UK rock pools

[4tanks]

Hi has anyone from the UK taken anything from a rock pool or shallows and managed to keep it in their reef aquarium if so what was it and is it still alive

 

[RichtheReefer21]

If there is one man i know just may be confident enough to try such a thing, it would be @najer. If not him, he may know someone.

Have you ever considered or tried something like this simon?

 

[najer]

I have thought about it but never tried it.
I go to Croyde in North Devon and the rock pools are great.
If I tried it I would try it in September or October when the water temperature is up.
Good luck and check it is legal to do.

 

[BloopFish]

I remember seeing a video of someone keeping a shrimp he caught in the intertidal zone in the UK inside of a reef tank. Some species found within the tide pools may survive for some time in a reef tank, despite the major difference in natural climate, because they have adapted to high swings in temperature.

 

[4tanks]

I was wondering because where I go in Cornwall in the summer there is always lots of hermits running around the sand and it's obviously in the warm shallows and they must be used to huge tempreture swings we have especially in the west country

 

[BloopFish]

I was wondering because where I go in Cornwall in the summer there is always lots of hermits running around the sand and it's obviously in the warm shallows and they must be used to huge tempreture swings we have especially in the west country

I am not sure if they would survive, but if they did they would likely have a shorter lifespan than normal. For example, snails and fish are often collected from Southern California where the climate is not tropical and is normally cooler than the typical home reef temperature. These organisms tend to not live as long as their tropical counterparts. Margarita snails are an example, they are better suited for a temperate tank and do not live that long in reef aquaria. West England is considered temperate for the most part, but is usually much cooler than even California.

 

[4tanks]

I am not sure if they would survive, but if they did they would likely have a shorter lifespan than normal. For example, snails and fish are often collected from Southern California where the climate is not tropical and is normally cooler than the typical home reef temperature. These organisms tend to not live as long as their tropical counterparts. Margarita snails are an example, they are better suited for a temperate tank and do not live that long in reef aquaria. West England is considered temperate for the most part, but is usually much cooler than even California.

Good info thanks

 

[sixty_reefer]

Ive read about someone keeping hermits successfully on a reef. Can’t remember where I seen it though

 

[attiland]

I was tempted to take seaweeds for my tang. I just didn’t had the chance on the last day and was a risk.