Just got back from Washington and was able to do a little collecting. Since this system is going to be a cold-water system this fall, I was hoping some of these animals and algae could survive warmer waters for several months.
Here is a small anemone which is doing great. I collected maybe 8-10 anemones and all are open and looking very good.
I got about 8 of these little land crabs to go in the mangrove refugium. They are very active and acclimated great.
Here is the tank with lots of algae. The big one is a cold-water species so im hoping it can survive the summer (i think not though).
There is also a moon snail at the base of the algae in the above pic. It has a black shell and black body.
The water is always murky with phytoplankton growth. It never gets too bad but the water is never crystal clear. I recently bought several filtration devices that I may use to clear the water up.
Fluidized sand filter
Skimmer
Not sure if im going to use this UV sterilizer, but it would sure help with the water clarity.
Water temperature has been farily easy to control so far. The low every night is 72 degrees and the high is about 78 degrees. I have turned the ventilation system off on several warm sunny days to see how it effects the temperature. Greenhouse air temp would rise to 100-110 degrees and water temperature reached 82-84. This gives me optimism on keeping the temperature fairly low during the summer.
Edited by BananaTropics
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