September are the best months. Can't wait to head back. Are y'all going to go back in August/September? Count me in if you are. Where did you stay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad and Belinda Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 By the way, Sargasum is the yellow/ brown sea weed that washes on shore this time of year. Take a net then start wading around. Pick up these clumps of sargasum that are floating around and shake them over the net. After awhile, you will end up with anglers and filefish. Here are some of the other ones that were collected. One of two puffers we found in the grassy areas. The other one was twice this size. He went home with a buddy of mine who was other there with us. Here is a wrasse. It is called a slippery d**k and no I am not making this name up. lol one slippery **** use this one.jpg sargassum angler One filefish.jpeg Remember that collecting corals from the Gulf is not allowed. These are found everywhere, even along the jetty. Also saw a lot of SPS one sea whip.jpeg sargassum angler one angler.jpeg Just run your fingers through the sand when you are splashing around. Don't be surprised if you grab something else like I did. Lol one snail.jpeg These large ones are caught along the grassy areas but also on the beach (when you get lucky like we did on this particular one). one large seahorse.jpeg Also found in a lot of areas. one gargonian.jpeg Sorry for this bad pic. He is a juvenile blue headed wrasse one blue headed juvenile wrasse.jpeg Eventually he will look like this. one blue headed wrasse adult.jpg What I had hopped to catch at the jetty but was unable to was the French Angel. The waves were too rough that morning which was our last day. one french angel.png Keep in mind that the tropical fish die when the water get colder in the winter. The adults lay and fertilize their eggs in Mexico and the Caribbean. The eggs make their way here which is why the fish were see are small. Below is a list of fish that you can find in the Port A area. They have either been seen or collected by a friend of mind. You can also find other tropical in other areas of the Texas Gulf. Blue Angel (1-3 per year) French Angel (30-100+ per year) Foureye Butterflyfish (3 ever) Doctorfish (1-3 year) (one year dozens) Ocean Surgeonfish Northern Searobin Bighead Searobin Emerald Sleeper Southern Hake Southern Stargazer Bank Cusk-Eels Skilletfish Frillfin Goby Least Puffer Tripletail Whitespotted Soapfish Grey Triggerfish (common) Planehead Filedish (1-2 per year) Seagrass & Oyster Beds: Cowfish (2 one year) Leopard Searobin Spotted Scorpionfish (common) Belted Sandbass (common) Tessellated Blenny (lots one year) Misc other less interesting Blennies Hairy Blenny (common) Chromis (I thought he said purple) (1-6 most years) Porkfish (1-6 per year) Flame Cardinal (dozens to hundreds @ night) Freckled Cardinal (1 ever, but may have mistaken for Flame Cardinal :arrotfish (1-2 every other year) (common south padre jetties) Jewelfish (Yellowtail Dansel) (1-3 most years) Bicolor Dansel (2-dozens Some years) Yellowtail Dansel) Bicolor Dansel Brown Chromis Porkfish Flame Cardinal Freckled Cardinal Spotted Scorpionfish Belted Sandbass Tessellated Blenny I just wanted to say that I learned a mountain of information on this trip and have much more to go. Thanks Carl for teaching Belinda and I and for getting me to go into areas I would have never thought I would ever go into. I hear August and September are the best months. Can't wait to head back. Are y'all going to go back in August/September? Count me in if you are. Where did you stay? Not at this time. We have too much going on with getting the kiddos ready for school and C.J. has football camp the first week in August. We stayed in Rockport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmvanness Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I'm considering going down there the second week of August, if anyone wants to go. We could carpool together and maybe share a hotel room for a couple nights to mitigate costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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