20,000 gallon reef tank
 

some have already seen this, but for those who haven't, 20,000 gallon private tank http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/...ruction-62008/

Awesome thread, thanks so much for posting it :)

Holy Lick.

One solid example of "money can buy happiness" :D

makes me want to buy lottery tomorrow lol

I could come close to that much SW if I filled my pool with LR, salt & fish but the wife & grand babies would really be ****ed at me & it would not be as nice as this.

that thing is huge. thanks for sharing

lol u should totally do it then you wife and grand babies can go to the beach when ever they want lol

Insane. I do wonder how he made his fortune though.

Are you seriously trying to get me killed!!:lol:

Not to forget about the private scuba diving paradise ;)

I remember reading somewhere that he recertifies medical equipment or something along those lines.

Remind me to win a lottery and do what he did!

I was thinking the same thing. 50 million on Lotto Max!

I do enjoy seeing these massive tanks but personally, no part of me would want such a thing for myself. That's 20K gallons worth of pain and suffering right there LOL.

When I lived near one, I rather enjoyed volunteering at public aquariums as a diver / algae scrubber... more rewarding to wave at the kids on the other side of the glass and less expensive.

Not with a full time job, no! But I was independently wealthy, I may do it to pass the time.

good points. If I had that kind of money I would maybe donate it to the zoo with the stipulation that they use it to set up an aquarium for public viewing and "research" and education. Our Calgary Zoo could really use one.

And of course private viewing for yourself anytime you wanted. :)

that goes without saying.

He's a high school drop-out who started a company that buys analytical instruments (HPLC, GC, ICP-MS, etc.) from pharmaceutical companies and refurbs them for resale. I had no idea there was that much money in that... But he takes advantage of the deep pockets of people doing oil and gas exploration.

Nice tank, in an overwhelming sense. He does all his own fabrication work which is pretty cool.