Florida FOWLR tank... - Page 2

tcwayne · #26 09/13/2007, 05:01 AM

What's a seahare look like?

ToniYo · #27 09/13/2007, 07:18 AM

Depends on the type of sea hare. Some are very colorful and others look like grey slugs with wings. We have seasons here in Florida where the wash up on the shore and are everywhere. Some will excrete a purple dye when handled. I live on the water and collecting is my favorite pass time. I find nassarius snails in the grass flats at low tide, ceriths, fighting and crown conchs, sea cucumbers under rocks, sea urchins (the pink pincushions are everywhere), peppermint shrimp, sponges (beware of fire sponge!), sea horses, gobies, blennies, puffer fish ( several species) and tons of other goodies. And yes there is coral out there. I find lots of brain especially in water very near shore but it is illegal to collect. Have fun!

75Gallons · #28 09/13/2007, 08:05 AM

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Originally posted by Aquabucket

Another surprising thing is when you take blind stabs into floating algae and seaweed near the shore along beaches ~ here you can find filefish, puffers, and other surprises.

EDIT: I caught this awesome sandsifting goby right next to shore with a blind stab into the weeds:

Thats a great looking fish!

BBoley24 · #29 09/13/2007, 09:14 AM

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Originally posted by ToniYo
Depends on the type of sea hare. Some are very colorful and others look like grey slugs with wings. We have seasons here in Florida where the wash up on the shore and are everywhere. Some will excrete a purple dye when handled. I live on the water and collecting is my favorite pass time. I find nassarius snails in the grass flats at low tide, ceriths, fighting and crown conchs, sea cucumbers under rocks, sea urchins (the pink pincushions are everywhere), peppermint shrimp, sponges (beware of fire sponge!), sea horses, gobies, blennies, puffer fish ( several species) and tons of other goodies. And yes there is coral out there. I find lots of brain especially in water very near shore but it is illegal to collect. Have fun!

ummmmmm yeah. That would be what im looking for. Where do you hang out? Cause your past time... is my time to pass... Forget baseball... where are you looking!!!

ToniYo · #30 09/13/2007, 09:27 AM

I'm in Tarpon Springs. We have several places up here that we go to. One is my back yard, one is a little spoil island just outside the mouth of the Anclote River and the other is a spot in Pasco just off the coast.

Sheol · #31 09/13/2007, 10:14 AM

ToniYo,

Ahh, my old stomping grounds! Love it. Used to dive in Crystal River (Trained there).
Have you ever been just south to Clearwater Marine Science Center? Used to do volunteer work there, including dolphin rescues. Those were the days.

Fondly,
Matthew

marino420td · #32 09/13/2007, 11:29 AM

I caught this dude in Panama City last summer (2006), brought him back to Missouri and he is alive and healthy in my 65 gal tank.

Just had to buy a 3 day Florida fishing license.

BBoley24 · #33 09/13/2007, 11:37 AM

marino good to hear from you! Im glad you chimed in... that is one good looking fish to get out of Florida's coast line... I guess its luck of the draw here... I do see alot of pipefish here and there... are they a good species to put in a florida tank or would they not survive captivity?

ToniYo · #34 09/13/2007, 01:04 PM

Matthew,

Yeah we go south all the time and I love the CMSC. It just seems that the water clarity is better going north. I used to spend 2 weeks every summer at Port Pardise when I was in high school and also did my check out dive there. We spend most of our time at Anclote and love it!

marino420td · #35 09/13/2007, 01:06 PM

There were tons of damsels around the jetties in PCB. I saw lots of pipefish and filefish as well. But I didn't keep any of those.

tcwayne · #36 09/13/2007, 06:01 PM

I need to drive up to Tarpon Springs soon. I just lost my diamond goby that I bought at that store I will never buy fish from again (pet mart) on labor day. My params are excellent and all my other fish are great. He was not harrassed because he dug in and after a couple of days he came out and was scooping up sand like a tractor digging a ditch.

frags on a rock · #37 09/13/2007, 08:52 PM

that would be a cool tank!

thor32766 · #38 09/13/2007, 09:17 PM

yeah would be a sweet tank

sean48183 · #39 09/13/2007, 09:37 PM

There is a reefer on here and I can't remember his name but he lives just south of the miami area and he collects some of the most awsome stuff in tidal pools right off shore. He would go collecting like every saturday and put pictures up of him in tidal pools waste deep with a net pulling out french angels, queen triggers, porcupine puffers,weird looking damsels and wrasses that I had never even seen before. It was pretty interesting. He had I believe just a fishing liscense if I remember correctly. Anyways good luck collecting a post anything cool you find.

tcwayne · #40 09/14/2007, 06:47 AM

bumpity bump bump

Sheol · #41 09/14/2007, 10:40 AM

Yeah, Clearwater is now an Oxymoron. Only gulf diving I did was far offshore (10-12 miles!) or down at Bradeton. That was killer free diving at Anna Maria Island. Did try to dive off Tarpon Springs, but the weather turned nasty & I backed out of the group. Most of my diving was in the FL. Keys.
I was at CSMC during the time SunSet Sam was alive and well. Even got to do 3-4 dolphing feeding & shows.

Matthew

BBoley24 · #42 09/14/2007, 11:54 AM

Jealousy sets in.

tcwayne · #43 10/12/2007, 06:11 AM

BBoley any progress? Pics.