When $ is no object...17000 gal tank complete with house

Moogled · #1 05-31-2007, 02:45 AM

Are there ANY tanks of this caliber out there that are impressive in terms of the art that is reefkeeping?

I have yet to see one. It's like having a enormous undecorated room as opposed to a decent sized room adorned tastefully.

GrimReefer · #2 05-31-2007, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Moogled

Are there ANY tanks of this caliber out there that are impressive in terms of the art that is reefkeeping?

I have yet to see one. It's like having a enormous undecorated room as opposed to a decent sized room adorned tastefully.

exactly. and what fun is it if you have to hire people to do the maintenance? it's just a luxury for some rich fool, rather than somebody's artwork.

Snappy · #3 05-31-2007, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Moogled

Are there ANY tanks of this caliber out there that are impressive in terms of the art that is reefkeeping?

I have yet to see one. It's like having a enormous undecorated room as opposed to a decent sized room adorned tastefully.

Have you seen the latest "Coral" magazine? The "20,000 gallons of liquid passion" looks pretty nice to me. I agree that it will be a major undertaking to stock that tank to what many of us would want but I think he can likely afford to make it what ever he wants it to be. For example, I know my tank isn't to everyones taste, along with the reverse of that being true, however we do what we do because we like it. Who knows, maybe he keeps a nano on his office desk too.

Personally, I would love to have a tank I could dive in while I paid somebody else to maintain it.

DanG · #4 05-31-2007, 03:32 AM

Screw him and his 17,000 gallon tank, I'm going to start building a 17,001 gallon tank tomorrow after I get my 6/49 jackpot cheque. 30 mil should cover it, right?

Skimmer Juice · #5 05-31-2007, 03:33 AM

It is a really cool idea. If I had no job I would not mind maintaining it. Besides the sand, I would think that would be to hard to maintain, I go bare bottom. I just got a 400 gallon of last light I thought that was huge! It will be cool to see what it looks like when he has the glass setup and some water in it. Thanks SNAPPY for showing me that thread.

Moogled · #6 05-31-2007, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Snappy

Have you seen the latest "Coral" magazine? The "20,000 gallons of liquid passion" looks pretty nice to me. I agree that it will be a major undertaking to stock that tank to what many of us would want but I think he can likely afford to make it what ever he wants it to be. For example, I know my tank isn't to everyones taste, along with the reverse of that being true, however we do what we do because we like it. Who knows, maybe he keeps a nano on his office desk too.

Personally, I would love to have a tank I could dive in while I paid somebody else to maintain it.

Link me up to pictures of this 20,000g tank!

The reason I mention the appearance is because it seems the owners of tanks these sizes normally put more emphasis on quantity rather than quality.

I'm sure the scale is immensely difficult to duplicate but I find it hard to appreciate a tank when it's just several rocks and murky water.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/fo...ead.php?t=8952

Johnny Reefer · #7 05-31-2007, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Moogled

....it seems the owners of tanks these sizes normally put more emphasis on quantity rather than quality. ....

Yes. Hence the overabundance of construction pictures. Little boys with big toys. When people go to the Vancouver Aquarium, (or any public aquarium for that matter), are they interested in how the place was made, or what's inside?

Cheers,

Snappy · #8 05-31-2007, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Moogled

Link me up to pictures of this 20,000g tank!

The reason I mention the appearance is because it seems the owners of tanks these sizes normally put more emphasis on quantity rather than quality.

I'm sure the scale is immensely difficult to duplicate but I find it hard to appreciate a tank when it's just several rocks and murky water.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/fo...ead.php?t=8952

Coral magazine is a printed publication and I am not familiar with their website or if they even have one. Here is a picture of part of the 20000 gal tank. It is actually a public aquarium in New York called Atlantis Marine World but it looks spectacular from the magazine pics and I guess my point is that this guy could certainly afford to stock his in a similar manner.

Personally I am often disappointed with the coral & reef displays in public aquariums but this one is very nice.

Delphinus · #9 05-31-2007, 04:04 PM

Meh, it's impressive but this is more about doing it because he can, and not because of a real love of the subject matter. Seeing that house and his cars, he probably already has a villa on an island somewhere anyhow.

If you want a reef tank you can dive in, why not just call it a "stocked swimming pool". Actually this idea is being tried somewhere, I forget where, is it Chicago? Some organization wants to make an indoor coral reef diving centre. It's an interesting challenge but honestly the decadence of it does make me a little uncomfortable given the current situation of coral reef depletion, we should be focusing more effort on conservation rather than "well I'll just take my own piece of the reef and take it home."

Phanman · #10 05-31-2007, 04:26 PM

wow this is crazy. Im sure Bill will stock the reef to his liking and it will be full of coral and fish. I would love to get home from a hard day and jump in my reef, lol. Must be nice to have these kinda challenges with what to do with all your money, hehe. Only time will tell what Bills interpretation of a reef tank looks like.