Cold Water Reef Tank

[Mando77]

Does anyone in WAMAS have one of these? I was thinking about turning my Biocube into one when I upgrade to a large tank. I just wanted to know how and where you could get livestock. It could be really neat and different.

[trockafella]

Daniel had one, not sure if its still up. I think he went out and got a lot of his things from the ocean (i think).. It was really cool, look through previous TOTMs, its in there.

 

 

[Chad]

I am also pretty sure that Hilary has a small cool water tank, another POC to check.

[arwndsh]

We had ours until we lost power last summer and the tank cooked.

 

A lot of our livestock came from Divers Den and a friend we had that lived in Oregon and would collect and send us stuff.

 

Gulf of Maine sells cold water items. If I remember correctly the items found locally are used to warmer temperatures and are not suitable for a cold water aquarium.

 

We kept the tank at 55 degrees.

 

Also, I wouldn't recommend using the biocube because the glass is too thin and will cause a sweating problem in the summer. 1/2" to 1" acrylic is recommended to cut down on sweating.

[Reefoholic]

Here is an interesting and very informative website on Cold Water Reefs. This guy seems to know what he is doing. His tanks look pristine and colorful! Maybe I should start a CW tank.

 

Oregon Reef