wild SPS corals, Marshall Islands

westreef · Nov 8, 2013

Not bad, you found the infamous aquarium stores in Tung Choi Street in Kowloon, Hong Kong.:thumbsup:

kipper31 · Nov 8, 2013

Never wanted a Iphone before now lol.

ksicard · Nov 8, 2013

They keep their fish in bags?? They certainly must have holding tanks somewhere in the back? That last photo cracked me up.

reefmutt · Nov 8, 2013

Great shots! I love this thread.
Its an out of body experience!
Fantastic!!

007Bond · Nov 8, 2013

r-balljunkie said:

Well winter is just around the corner again in this part of the world. I'll be watching for your latest and greatest pics/videos from your backyard to help with the winter doldrums. Thanks,---Rick

Giga · Nov 8, 2013

I liked the last pic from Hong Kong and the slew of creepers lol

AbrahamS · Nov 8, 2013

I have all post with my mouth open.

thanks for sharing this piece of heaven!!!! O.....M....F....G...!!!

Thanks!!!!! i love what you do!!

Keep posting if you can!

Regards

BrentH · Nov 8, 2013

Awesome thread thanks for putting in the time to share it with us bro... And u seem very layed back your not missing much here in the states

I would totally be like the fat kid in the candy store and try and hord every coral I saw lol....

kv69 · Nov 9, 2013

marshall islands here i come in 4 years.

xenia2 · Nov 9, 2013

Been to that island few times, but only realized it were just a dream :headwally:

Beautiful photos

r-balljunkie · Dec 14, 2013

ebond009 said:
Awesome stuff man.keep it going!

thumbs up, glad you are enjoying the thread.

westreef said:
Not bad, you found the infamous aquarium stores in Tung Choi Street in Kowloon, Hong Kong.:thumbsup:

yes, i enjoyed HK much more than Singapore. my kinda city

kipper31 said:
Never wanted a Iphone before now lol.

Have to sneak those pics in.... im a guy's guy, know what i mean, lol.

ksicard said:
They keep their fish in bags?? They certainly must have holding tanks somewhere in the back? That last photo cracked me up.

its a trip to see in person, how many people own fish tanks in HK, i wonder.

reefmutt said:
Great shots! I love this thread.
Its an out of body experience!
Fantastic!!

glad you enjoy my rants.

007Bond said:
Well winter is just around the corner again in this part of the world. I'll be watching for your latest and greatest pics/videos from your backyard to help with the winter doldrums. Thanks,---Rick

what is this strange word you speak, winter? its 85 here, and when we get off work, taking the scooters out diving!!

Giga said:
I liked the last pic from Hong Kong and the slew of creepers lol

oh yeah!!

AbrahamS said:
I have all post with my mouth open.

thanks for sharing this piece of heaven!!!! O.....M....F....G...!!!

Thanks!!!!! i love what you do!!

Keep posting if you can!

Regards

thanks....we call it almost heaven around here. still have to wake up and go to work 5 days a week.

BrentH said:
Awesome thread thanks for putting in the time to share it with us bro... And u seem very layed back your not missing much here in the states I would totally be like the fat kid in the candy store and try and hord every coral I saw lol....

meh, i dont want to say the novelty gets old, but you excercise control. what ive learned the most out here is to respect the ocean.

kv69 said:
marshall islands here i come in 4 years.

well come on thru. its not for everyone. if you have tatoos, piercings, dont complain too much, and a bit weird....you fit in just fine.

xenia2 said:
Been to that island few times, but only realized it were just a dream :headwally:

Beautiful photos

wake up wake up, put some clothes on man.

After about 10 days in Bali, we pretty much burned thru all of the touristy stuff to do.

Temples, check.
Monkey Forest, check
Water park, check
4X4'ing, check
ATV'ing, check
White water rafting, check
Safari zoo, check

Well, ran out of stuff to do, so decided to go on an adventure to Bali Aquarich's facility.

I emailed the owner, Wen-Ping Su and he was gracious enough to open the doors to his facility to conduct a private tour.

We hired a car from the hotel, which was 45 a day, fuel inclusive. I think they lost out on this one, because we drove clear across Bali, from the South, all the way up to the Northern coast to get to the facility.

We arrived at the facility and took a quick bathroom break and proceeded with the tour. It was a huge undertaking building this breeding facility.
It's a family affair, with the house in the front, and the facility in the back. It seemed like everyone one chipped in to help, son/daughter etc.

There was a bit of a language barrier, but we managed to get the gist of what he was saying about growing phyto on site, the number of clownfish in inventory at any one time(I believe I heard a million, cant remember correctly)

Sure, the facility is not all shiny with everything labeled. It wasn't a kid friendly, ADA approved layout but there was a bit of genius with the layout and the thought process it took to erect such a facility.

It was a fish propagation facility with some project X and skunkworks thrown in the mix.

From what I understood, this was not Su's first foray into the fish breeding business, rather rev 2.0.
I was allowed to see about 75% of the facility.

I know there was some closed door stuff going on he wasn't keen on doing a show and tell with. I asked., hey, what about those buildings over there"¦I was hurriedly shoed away and advised, no pictures over there.. Smile.

After the tour, some refreshments and snacks were provided. It was hot outside.

Enjoy the pics.

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r-balljunkie · Dec 14, 2013

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007Bond · Dec 14, 2013

Wow, that had to be a cool tour. Was he pumping water in from the sea? Thanks for sharing as usual.---Rick

Wings6010 · Dec 19, 2013

Amazing! love your thread!!!

michaelis88 · Dec 19, 2013

Awesome

markis210 · Dec 24, 2013

Thanks for sharing, I check this daily for new pics.

007Bond · Dec 24, 2013

Hears hoping you and yours have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!... And oh yeah will be watching for all your fantastic pics. :wavehand:---Rick

r-balljunkie · Dec 24, 2013

007Bond said:
Wow, that had to be a cool tour. Was he pumping water in from the sea? Thanks for sharing as usual.---Rick

Rick,

Yes the water was pumped from the ocean to the facility as part of water changes. Im not sure of the frequency, but we were on the most northern part of the island.

Wings6010 said:
Amazing! love your thread!!!

Thanks once

michaelis88 said:
Awesome

Thanks twice

markis210 said:
Thanks for sharing, I check this daily for new pics.

Thanks Thrice

007Bond said:
Hears hoping you and yours have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!... And oh yeah will be watching for all your fantastic pics. :wavehand:---Rick

Aah yes, the spirit of Christmas overwhelms me as I sit in my office, Christmas Eve, at 3 in the afternoon. Thank you for the Season's Greetings Rick, and hope all is well with your family.

Ive quit working mentally so I thought I would throw up some pics, this time diving in Bali as well as Singapore Aquarium pics"¦. I need to catch up to real time"¦.I do apologize for the glut of pics, whereas these are from the summer"¦just been too lazy and busy to do so.

I owe everyone some tank shots as well"¦"¦.before the end of January!!!

Enjoy the pics.

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