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  1. Johnny Max

    Fishing pier tank theme

    Let me try to post a video. This is normal. The fish never slow down! Not until lights out. The sea grass seems to be doing well. Time will tell. I love watching the piggy perch. One seems to be the punk today.
  2. Johnny Max

    Fishing pier tank theme

    I got scared and removed the picture of my tank with sea grass in it. But now that I have confirmation from the TPWD that it is not illegal to posses it, I will try to get some better pictures. My phone just can not capture the piggy perch. They move fast and they NEVER stop moving. I have my...
  3. Johnny Max

    Is it illegal to collect sea grass of any kind in Texas.

    Here is my conversation with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department about collecting any Sea Grasses in Texas. Me: Is it ok to collect a few saltwater aquatic plants to put in an aquarium if they are not located in a State Park or designated refuge? TPWD: Thanks for contacting us. You may...
  4. Johnny Max

    WHAT IS THIS? I think it is a plant...

    I guess no one has seen this. I think it looks like Green Branching Gracilaria Macroalgae, but not sure. I tried to wait for a response, but could not. It has been 5 days, so I went ahead and put in in my tank...
  5. Johnny Max

    Fishing pier tank theme

    The piggy perch are growing like crazy! :rockon: Like I had said earlier, they were so small I caught them in a plankton net. They would have gone through 1/8" mesh. They have basically lived their whole life in this tank. I feed them marine flake food mostly and I chop up bait shrimp from...
  6. Johnny Max

    Is it illegal to collect sea grass of any kind in Texas.

    There was not hardly any. That is why I had to scoop it up in a corner. They are predicting it to be bad in Florida, but not Texas so much. There are websites that track it, even via satellite. Google it.
  7. Johnny Max

    Fishing pier tank theme

    I found a source for turtle grass and shoal grass. https://aquaticusplants.com/shop/ols/products/thalassia-testudinum
  8. Johnny Max

    WHAT IS THIS? I think it is a plant...

    Not sure what it is. I collected it in the water on Galveston beach. It was mixed in with sargassum that collected in the corner of a small jetty where it meets the beach. It looks like a plant, but it is a little slimy feeling. Feels more like animal, than plant. It looks cool. Not putting it...
  9. Johnny Max

    Is it illegal to collect sea grass of any kind in Texas.

    Minor success on my field trip. Tide is always an issue though. I need to buy a kayak! I did not locate shoal grass. But, I found some type of green algae mixed in with the sargassum. Along with a few pipefish and what looks like a tiny spider crab. Only 1/4" in size. Fun day. I am on the...
  10. Johnny Max

    Is it illegal to collect sea grass of any kind in Texas.

    The TPWD never got back to me and it said my question was assigned. I have read all the regulations and as a Texas citizen, the are no laws, or regulations prohibiting me from collecting marine aquatic plants. Other than from a State Park. It does not even state you cannot in a refuge. But, I am...
  11. Johnny Max

    Fishing pier tank theme

    I have a skillet fish in there, or did. Have not seen him in weeks. He was tiny.
  12. Johnny Max

    Fishing pier tank theme

    I am thinking it will end up all Piggy Perch and they will have to fight it out amongst tgemselves. I need to have enough so it is not too bad. I will find out.
  13. Johnny Max

    Is it illegal to collect sea grass of any kind in Texas.

    I do know that you cannot remove plants from State Parks and I just assume the same for a reserve (although it does not say you can't.) I had already read all the regulations, including the one you linked. Regulations that were passed into law are only in reference to disturbing sea grass beds...
  14. Johnny Max

    Is it illegal to collect sea grass of any kind in Texas.

    I am dumb.... It worked for me...
  15. Johnny Max

    Is it illegal to collect sea grass of any kind in Texas.

    I submitted the question to the link you posted. Funny, the link was removed on the forum, but it was visible in the email notification, so I was able to go to it. I searched and where I was going to go is designated a refuge. You can fish, but no netting even, so I am not going to a refuge...
  16. Johnny Max

    Is it illegal to collect sea grass of any kind in Texas.

    They say on forums that it is illegal to collect any sea grasses, unless you find them floating up on the beach, but I cannot find anywhere, where it states that. There is a law in Texas that says that it is illegal to uproot, or disturb any sea grasses with a propeller. I have read the law...
  17. Johnny Max

    Fishing pier tank theme

    I thought I would post one more picture since it cleared up over the weekend. I have an internal bio filter I made from a tall thin one liter bottle full of media and caeto with a riser tube running from the bottom with a powerhead on it. But the real filter is a 370 GPH external canister...
  18. Johnny Max

    Fishing pier tank theme

    I will. If it is where I think it is, it should not be very brackish. I will try to bring a refractomiter to measure salinity. Edit: I looked again and it could be brackish...
  19. Johnny Max

    Fishing pier tank theme

    It was not I that got a CnC machine. I got a 3D printer...
  20. Johnny Max

    Fishing pier tank theme

    Yes, "It will be their tank!" I have wanted a piggy perch tank for years. I will see how long I keep it. I can always transition it into a Major Sargent tank and it will still be a Galveston tank. But you are correct, they are fast and very aggressive, even as small as they are. But knowing that...
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