Inter-tidal species tank

[CACAdmin]

Here's an interesting idea someone came up with for keeping inter-tidal species. As there were no further posts, I have no idea if the fellow ever followed through, but the discussion is interesting nonetheless. It would definitely make for an interesting tank.

http://www.aquahobby.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=37559

[bae3]

My husband was in Athens, Georgia and stayed at a B&B where there was a beautiful 'tide pool' aquarium set up. The owner collected the animals in South Carolina where she has relatives. She explained that such a tank is much easier to manage than a reef tank as tide pool animals are adapted to widely varying temperatures and salinities.

I thought this was a really good point, and wonder why such tanks aren't more common. I don't know if cold water BC species would work -- shoreline water in SC can be pretty warm. At any rate, people swim there without wet suits!

[CACAdmin]

That must have been neat to see. I wonder if they had a chiller to emulate winter temps. BTW we do swim here without wetsuits :yes: (in the summer that is :laugh: ). Actually, the ocean is often warmer than many of our (glacial-fed) lakes.

Our water temps here in the Burrard Inlet near the surface only get to 20 C (68 F) in the summer and drop as low as 5 C (41 F) or less in the winter (and of course it's even colder when you go deeper). On the other hand, South Carolina water temps ranger from 28.8 C (84 F) in the summer to 8.9 C (48 F) in the winter.

Burrard Inlet water temperature info: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/objectives/burrard/burrard.html

South Carolina water temperature info: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/satl.html