A small reef tank I saw on vacation
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Topic: A small reef tank I saw on vacation
Posted By: Guests
Subject: A small reef tank I saw on vacation
Date Posted: October 27 2003 at 12:03pm
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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 By: ewaldsreef
Date Posted: October 27 2003 at 12:16pm
Ya thats about like mine. Maybe just a bit larger. 
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Posted By: jfinch
Date Posted: October 27 2003 at 12:54pm
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WOW. Look at the fish density!!! ------------- Jon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6y_EzjI_ljbIwf2n5uNzTw" rel="nofollow - What I've been doing... |
Posted By: Carl
Date Posted: October 27 2003 at 1:08pm
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I want one! ------------- In Syracuse "I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting." - Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf |
Posted By: Ryan Willden
Date Posted: October 27 2003 at 1:15pm
I'll take two of those please... 
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Posted By: Shane H
Date 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. |
Posted By: jfinch
Date Posted: October 27 2003 at 4:18pm
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Shane, I think the curator of this tank posts on reefcentral as justjoe. A search on his username might reveal some info? ------------- Jon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6y_EzjI_ljbIwf2n5uNzTw" rel="nofollow - What I've been doing... |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 27 2003 at 4:59pm
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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 - 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 By: Crazy Tarzan
Date 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 By: Mark Peterson
Date 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. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: sjlopez39
Date Posted: October 29 2003 at 12:03am
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WOWZERS!!! ------------- Keep your hands and arms inside the tank and enjoy the ride! Steve |
Posted By: JodyR
Date Posted: November 01 2003 at 11:17am
WOW, can you imagine the electricity bill on that one! ------------- <font color="red">I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without all of the sponges? |
Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: November 03 2003 at 8:42pm
| 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?!? |
Posted By: ljbs
Date 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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