A Smart? Aquarium in Taiwan...

Share how I avoid frags to be knocked out, and keep moving rack easy when glass cleaning


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Some folks PM me about my plugs and rack.
I have two each sides, so four total.
Each track hold 23 3/8" plugs.

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cheers,
 
Beautiful frags. We need some close up pictures of their mother colonies.

Ha!!!
You just raised the key question and discover why even I am not selling any frag but having these many frags in my display tank.

Can fist size mother colony perform as colorful and detail as a frag? My experience, it can not.

There are lots excited frag shots on FB, but having reef aquarium many years, I believe that in the end, true performance all comes down to one thing : FTS.
FTS is the way that enable us to tell a good tank or just an OK tank.

A new growing tip always looks nice, bright, dramatically show multiple colors in a close up picture, while fist size mother colony may not give us same performance, even less in a FTS.

Below are a few mother colony shots that I found from my existing files. There are more to shot later.

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Ha!!!
You just raised the key question and discover why even I am not selling any frag but having these many frags in my display tank.

Can fist size mother colony perform as colorful and detail as a frag? My experience, it can not.

There are lots excited frag shots on FB, but having reef aquarium many years, I believe that in the end, true performance all comes down to one thing : FTS.
FTS is the way that enable us to tell a good tank or just an OK tank.

A new growing tip always looks nice, bright, dramatically show multiple colors in a close up picture, while fist size mother colony may not give us same performance, even less in a FTS.

True, you are right - FTS would provide that colour contrast that frags on a rack enjoy. What makes frag racks when displayed properly as you do stand out is the contrast in colours of different ones next to each other, making each frag stand out. Mother colonies still look outstanding in isolation. By the way, do these acros have names to them aside from the obvious ones?
 
True, you are right - FTS would provide that colour contrast that frags on a rack enjoy. What makes frag racks when displayed properly as you do stand out is the contrast in colours of different ones next to each other, making each frag stand out. Mother colonies still look outstanding in isolation. By the way, do these acros have names to them aside from the obvious ones?

Ok, I try my best...

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1-RR Pink Floyd
2-Red Planet
3-ORA Joe the Coral
4-RR WD
5-BC Secale
6-ORA Ponape Birdnest
7-BC Exquisita
8-BC Backdraft the Movie the Table
9-Red Planet
10-JF Radical Red Stag
11-BC Secale
12-Vivid Superman Table Acropora
13-RR Wolverine
14-BC Poletti Yellow Tip
15-WWC Yellow Fever
16-BSA Mint Chip Selago Speciosa
17-JFS Tyree Ultimate Stag
18-BCs' Spainbow
19-RR Wolverine
20-Carden Hoeksemai
21-WWC Nuclear Fission
22-BC Day-Glo Pink Milli
23-WWW Kolaches
 
Ok, I try my best...

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1-RR Pink Floyd
2-Red Planet
3-ORA Joe the Coral
4-RR WD
5-BC Secale
6-ORA Ponape Birdnest
7-BC Exquisita
8-BC Backdraft the Movie the Table
9-Red Planet
10-JF Radical Red Stag
11-BC Secale
12-Vivid Superman Table Acropora
13-RR Wolverine
14-BC Poletti Yellow Tip
15-WWC Yellow Fever
16-BSA Mint Chip Selago Speciosa
17-JFS Tyree Ultimate Stag
18-BCs' Spainbow
19-RR Wolverine
20-Carden Hoeksemai
21-WWC Nuclear Fission
22-BC Day-Glo Pink Milli
23-WWW Kolaches

Drool worthy stuff! (mods please add drool emoji to RC thanks!). Now I know where to go get some of them. First, to the lottery kiosk! lol
 
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This is what happen when don't do regular maintenance....😭

Is that rusty or smudge of organic, if it's a rust, doesn't seems like it negatively impact your tank.

How much postage do you pay for stuffs shipped directly to Taiwan from BRS and how long do you have to wait?
 
Is that rusty or smudge of organic, if it's a rust, doesn't seems like it negatively impact your tank.

How much postage do you pay for stuffs shipped directly to Taiwan from BRS and how long do you have to wait?

It is rusty ;-(, but you are right, no noticeable problem so far. I usually PO from a Germany site below, which save 19% sale tax, but pay reasonable postage based on weight. Here is the site https://www.sewatec.de

Here is my first video took after trimming down my staghorn to 1/3 of size and fixing the pump issue. Hope you enjoy it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj56w_HpDro&feature=share

 
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