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Re: [APD] Somebody call Guinness!!



Hmmm... Don't a few zoos and public aquariums, not to
mention aquatic parks such as Marineland of Florida, have
larger tanks?

Scott H.

--- Loh Kwek Leong <timebomb at pacific_net.sg> wrote:
> Hi, everyone,
> 
> Horst E. Kipper and Kaspar Horst (the guys from Dupla)
> built a big one in 
> Germany many years back. They called it "The Proving
> Ground". The tank, all 
> 10,000 litres of it was highlighted in their book, "The
> Optimum Aquarium".
> 
> A few years ago, Takashi Amano of Aqua Design Amano set
> up one just as 
> huge. But his tank, at 9000 litres is actually slightly
> smaller than the 
> Dupla one. It sits somewhere in Nigata, Japan.
> 
> Now, somewhere in South-East Asia, the "Mother of all
> Planted Tanks" is 
> being built. When completed, it will dwarf both the Dupla
> and ADA tanks. 
> The filter chamber alone is going to be bigger than
> either of the 2 
> previous mammoth tanks. At its full capacity, the tank is
> designed to have 
> a holding capacity of at least 200,000 litres of water.
> That would be 
> almost 53,000 gallons, if you're an American.
> 
> If you like to know more, please go to:
> 
> http://www.killies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1005
> 
> Loh K L
> 
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