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florida joe

florida joe

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One of the perks of living close to the beach in southwest Florida found this rock will its not really a rock its calcified tub worm shafts that bond together and form weird shapes I have a few already in my tank but nothing this big

 
teresaq

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Very cool. I have a couple kinda like that I found on the beach, though I think its compressed shell.
Do you do any collecting?? I have though about it, but wouldnt know where to go.
 
big

big

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Neat whatever Joe, but it sort a looks like something my dog barfed up yesterday!!!!
 
alix2.0

alix2.0

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cool! i have a few tiny worm rock thingies (that i got on the beach) in my tank behind the rocks, just because the pods like them and no fish can get to them back there.
 
earlybird

earlybird

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Originally Posted by TeresaQ
Very cool. I have a couple kinda like that I found on the beach, though I think its compressed shell.
Do you do any collecting?? I have though about it, but wouldnt know where to go.
Bunche beach has a ton of stuff though I wouldn't add to my tank. It would be neat to have a local species tank. Lots of crabs and snails at bunche beach.
 
teresaq

teresaq

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Last time I was there, it was pretty nasty with dead fish. yuk. I dont think I want to collect from there.
 
earlybird

earlybird

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Originally Posted by TeresaQ
Last time I was there, it was pretty nasty with dead fish. yuk. I dont think I want to collect from there.

Red tide maybe? The water quality has been really good in recent months.
 
teresaq

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Theres a little park on pine island that the kids go to for school. We went last yr, and caught a bunch of stuff for the kids to study and talk about, then they released everything. We caught pipe fish, puffers, gobies, crabs, snails. It was very cool.
TeresaQ
 
earlybird

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There's a lot of stuff to be had in this area. Last time I was out catching bait I netted a few seahorses, a puffer, and a few different starfish.
 
earlybird

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They are always small and dark almost black or dark brown. Might be close to an inch. Not any larger than 2 inches. When I see them I get them back into the water as fast as I can. Next time I catch some I'll take pictures.
 
earlybird

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I always seem to catch them when I'm catching bait on the inside of New Pass. It's only really accessible by boat. Surprisingly there was still sea grass on the flat in December, but I suspect that with the cold snaps we've had, the grass if probably gone now which means so is the bait and most likely everything else. The grass will be back in the spring.
The link below shows the flat that I catch bait on. It's the island in the upper left of the screen. You can zoom out and see exactly where it is.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...&t=h&z=17&om=0
 
florida joe

florida joe

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ok people If you want to go shelling what about Sanibel island voted the number one beach for shelling in the U.S.
 
florida joe

florida joe

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Originally Posted by alix2.0
cool! i have a few tiny worm rock thingies (that i got on the beach) in my tank behind the rocks, just because the pods like them and no fish can get to them back there.

where is there a beach in NYC
only kidding I was born and spent the first 45 years of my life in Bklyn five min from C.I.
 
florida joe

florida joe

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Originally Posted by turtlegirl933
Its cool looking, anything alive on it?
no it was washed onto shore and i boil it before i put it in my tank
 
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