I'm going to try somthing i think is new. I live in alaska. My 200g tank has 4 really nice tropical fish. I've researched building it up to a reef with corals, live rock, live sand, and a more diverse look than the coral skeletons that decorate it now and have decided... Its to expensive to and geographicly difficult to do what i want with a tropical biotope. I'm a commercial fisherman up here and have had access to a myrad of bizare and interesting fish and plants for years. therefore i'm gong to try to set up the north pacific biotope. A local friend is a diver up here and is going to set up a similar, 100g tank this summer. We figure that by late summer the water can be up to 65f so thats when we'll collect. In the meantime, i'll sell the tropicals, collect some local water, sand, and "live rock" (i believe it has a different apperance up here, pepto bismol pink, dark green kelp like starters, and small crabs, but is still the same idea.)
My idea here is to have a basically selfsustaining biotope that showcases some of the more unusual species up here. some small rockfish(china, vermillion and black) a halibut or two(we find juviniles in the net at 1-4 inches with some regularity) a small irish lord (very spiny, and with a vibration like a rattlesnake when threatened) some shrimp and crab, also a few annenemonys(sp?).
Has anyone tried this or know somone who has? I have been unable thusfar to find any information outside of the sealife center in seward, alaska.
Any potential problems that might stand out to an outside perspective?
would love any comments or advice.
thanx,
nathan
P.S. have not decided yet on the water cooling method, may purchas a large chiller designed for aquariums or may pipe the filteration water through a small refrigerator.
My idea here is to have a basically selfsustaining biotope that showcases some of the more unusual species up here. some small rockfish(china, vermillion and black) a halibut or two(we find juviniles in the net at 1-4 inches with some regularity) a small irish lord (very spiny, and with a vibration like a rattlesnake when threatened) some shrimp and crab, also a few annenemonys(sp?).
Has anyone tried this or know somone who has? I have been unable thusfar to find any information outside of the sealife center in seward, alaska.
Any potential problems that might stand out to an outside perspective?
would love any comments or advice.
thanx,
nathan
P.S. have not decided yet on the water cooling method, may purchas a large chiller designed for aquariums or may pipe the filteration water through a small refrigerator.