Huge Marine Tank

[Rocks]

Hi..

I am curious to find out how huge marine tanks are maintained. When i mean huge i mean those like public tanks.. at least 1000+ gallons type.

= Do they use super huge commercial skimmer, CA, KR, FR, etc.

= How they maintain a balanced water parameters? dose additives weekly? can't be..

= Do they change water every few months.. that's awful lot of water change for those size of tanks..

CHEERS!

[mUAr_cHEe]

they just change fish.....

cheaper that way....

seriously... have u noticed that mostly is fowlr??

dun talk about underwater-world.... but mostly is like fowlr only...

[elimmel]

you should do a search over at www.reefcentral.com and see some of the 300+++ Gallon setups. the equipments used are huge too.

in SG, the public tanks are usually fowlr. just there's space limitation to put all the equipements required.

[CalciumReef]

Example of one

[CalciumReef]

Looks like giant Mazzei?

[CalciumReef]

Foam party in skimmer collection cup?There are much much bigger ones than this,but can't remember the website.

[stabilo]

What about the one at Wisma Atria? Who maintains them and how?

[Rocks]

they just change fish.....

cheaper that way....

no wonder in Sentosa Underwater World they always have new fishes very time i visit ..

seriously... have u noticed that mostly is fowlr??

dun talk about underwater-world.... but mostly is like fowlr only...

But i do notice a few Sentosa's tank have nice corals also...

[Rocks]

Example of one

Wa-say ... the setup looks like a power-plant like that ...

[Rocks]

What about the one at Wisma Atria? Who maintains them and how?

theirs is a fowlr only tank right .. the last time i saw that tank i don't remember seeing much coral there. I guess public tank without corals are practical cos' less maintenance and caring needed

[CalciumReef]

Sentosa underwaterworld has one with quite alot of sps inside..Thats the one and only one that is solid.

[Rocks]

Sentosa underwaterworld has one with quite alot of sps inside..Thats the one and only one that is solid.

I think we are referring to the same tank that i saw when i was in Sentosa the last time.. that tank get me wondering how do they maintain it and was thinking the equipment behind supporting that tank must be ... err ... as one reefer would put it .. "Power" ..

[akahoshi]

Mandai Zoo got Yellow-Bellied Blue Tang!!

Their display tank not really FOWLR, cuz got clams inside.

[CalciumReef]

I think we are referring to the same tank that i saw when i was in Sentosa the last time.. that tank get me wondering how do they maintain it and was thinking the equipment behind supporting that tank must be ... err ... as one reefer would put it .. "Power" ..

They have solid equipment behind the scenes for sure

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Home aquariums don't lose out

This one no need say

[RAV-65]

One thing to add :

Almost all public aquariums use Ozone! But if the ozone ever leaks... it probably kill many people... ( with that kind of volume )...

Additives are also mixed... they come is big bags...

[XPeriment 626]

aiyah public aquariums got full-time staff, not so difficult to maintain as it sounds. imagine if we didn't need to work, can spend our time on our tanks everyday as a job, sure can maintain a big one too!

[Rocks]

They have solid equipment behind the scenes for sure

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Home aquariums don't lose out

This one no need say

these are amazing !! ... 6 meters long home marine tank and the AquaDom solid !!

[cityofangels]

What about the one at Wisma Atria? Who maintains them and how?

I notice that the casaulty rate is very high at the Wisma tank. I always see a constant change in their livestock.

[blueheaven]

They just need to deploy a few RK2

[AlfaRomeo]

RK2s are sweet! Have you seen the Deltec and RE commercial series skimmer? very nice

[blueheaven]

I've seen the RE ones but not the Deltecs

Don't tell me they have 8 needlewheels

[elimmel]

my bro just came back from houston.

he visited an aquarium over there and was blown away by its huge display tank.

he asked how is maintenance done (galss cleaning etc). they have full-time staff that'll dive in to clean glass.

he asked whether the tank is lit by sunlight.

nope, artificial lighting (probably high wattage mh) that'll blind everyone that looks into it... stupid idiot did not take pics of the tank....

[LoReNsIa]

haha.. because he nvr take foto u scold him idiot.. ur bro soo poor thing.. haha..

[blueheaven]

If you guys are wondering how Underwater World do their maintainence, they have a Reef Ambassador programme which lets students to work there for some days. Talk about win win situations

[elimmel]

If you guys are wondering how Underwater World do their maintainence, they have a Reef Ambassador programme which lets students to work there for some days. Talk about win win situations

i have a friend who works as a diver at underwaterworld.

she says that she's more afraid of the giant garoupas than the sharks

just hide in cave and "suck" their prey into their huge mouths