d2mini
Reef enthusiast
haha, thanks! :)
d2mini's Epic Fantabulous New Reef Build
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motorcyclereefer
I am Graffiti Petey
Now I want to play some Jimmy Buffet for some reason?.
ErinCahir
Sausage Wrangler
More pics.
Kthnxbi.
Kthnxbi.
d2mini
Reef enthusiast
PART II
Here we are jumping into TBS waters
As you can see it was pretty murky with not much visibility at all this day.
That's Richard maybe half way down.
Rick just a few feet from me.
Yours truly trying to take pictures and stay afloat at the same time. lol
About 30-45 mins later??? Richard was back up. Time to get back in the boat and pull up the haul.
Bag after bag of primo TBS rock!
You can already see how covered it is in tunicates and other life.
On the way back to the marina with our underwater treasure!
Note that everything is coming up and put directly into barrels of fresh ocean water that was just pumped in fresh!
This is real live sand people!!!... skimmed right off the ocean floor.
And here we are heading back into the marina.
To be continued....
Here we are jumping into TBS waters
As you can see it was pretty murky with not much visibility at all this day.
That's Richard maybe half way down.
Rick just a few feet from me.
Yours truly trying to take pictures and stay afloat at the same time. lol
About 30-45 mins later??? Richard was back up. Time to get back in the boat and pull up the haul.
Bag after bag of primo TBS rock!
You can already see how covered it is in tunicates and other life.
On the way back to the marina with our underwater treasure!
Note that everything is coming up and put directly into barrels of fresh ocean water that was just pumped in fresh!
This is real live sand people!!!... skimmed right off the ocean floor.
And here we are heading back into the marina.
To be continued....
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d2mini
Reef enthusiast
haha, thanks! It was a trip... in pretty much every meaning of the word. :)
ErinCahir
Sausage Wrangler
Super cool!!
RockStacker
Reefing newb
That is awesome.
Do you need any sort of paperwork to collect live rocks off shore like that? or is it pretty much open season?
Do you need any sort of paperwork to collect live rocks off shore like that? or is it pretty much open season?
FishyReef
Broke Reefer!
I'm guessing Tampa Bay Saltwater has all sorts of business and collecting permits.... but you can collect all the lionfish you want right now, no limits, no licenses needed!
d2mini
Reef enthusiast
TBS leasing a portion of the gulf from the govt.
He put in all the rock he collects back out. It's all aquacultured so no damage to the reef.
He put in all the rock he collects back out. It's all aquacultured so no damage to the reef.
lilmatty5dimes
Reef enthusiast
Wow looks like you had a great time. And as always awesome pictures.
RockStacker
Reefing newb
I see. That is awesome.
Kelz88
Got Reef?
Awesome :D
d2mini
Reef enthusiast
Already got it. :)
That was the point of the trip. It came back on the plane with me! :bounce:
little_fish
Moderator
So cool! I want to do this someday!
fastrd400
It wasn't me!
Dude, I wanna be you just for one day!
Course, I get to pic the day.
Course, I get to pic the day.
d2mini
Reef enthusiast
LOL, there ain't that many to choose from... but sometimes I get lucky. :D
fastrd400
It wasn't me!
And that right there, is exactly the day I'd pick. :mrgreen:
