Beach Sand

[malofish]

After a large storm I took off to padre and colected what lppked like featherduster tubes off the beach. I found all types of little crabs and pods. in these tubes!! I took them home and put them in a twenty gal., after a day or two I took the tubes out and pods. and critters lived! I finally stuff other that cyano crawling on the glass One prob. though!! I also brough home a few killer crabs that ma de short work of a few softies and a damsel :(

[drehere]

I collected some 10-20 lbs of wet sand last time I was at the national seashore. About 1/4-1/2" on the bottom of my 55 gal. No ill effect noted in the tank But it did include many little mussels/clams/ whatever they were. They were enjoyable to watch for a few dates, but soon all seemed to perish.

We had also inadvertantly caught a tiny pipefish that hid in the sargassum. He seemed quite comfortable until I could no longer find him after a couple of weeks. Didn't seem like a very good swimmer as far as being able to outrun a damsel, crabs or possibly the powerhead.

I think I'd like to add some more next time if it weren't against any park regulations. But if so, there's always the public seashore accesses.

[GaryP]

Pipefish are members of the seahorse family and don't do well in a community tank. They are usually only successfully kept in species tanks.

Gary