Going to the beach! - Aquarium Advice

d9hp · 06-03-2003, 06:14 PM

I am going to the beach this weekend, and was wondering if there is anything I can find down there that would be good for sand sifting, or be really nice to have in the tank. The beach I am going to is not at all tropical and there are no ornamental fish there. There are hermit crabs and those sand-fiddlers. The grey things that have orange guts. Dont mean to get all grusome but I dont know how else to describe them.

spencerx · 06-03-2003, 06:55 PM

what beach are you going to?

d9hp · 06-03-2003, 07:09 PM

Myrtle Beach, well actuall Cherry Grove which is 10 minutes from Myrtle, we got a place cheap.

spencerx · 06-03-2003, 10:42 PM

ohh myrtle beach, last time i was there i didnt find anything

. I did buy some shells for my hermits though!

WuRtZLeSs · 06-04-2003, 02:57 AM

You’d be surprised the amount of quality fish you can find for your aquarium in the ocean...

Heh, perhaps that wasn’t the best wording.

Looking back, I don’t think I bought one fish for my aquarium, all of them I’ve caught out in the wild. And It’s not like I’m being stuck with 10 puffers each dive either. I’ve caught a wide variety, from Flame Angelfish to numerous Butterflyfish.

If I have it my way, I’ll likely never buy a fish. However, if (and when) I do, it’ll likely be tank raised.

And let me say, they are hardly easy to catch

fishfreek · 06-04-2003, 09:58 AM

I would like to stress that is very important to know your local laws as far as catching fish for aquairum use. Wurtzless has told me previous to this post that its legal in HI to net catch fish but its hard to say what the laws in NC will say about this.

Not to mention that the costal waters of NC are likly to not hold fish that one would normally assocate with a tropical tank.

swishyfishies · 06-04-2003, 11:56 AM

Just wanted to say have a great trip. I miss not getting go to there every summer.

spencerx · 06-04-2003, 04:41 PM

if i was in hawaii i would catch all of my own fish too

!!

d9hp · 06-04-2003, 05:31 PM

Yes, hawaii is a bit different. I was thinking about crabs and stuff that is not really tropical

BrianH · 06-05-2003, 03:20 PM

You may be able to catch some tropical fish depending on the time of year. On another board, there is a diver who has caught butterfly fish, puffers and lionfish in NY & NJ.

Brian