Cool project, i'm just getting into freshwater aquariums but marine just brings a totally new dimension to it. I'll be keeping an eye on your progress 

Cheers guys - yes most people I have talked to all look at me a  bit when I say saltwater and local reef system, tropical fish are what most refer to in fish tanks I guess.

Ah yes undersize fish is a good point petethemeat...at this stage I am only going to have fish that do not have a minimum size, and for others I am in the process of trying to obtain a licence, although I have been told if bred in captivity there is no issue...but I must find the actual facts, not opinion as I am certain I have already had at least a few trolling my pictures looking for such a thing - yes  I can see you  

Here's decent pic of the awesome looking Gem-slug, great photo-bomb by the kahawai



...this creature is amazing to watch up close, so at low tide I went and found my existing pretty-boy a hot looking gem-girlfriend , hey...what a guy



Time for breakfast - fresh coffee for me, theirs will be a small entree of frozen shrimp, followed by fresh piper bits (the piper wasn't suitable for a tank - refused to recognise the glass wall as a barrier so he is being 'recycled') for the kahawai and hermit crabs.

A number of small bio's doing there thing nicely too, tiny mussels, a tiny tua tua, a kina (of course ) , the hermit crabs are hilarious - the speed of feeding is a blur and they have ever shifting turf wars! Now I want some tiny little almost transparent shrimps I have seen around  wharves/rocks..but they are lightening fast..

The nets from the $2 shop are the ones i mean