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Is this pod considered big?


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I collect them and throw them in my tank a few times a year.  This is from about 2 minutes of collecting.

 

Video.

 

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LOL

 

There are close to 10k species of amphipod and their size can range from from 1 mm to that bohemoth pictured above.

 

Paul is that a Long Island Sound collection?

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Yes it is.  Here is five gallons of them. Sometimes they are so thick all you have to do is stick your arm in the water and you are covered in them.  I would like to go collecting next week if I can find anyone stupid, I mean brave enough to want to wade around in freezing water.

 

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Years ago I used to collect urchins using SCUBA here in NY.  I tried to get a permit for them so I went to the Dept of Environmental Conservation and asked them if I needed a permit to collect urchins.

They said,  What is an urchin?

 

So I guess I didn't need a permit and I collected hundreds of urchins.

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They said, What is an urchin?

 

You should have made something up. I would have told them it was similar to a mermaid.

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They had no clue and looked at me like I had two heads.  And those are the people that issue shellfish permits.

Urchins here in NY are not considered a food or sport animal so there is no regulation.

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