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Posted: October 27 2003 at 12:03pm |
These pictures are of the 16,000 gallon reef tank at Atlantis Marine World on Long Island, NY. Sorry about the quality and color of these, my digital camera doesn't do so well in low light.
Here is there tank:
Here is the left side:
The right side:
Various other shots
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Posted: October 27 2003 at 12:16pm |
Ya thats about like mine. Maybe just a bit larger.  Thanks for sharing the pics.
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Posted: October 27 2003 at 12:54pm |
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WOW. Look at the fish density!!!
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Posted: October 27 2003 at 1:08pm |
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I want one!
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Posted: October 27 2003 at 1:15pm |
I'll take two of those please... 
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Posted: October 27 2003 at 3:40pm |
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Jorg,
Did they mention lighting requirements, additives, filtration techniques, ect? It would be interesting to know how they do things on such a large system.
Awesome pics - thanks.
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Posted: October 27 2003 at 4:18pm |
Shane, I think the curator of this tank posts on reefcentral as justjoe. A search on his username might reveal some info?
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Posted: October 27 2003 at 4:59pm |
Poking around reefcentral, here's what I came up with:
The tank is 6.5' water depth. 20,000 watts of light in a variety of fixtures, most are stadium lighting fixtures with parabolic reflectors to punch the light down.
Here's a picture of the skimmer: http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7498&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500
You may need to be registered to see it.
Another post there said each of those windows is 4x10, if that gives you some size ideas.
He sais it is a 20,000 gallon tank. The 16,000 I got was from the poster next to it.
20,000 gallon 30' x 14' x 6.5' deep
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Posted: October 28 2003 at 11:47am |
That skimmer would even clean out the occasional 'nuisance' tourist who decides to go swimming. 
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Posted: October 28 2003 at 7:32pm |
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There has to be at least as much water running through the filtration equipment behind the scenes. Did you get a glimpse of the secret behind the humongous amount of fish? Thanks for sharing the pics.
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Posted: October 29 2003 at 12:03am |
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WOWZERS!!!
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Keep your hands and arms inside the tank and enjoy the ride!
Steve
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Posted: November 01 2003 at 11:17am |
WOW, can you imagine the electricity bill on that one! 
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<font color="red">I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without all of the sponges?
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Posted: November 03 2003 at 8:42pm |
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If you can afford that many fish you can probably afford the electric bill. Fantastic! Maybe one day we'll have one here in Salt Lake?!?
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Posted: November 03 2003 at 9:29pm |
Wow, I wonder if they have a swap meet there? I have never seen anything so grand.  Sinbad - get me one of those blue tangs. They seem to have plenty. I'd love to see that myself.
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