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Old 04-29-2018, 01:37 AM
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I am down in Orlando and made a couple stops at World Wide Corals. All I can say is wow what a setup. I got a back room tour on my second trip. Apparently they have another large facility in Orlando where they grow corals out.

I have never seen anything like this place. Unfortunately can't bring anything back.

Makes me want to get home to get working on my tank.
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Old 04-29-2018, 03:11 AM
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Talk is cheap but I wanna see proof... or it didn’t happen.
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Old 04-29-2018, 03:33 AM
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Next time I'm down there I'd love to go. Mad jelly.
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Old 04-30-2018, 12:49 AM
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See following U-tube video for an idea of what your missing. My pictures don't do the place justice.

Mr. Saltwater Tank Tours World Wide Corals - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFMvFY1VlCI
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Old 04-30-2018, 02:10 AM
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I'm just being a and being jelous. I love to go there and see their facilities.

you should have done some sort of a vlog
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I went back in January when I was in Orlando for Disney World with the fiancee. Every single tank was amazing.

All in all, pretty small storefront but it's quality over quantity. Didn't get to see their farm, unfortunately.
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They almost sell nothing in the way of supplies have a quarter the number of fish tanks J&L have but their hard coral selection is amazing. Almost exclusively corals.

In the back room they have a huge 12' large tank (almost twice the size as the store display tank) where they take most of their cuttings from and they have dozens of large frag tanks where they grow out their corals. The 12' grow out tank is full of corals, you would hardly know they are constantly taking cuttings from this tank. The back room is almost as big as the entire retail section but not much room to move around because of the rows of tanks.

The only thing I didn't like was their large display tanks in the front were under only blue lighting. The large 12' tank in the back is under a wider spectrum light and so are the grow out tanks.

All their tanks are impeccably clean and did not see any signs of pests like , vermetid snails, aiptaisa, bubble algae, nuisance algae, hydroids or anything else that is large enough to see.

They are running their tanks at an alkalinity of 8.6 and a pH of 7.8 to 7.9. they are using only calcium reactors on all their tanks to manage alkalinity and calcium. They adjust their protein skimmers on timers when their nutrients (primarily nitrates) get to low. Not sure how they manage phosphates, forgot to ask. They said they do not shoot for numbers other than alkalinity and that they have measurable nitrate (10 to 15). Their display tanks are lit with only Radion led's. They use supplemental T-5's on the large tank in the back.
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Old 05-02-2018, 03:33 AM
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Not to mention Casper, the cool white tang morph that they have right when you go into the store.
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