热带海洋中心is a force of the aquarium hobby in Europe so while touring the UK on our way to Germany for InterZoo, we had to make the trek out to their world-famous facilities. We traveled to Chorleywood on the outskirts of London during the height of their own preparations for InterZoo and despite our unannounced arrival, we were treated to a lightning tour of their amazingly clean and efficient facility.
We already knew that TMC produces and distributes a range of their own products and we really made the visit to see their livestock facility, essentially a wholesale livestock division. While on the premises we learned all about TMC’s commercial aquarium filtration division which specializes in making unique highly vertical stacked equipment for space-restricted aquarium installations.
热带海洋中心的牲畜师完全清洁,亮着明亮的鱼类持有的鱼类隔间里装满了许多非常健康,健壮和丰富多彩的海洋鱼类。TMC的批发鱼类选择的介绍几乎是如此完美,走道更像是参观一家储备丰富的零售商店,而不是我们习惯的典型肮脏和黑暗的美国鱼类批发商。
We’re still curious as to how they keep all the acrylic cubicles so clean and algae-free despite the abundance of lighting. What is really exceptional about all the light is that it helps viewers give close scrutiny to the loads of marine fish, highlighting their health, brilliance and vitality – we didn’t see a single dead fish, a single spot of Ich, nor any split fins – TMC must have some really gifted fish handlers working that section.
继续前进珊瑚,很难将美国纯粹的珊瑚批发商与TMC库存的鱼类,珊瑚和反转的全方位选择进行比较。尽管如此,在TMC中有很多柔软和石质的珊瑚的多样性,我们肯定会很乐意将一些珊瑚放在我们自己的家居礁石中。关于TMC呈现珊瑚选择的表现同样值得注意的是,它们独有地使用了其Aquaray LED灯线,这些LED灯使用效果,在LPS和Chalice Corals上安装了Blue Lights,以及用于SPS和Marecultured Acros的更明亮的LED簇。
One of the major differences we noticed about the presentation of TMC’s invertebrates is that they were getting treated with much more care. Each big group of hermits crabs, starfish, and various snails was placed in their own cubicles as opposed to many of them being crammed together in baskets or perforated cups and we imagine that it entices buyers to pick more of the inverts that they想,而不是简单地库存所需的清洁船员无脊椎动物。
While it was quite a delight to peruse the brightly lit and healthy livestock in the fish room area, getting to spy the central filtration systems behind the scenes was an incredible sight. Rows of pumps are neatly arranged in the approximation of a clean room while the salt-spraying skimmers, “trickle towers” and other open water equipment was located in a separate room.
至少有八个大型和粗壮的商业RK2蛋白撇渣器,这是一种享受,看到他们都表现出色,而且泡沫很好,他们的水生生命支持人员都在球上,并且在牲畜维护的一部分中确实拨入了。TMC’s experience with commercial installation is evident in how they installed and maintain their own large scale aquarium filtration.
Overall, Tropical Marine Center’s headquarters including all the various departments is one of the most impressive aquarium facilities we’ve ever visited. Even though our visit was completely unannounced, and with all the work that is going into getting ready for the big InterZoo conference, the place was very clean, bordering on immaculate and it is clear that TMC has a certain, elevated level of professionalism in how they operate.
We want to thank Mr. Gyles Westcott for making the time to give us a spurt of the moment lightning tour of TMC’s facilities and departments. And since there is a strict no photography policy at TMC, our companion and newest writer简·哈拉姆(Jane Hallam)制作了这些出色的图纸,以帮助我们制作有关礁石建造者的第一份插图特别报告。