In The Tank

As promised during my presentation, below are links to information about the content of my presentation that you might find interesting as well as links to my build threads in forums and my YouTube channel. Thank you so much for those that attended, as it was quite an honor to be able to present my project to you all as well as an honor meeting many of you.

American Currents (North American Native Fishes Association - NANFA) publication article about the Chasmodes blennies that I wrote a few years ago: https://www.nanfa.org/ac/striped-blenny-chasmodes-bosquianus.pdf

The study about oyster shell gape preferences by blennies of the Atlantic and other benthic fish:

A journal about breeding and rearing Chasmodes and other Atlantic/Gulf blennies by my friend, Josh Carter and his colleages:

www.sciencedirect.com

Blennies are cryptobenthic reef fishes (CRFs) that occupy a critical functional group in the trophodynamics of their respective ecological systems and…

My YouTube Channel with lots of content about this aquarium and it's inhabitants as well as my other aquarium projects, collections trips, etc.: https://www.youtube.com/@coachkevinwilson1958/videos

Web Forum Build Threads of my Oyster Reef Biotope Aquarium:

NANFA Forum (North American Native Fishes Association)

Username: Chasmodes

Build Thread Name: 100g Chesapeake Bay Oyster Reef Biotope Brackish Aquarium - My Dream Tank

forum.nanfa.org

Page 1 of 2 - 100g Chesapeake Bay Oyster Reef Biotope Brackish Aquarium - My Dream Tank - posted in Advanced Captive Care: Well, I havent posted here for a long time about my oyster reef project.  I still maintain a 20g simplified version, but basically, 99% of what was in that biotope aquarium went into this system.  My goal was to create a great habitat for my favorite fish, blennies.  Right now, the only blenny species I have in the tank is the striped blenny, Chasmodes b...

Reef2Reef

Build Thread Name: Brackish 20 Long Chesapeake Bay Aquarium

forum.nanfa.org

Page 1 of 17 - Brackish 20 Long Chesapeake Bay Aquarium - posted in Salt and Brackish Water Fishes: For now, this is my mini oyster reef, a holding tank for specimens that I collect.  Currently, it houses five juvenile naked gobies (Gobiosoma bosc) that are about 3/4 long and one small grass shrimp.     Im going collecting this weekend, but wont add anything to the tank unless I get a juvenile blenny of about the same size.  I may also add one or two juvenile skilletfis...

Username: Chasmodes

Build Thread Name: Chesapeake Bay Oyster Reef Biotope Tank

www.reef2reef.com

Hi everyone. I have a build thread already, but I guess I should have posted my build in this forum. I don't have much to update since my last post on the other thread except that I'm ready to buy my equipment. Yeah, I've said that before, but, this time it's a go. I'll have everything for...

Reef Central

Username: Chasmodes

Build Thread Name: Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

forums.reefcentral.com

One of my dreams was to duplicate the oyster reef environment of the Chesapeake Bay as best I can without predation. My plan is to have a 120g corner quarter cylinder tank with a live sand from the Chesapeake Bay and perhaps some of the rock there for the live rock. I'll purchase some porous...

Biotope Aquarium Project/Biotope Aquariumd Contest 2022 entry videos and results:

Results: https://biotopeaquariumproject.com/bac2022-results/

Entry: https://biotopeaquariumproject.com/bam/chesapeake-bay-oyster-reef-biotope-phoebus-virginia-usa-kwilson/

Biotope in Nature (BIN) entry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjLdiyouyEY&t=210s