The precedence of the Triton method and its new unconventional way of reef keeping has increased so tremendously over the recent months that it is quite impossible to sway away from the allure of this new founded principle. While much has been said about the methodology and the element testing, it is undeniable that thewater testing通过电感耦合等离子体(ICP) that Triton is offering way surpasses the average hobby test kits. Today’s post however steers clear from all technical and chemical aspects of the ICP testing as well as the exact principal basis of the Triton method. What this post will feature however, is a picture intensive run down of the Triton display tank, which hands down is without a shadow of a doubt one of the, if not the most beautiful privately owned aquariums anywhere.
在上周，我们被邀请到瑞典进行演讲，而在欧洲，我们与特里顿礁的所有者兼创始人埃桑·达什蒂（Ehsan Dashti）呆了几天。德国杜塞尔多夫（Düsseldorf）是特里顿公司（Triton Company）的总部，在这里，您可以找到令人难以置信的美丽的Ehsan的私人礁石。现在，显然，该系统在Triton方法上运行，该方法没有ICP-MS机器的水更改和元素测试。方法和测试在众多在线平台上进行了广泛讨论，因此，出于这个原因，我们不会在这里参与其中。
We’ve mentioned earlier that this is a picture intensive post, and for that reason we’ll split most of them into galleries here for ease of browsing. Just click on the thumbnail to view the photos.
Where do we even begin. The Triton display tank is really a work of art, both aesthetically and biologically. Few systems can compare with this set up in terms of coral brilliance and colony growth. Each section of this beautifully designed reef is so jammed with coral that it is laughable, in a good way, how this might be even possible.
The 625 gallon tank is a shallow cube with a three sided display, with minimal live rock in a horseshoe formation surrounding a giantTridacna Gigaswhich sits front and centre. It’s easy to forget that while all the stony corals in this aquarium are massive by any standards, a great or perhaps even greater demand for chemical and mineral requirement is met solely by this one clam.
tridacnaclams are relatively fast growing, and although they look rather stoic and unassuming in their biological needs, are animals that relish intense lighting and a prolific source of calcium and other minerals for shell growth.
The elemental and light supplementation that this clam and the corals receive in this tank come exclusively fromTriton Reef ElementzandTriton Lani LED。这种蛤s比我的大腿大，宠物狗，新生婴儿和其他各种可比的每日物体都真正的生物。您通常不会被囚禁地看到这种物种，在极少数情况下，它显示出错误的标记为T. maxima。
什么T. Gigaslacks in colour however, it makes up for in size. That’s not to say that the species is in itself unappealing. While mostly brown or matte grey, the mantle is adorned with a series of metallic blue rings that only appears when the animal is under perfect lighting conditions.
你们中有些人可能熟悉这个T. Gigas恶作剧水脉动,可能见过it in a Facebook video that has gone nearly viral. The giant giant clam occasionally pulses water a couple feet above the aquarium which hits the LANI LED fixtures, seemingly for fun.
偶尔，T. Gigas从事性产卵，将数百万个配子释放到水中。在海洋中，这是可以的，但是在封闭的系统中，这种大小的蛤可能会遇到麻烦。水质的恶化，从水中自由漂浮的生物成分突然涌入是一种非常真实的情况，应该考虑到一个非常真实的情况。幸运的是，该系统能够处理这一井，没有任何不良影响。另外两个蛤种子共享这个坦克，它们是Hippopus hippopusand the exceedingly raretridacnambalavuana。
The coral placement and aqua scape in this system is something of a marvel. The total weight of all the live rock in this tank is probably only slightly more than the clam itself, and is actually very minimal. Much of the bulk you see come from the coral growth, which over the years have skeletonized into an actual reef structure. The main supporting bases are just a couple of rocks threaded along PVC pipes to provide structural integrity and formation of various bommies.
Acropora和其他SPS的主要居住者,have grown into a lush garden with assorted colours and forms. The most amazing colony would have to be the cyan staghorn at the back, which is supported entirely on its own intricate labyrinth of skeletal remnants underneath the head of retina burning blue. Fascinatingly, there is tissue growth with full colour and polyp extension all over, even under the thickest portions and hard to reach area. For this to happen, flow and lighting have to be perfect enough to sustain both colour and life in places that would otherwise either bleach out or die.
Most of the SPS corals here have grown so much that they’ve begun breaking the water surface, and at the meniscus interface they start to plateau out horizontally. In places where two colonies touch, they either grow over each other in a beautiful network of branches, or form boundaries by allelopathy and physical warfare.
Some of the corals are kept in checked by more vicious species, such as theGalaxea多于。在那天，这个美丽的珊瑚是绿色的地毯，但在黑暗的掩护下，Galaxea臭名昭著的因其释放长期负荷有线虫囊的很长的清扫剂。高度侵入性Briareum，，，，or star polyps that grow nearby is kept in check just marginally by theGalaxea。在下面的迷你画廊中，您可以找到更多在该水箱中生长的各种珊瑚的特写照片。
The Triton display is also home to some beautiful fish, and is predominantly stocked with wrasses. A pair ofAnamps femininusswim in this coral laden display, and in here the male often display its beautiful nuptial coloration. The feminine wrasse is a member of the genusAnampses，，，，which feature wrasses with a unique tooth morphology that separates the genus from all others.
Anampsespossess forward pointing teeth, that are flattened and often stick out of their mouth horizontally when viewed closely. They use these to press and clamp their food, almost like a pair of clapping hands (for lack of a better analogy) which makes a loud clicking sound which is very audible when the fish is chewing or hunting.
该属的二分法品质在性别中非常明显，在这个特定的物种中，名称女性comes from the more beautifully marked female. Indeed, the female feminine wrasse is one of the most illustrious and gaudily coloured animal that for a long time have been on the wish list for many aficionados. Today, the species is obtainable with relative ease.
Macropharyngodon，，，，a close relative ofAnampses，在这个水族馆中由两个物种代表。M. kuiteriabove, andM. ornatusbelow. UnlikeAnampses，，，，Macropharyngodon拥有一对咽牙，位于上颌骨的后部。这种独特的牙列仅在豹纹中才能找到，其赋予其拉丁名称的原因，当翻译成英语时，它的意思是“大throat-teeth”。
Both genera require sandy substrate for burying at night, as well as plenty of live rock and microfauna for day to day grazing. Leopard and Tamarin wrasses often get a reputation for being difficult to keep, and while they are a little more challenging than other wrasses, can live a long time when properly cared for.
五种Anthiines将这个坦克称为家，但这是美丽的伪造康奈利这代表了这里最令人兴奋的家庭。P. Connelli是一种宏伟的物种，形成了一个复合物P. taeniatusandP. Townsendi来自红海。P. Connelliis gold in males but develops a pink-purple sheen when in the most terminal phase of their lives. The posterior half is jacketed in maroon, with a headband of similar base coloration to the posterior half. The tail is red and flagged with two cyan bands running obliquely along the lobes.
伪造康奈利流行于南非,像最流行fishes there are prohibited for export. However the topic is touchy and sensitive, with poorly enforced laws with many loopholes that allow the species to enter the trade, albeit rarely.P. Connelliis not endangered nor protected in its range and is commonly collected for domestic hobbyists.
其他各种美丽的珊瑚礁物种宽容了这个坦克，上面的两个页面画廊都有所有这些。一对金薄片天使和NASO Tang特别漂亮。下面是另一个小画廊，显示了系统的全景。
The Triton tank is the perfect embodiment of a healthy reef tank with lush coral, healthy fish and a well rounded aesthetically pleasing aqua scape. It takes patience, vision and a lot of reefing know how to pull of something quite as beautiful, and whether you are a believer of the Triton method or not, you have to give props to this display.
Attached above is a video of the system, and here you can truly see the depth of growth and cover that the corals have achieved over the years, as well as the the overall scape of the tank from all three sides. The video is available in 1080p HD, so be sure to watch it in that setting up until the end.
A big thanks to Ehsan Dashti and his wonderful family for hosting us during our short stay. Keep reading for part two of this set up when we view it at night under fluorescence.
