tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274518049295513342026-03-26T04:35:29.792-07:00Eddie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01194775753170257536noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1427451804929551334.post-72244357208430467672017-04-23T19:59:00.002-07:002017-05-06T20:24:25.499-07:00

Hello everyone.  For the past year and a half I've been working on a special little nano-pico tank.  I'm going to be launching a Kickstarter campaign in July.  If you would like to sign up and try to win one of these, please go to my landing page www.iquarium.us   I'm giving away four units before July.  Thank you.

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Hi everyone.  So my friend in the San Francisco area just imported a bunch of small sized Gem tangs. These fish come from Madagascar and available now.  If you are interested, send me an email at joylucktp2000@yahoo.com.  Wholesale to the trade only please.

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Hello everyone.  Just a quick post to say Clarion angels are available right now.  They are 4-5 inches and fully quarantined and eating.  For more info, please send me an email at joylucktp2000@yahoo.com.  Cheers - Eddie.

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Hi everyone.  Before we get into today's topic, I'd like to say that my heart goes out to the families and friends of the missing Malaysian airline.  I can't imagine the hell they are going through not knowing the fate of their loved ones.  Few weeks ago I flew on Malaysia Air from Bali to Kuala Lumper to Vietnam to join my wife and my boy.  What if that plane had disappeared

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Hello everyone!  A miracle has happened and I am back in Bali working on a special project.  I am truly lucky to be able to continue my passion playing with corals in Indonesia.  Tonga really left me in a dark mood and swore that I was done working overseas, but a year later, here I am.  I am grateful to a good friend that invited me to join him to work on a special

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Hello everyone, it has been quite a while since the last post.  I'm sorry I have not updated in over a year, but honestly I had nothing to write about.  Well, I take that back...have plenty to write about...the demise of my Tonga operation and betrayal from a trusted friend.  Have you heard the saying "fool me once, shame on you" "fool me twice, shame on me" fool me three times -

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Hi everyone, hope you all are having a great summer.  Let's continue on in making artificial liverock! After lunch break, we got to start actually making rock from the cement mix.  As you can see the first trial didn't turn out good.  We had too much water and too much of the volcanic rock and really couldn't hold any shape.  We just ended up playing around with the mixture

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Hello everyone.  Today we are going to have some real fun, going to make artificial liverock!  Man made rock is crucial to the future of this industry.  After all, how long can we keep taking wild liverock from our reefs?  There must be a sustainability factor to keep our hobby going. Years ago Anthony Calfo came out to Tonga to do some consulting work for me.  We

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 Hello everybody, happy July 4th!  Just like here in the US, 4th of July is a big holiday in Tonga.  It is the birthday of King Taufa'ahau Tupou the 4th who passed away in 2006.  He was the King of Tonga for over 40 years.  My guys sent greetings as they spent the day on the beach roasting a pig and having a pic-nic. And for today's topic, me and the boys go collecting

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Hi everyone, it has been a long time since I last posted.  Lots of things have happened since November of last year, especially in my personal life.  I became a dad!  People said things will change once I become a parent, and that has been totally true.  My priorities have changed and now it is no longer chasing corals, but to spend time with my son and family.  But it is

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Hello everyone. After spending most of the day at the beach, we decided to go check out the famous Tongan blowholes!We left the beach and took a scenic route to get to the blowholes. On the way we stopped at this spot with these funky trees.Got out of the car and looked over the edge. The drop off was basically straight down and looked scary. This spot is famous because of huge amounts of

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Hello everyone. So once in a while there would be a public holiday in Tonga. These days are very special as whole families get to get out and enjoy the surroundings. Either it be going to an island for a "roast a pig" picnic or just hanging around the local beach. For much of the weekdays, everyone is busy either working or "gathering" (going to the bush as they say) or fishing. Saturday is

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Hello everyone. Today, I would like to talk about one of everyone's favorite inverts for the reef aquarium - the giant clams of Tridacna!Before I left Tonga, the government officials with conjunction with the AusAID guys were going on a field mission to bring back brood stock clams from one of the other major Tongan islands - Haapai. This island group is relatively shallow and boasts huge

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Hello everyone. It has been a long time since I have posted, I apologize. Lots of things have happened in my personal life that have greatly impacted my ambitions and goals. Earlier this year, my elderly Aunt/Mother that raised me since I was 7 had a stroke. My plans of going overseas and working had to be put on hold. These days I am busy taking care of her as she has not recovered.

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Hello everyone. My Coral Adventures shifts back to Indonesia, where on Sundays, me and my friend like going to the local fish stores. My business partner/friend (name is Gili) has a 240 gallon plexiglass tank that I gave him while back. It is set up as a fish only tank and Gili does weekly water changes. Sundays are perfect for driving around Jakarta. You don't want to know about Jakarta

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Hello everyone. So I was at the edge of the reef looking for the intake pipe. The waves were crashing onto the corals. It made me think of how the corals are actually very strong. I decided to walk back to shore.A shallow water acropora growing on a large coral rubble. Although the body was brown, it had nice purple tips!A couple of blue damsels in a shallow pool!The biggest corals in this

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Hello everyone. After spending time sorting corals at the fisheries, I decided to take a walk out to the beach at low tide behind the pump house. I wanted to see if I could locate the water intake pipe.And just for your info, my friend has set up a fan page on Facebook for me. Come on and join me, I would like to see how many people are following my posts. My friend also changed the layout of

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Hi everyone. So let's continue on to day 11 of my "Tonga adventures".Computer work and such kept me in the "office" for most of the day. I got to the fisheries facility a little later in the afternoon. These two cool dudes are from AusAid, an Australian government agency that helps developing countries worldwide. In Tonga, AusAid provides funding and consultation to the Fisheries department

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Hello everyone. The shipment went off without problems (weather and plane mechanical problems are common in this business). It was time to clean up and prepare for the next shipment. But first, I had to get some breakfast!I stopped by Friend's cafe and had this great breakfast. Three egg omelette, toast, and bacon with "flat white" coffee. Most of dairy products come from New Zealand, so you

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Hello everyone. Today is day nine, and we are packing!After running around town doing errands, like getting money and paying cargo, I stopped at this cafe to get something to eat.Pretty nice inside. Back five years ago me and my business partner used to have a breakfast meeting here every morning.I ordered this pasta with clams and garlic bread. Simple egg breakfast was not going to keep me

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Hello everyone. I will be leaving for Bali tonight. But before I go, I have uploaded all of my videos from Tonga. There are fifteen of them and the links are below, enjoy! - Eddie.Tonga video 1Tonga video 2Tonga video 3Tonga video 4Tonga video 5Tonga video 6Tonga video 7Tonga video 8Tonga video 9Tonga video 10Tonga video 11Tonga video 12Tonga video 13Tonga video 14Tonga video 15

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Hi everyone. After a week of collecting corals, we took a day off to prep the corals for export.I used to prep the corals for export in these two fiberglass tanks back five years ago. The rope is for the shade cloth, so the cloth can sit flatly over the tanks.This time around, we got allocated to the concrete tanks.An assortment of beautiful montiporas sitting on a plastic crate.And here are

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Hello everyone. Sorry I'm falling behind the posts. Between internet problems and sending out shipments, updating my blog has been difficult.Today was another beautiful day. Here is a view of the docks as we were leaving for the open ocean.A local dive operation, who also fills up scuba tanks for us for a fee.On the way out, we decided to stop by the fish market to pick up bait for fishing.

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Hello everyone. I'm still having internet problems. For today, instead of going out with my guys to collect corals, I decided to stay back and catch up on some paperwork. I spent the day at a cafe that provides free internet for their customers. This place is great. Very friendly and they all speak English pretty well. They know me by name and calls me "Erik", can't seem to say "Eddie".

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