My new pet

[Davy Holt]

Hiya,

 

A couple of days ago I discoverd another new creature in the aquarium.. a King ragworm about 8" long. I dont know where or when it got into the tank as I dont remember introducing it, but it is doing well. It is amazing to watch when it's feeding on lumps of frozen prawn and it's even attacked the tongs I use to feed the tank with.

 

[ 29. October 2002, 10:30 PM: Message edited by: Davy Holt ]

[Davey B]

Why is your worm feeing on lumps of prawn and are you now going into the rag-farm business as I'm considering farming peeler crabs?

[Davy Holt]

Hiya,

 

Davey B:

Why is your worm feeing on lumps of prawn and are you now going into the rag-farm business as I'm considering farming peeler crabs?

cause the " " on my keyboard aint working

 

[ 29. October 2002, 10:30 PM: Message edited by: Davy Holt ]

[peter mccue]

Dave,

 

I presume its a coldwater marine aquarium you have, any chance you can post an outline of setting one up.

 

I've thought about this for some time as I would like to keep our native fish etc, but does the temperature need to be kept low, & if so how?

 

Peter.

[Davey B]

Davy Holt:

Hiya,

 

 cause the " "  on my keyboard aint working    

Then how come you can type the word keyboar"d" then??

[Davey B]

Peter - He uses a beer cooler for his water - I just need to set one up for me Stella.

[chesters1]

i bet it gets a sore head when it starts digging ,no wonder its bolshie with the tongs

[Davey B]

Why did The Bolsheviks offend The Tongs? Sorry it's too easy.

[Alan Taylor]

Davy Holt:

Hiya,

 

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Davy, did that dogfish sack ever hatch our? I could see it moving around when I was there.

 

Alan(nl)

[Davy Holt]

Hiya,

 

peter mccue:

Dave,

 

I presume its a coldwater marine aquarium you have, any chance you can post an outline of setting one up.

 

Peter.

Yup it is a Native marine setup I have, The tank is a bog standard 350l juwel trigon corner tank. I did have a beer cooler running a few hours a day just to keep the temp around 14 degrees, unfortunatly it packed in and shorted out the home power supply when I was on holiday. As a result we lost quite a few of the creatures before I could get to release, if it had only been rockpool stuff I would have been ok but I had quite a bit of deep water stuff which couldnt stand the temp rise

 

I've kept Cod, Haddock, Whiting, Coalies, a grey gurnard, a LSD, long spined sea scorpions, eelpout's and butterfish. The only prob with the bigger fish is you need to add a skimmer to help keep the nitrates down.

 

below is a photo of the tank before the cooler packed in, I'm only starting to re stock now.