I stand corrected.

According to Virginia code 4 VAC 15-360-10 You are allowed to keep up to 20
individuals of any single native or naturalized as defined by 4 VAC 15-20-50
species of aquatic invertebrates. There are other exclusions such as
threatened or endangered species. That guy who was catching things in the
Atlantic was probably busted under 29.1-103 & 23.1-521 which prohibits
buying, selling offering for sale any wild animal unless specifically
authorized by law. For a good summary see.
http://www.dgif.state.va.us/wildlife..._educators.pdf
Of course your state laws may differ


That being said I have had Blue crabs in my sump and they lived for a couple
years. I found an oyster once that lived for a few months although the
barnacles on the shell died within a few weeks and have rescued a couple
long neck clams from the steamer that also lived for about 6 months. I
didn't feed them phyto religiously so that may make a difference. Also the
bay temps max out in the upper 70's . Also the oysters may have a parasite
Dermo and MSX and we just had "record" oyster harvest in Virginia because of
all of the rain diluted the bay and rivers preventing the parasites from
killing the oysters and they predict with return of the dryer weather the
oysters will begin dying again.

A little off track but I saw a truck the other day with a bumper sticker "
Oysters Nature's water filters" on the back of the Hampton Roads Sanitary
District ( Sewage Treatment for our area) truck yum-yum










"John B." wrote in message
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LOL...I doubt that keeping a crab and an oyster in a fish tank is illegal.
Every Giant supermarket I have ever visited in the past 20 years has had a
tank full of crusteceans on display. I got the idea from a web site at the
Chesapeake Bay National Esturine Research Reserve in Virginia which has a
very detailed set of instructions on the topic of Esturine Aquarium
Keeping,
which includes some information on keeping blue crabs, et. al in an
aquarium. Doubt that they would be propagating information on "illegal"
activities. http://www.vims.edu/cbnerr/education/aquarium.htm

The instructions in the 19 page .pdf are certainly detailed enough. I was
mostly interested in whether others had practical experience in the
matter.

Thanks Again,
John


"Billy" wrote in message
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"John B." wrote in message
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| LOL...that sounds like our govt. at work. :-)
|
| I would also like to put a couple oysters in there with the crab.
Should be
| safe in their shell I suppose. (can get those live too at the crab
houses).
| Since oysters are filter feeders, I was thinking about feeding them
with
| phytoplankton that can be purchased in a bottle. Anyone try keeping
these
| succulent bivalves in a tank?
|


At the risk of continuing a discussion in a public place about
illegal activities, I suggest you turn to Google for information on
keeping cold-water bivalves.

Again, are you prepared to spend 700+ on a chiller?