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Coderad 05-16-2007 06:42 AM

240,000 Gallon Cylinder
 
The world's largest cylindrical aquarium
Placed at the lobby of the Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin,
the 25 meters high AquaDom is the largest cylindrical aquarium ever built.
Filled with about 900,000 liters of seawater,
it contains some 2600 fish of 56 species
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...eRad/Tank1.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...eRad/Tank2.jpg

Combined with a vast amount of sandblasted glass, the giant AquaDom gives a transparent-like feeling to the lobby. Guests and visitors are able to travel through the aquarium in a glass-enclosed elevator to reach a sightseeing point and restaurant under the glass roof. Two full-time divers are responsible for the care and feeding of the fish and maintenance of the aquarium.

Some of the interior rooms and suites look out over the atrium, offering "ocean views" of the AquaDom.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1.../TankSuite.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...eRad/Tank3.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...eRad/Tank4.jpg

Construction

The AquaDom was opened in December 2003. It cost about 12.8 million euros. The acrylic glass cylinder was constructed by the U.S. company Reynolds Polymer Technology. The outside cylinder was manufactured on-site from four pieces; the inside cylinder for the elevator was delivered in one piece. The Aquadom is the largest acrylic glass cylinder in the world, with a diameter of over 11 meters, built on a 9 meters tall concrete foundation.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1.../TankSpecs.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...nstruction.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...struction1.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...struction2.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...struction3.jpg

This is all the info I have on it I just got it in any email and thought it was pretty sweet, enjoy.

cole004 05-16-2007 08:11 AM

Nice Tank At Galleria
 
While on our honeymoon my wife and I found this tank in Waikiki

Chin_Lee 05-16-2007 03:31 PM

impressive
 
that is highly impressive. i wonder how many buckets of salt they had to put in there...........900000 liters = 237750g which would have been 1486 buckets of 160g synthetic salt. Nice.

Phanman 05-16-2007 04:40 PM

wow... that looks crazy! If Im ever in Berlin ill stop in, lol.


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