The worlds largest aquarium

[JPloman]

Last night I saw this show on the Travel Channel. I dont watch TV much, mind you. This is so cool!!!

If you get a change to ever go to Valencia, Spain it is at the City of Arts and Sciences Park. They have a tank that is 6 Million Gallons!!! Can you imagine!?!?!

It just recenly opened and this travel channel show went through details of how they are trying to use pressure points on Sharks in order to capture and keep alive a Great White. This has never been done, in case you dont know.

I am still just amazed!

 

[Salttanker]

How bout those water changes and stocking of lr?!? Can you imagine? That must cost a fortune to run 24/7.

Mike

 

[OceanMist]

Think how thick that glass would have to be - I mean what if they got a slight crack! It would be fatal with that sort of pressure!

 

[Salttanker]

That would flood the whole city! 8O

Mike

 

[fishyrican]

Sorry, couldn't resist. I found this link:

http://www.cac.es/cac/programacion.php?ed=3&lang=i

Not a lot of pictures, but I would love to be there!

 

[OceanMist]

That would flood the whole city!

Yeah! and There would be Great White's Swimming Around!

 

[Hara]

that travel channel episode is over a year old, but I still love to watch it. I cant imagine holding a sharks nose....

 

[Hara]

This has never been done, in case you dont know.

The great white shark at the monterey bay site had been kept for roughly six months. The previous record was 16 days.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050307/shark.html

They released her April 1st because she was killing all her tank mates (imagine that), other than that slight issue, she was doing fine.

 

[fishfreek]

I saw it listed in the chanel lineup but didnt see it. So this was one massive aquarium or many smaller ones that where using a common water supply?

 

[MikeyB]

The LR/Coral in the show was fake. The tank is to deep to light. But still a awesome tank.

 

[JPloman]

Hara,

That is so cool! I did not know that they had actually done it. I am just so impressed that they were able to do it. I wonder if they thought the Great White would not eat the other tank mates? They are preditors after all...

I didnt realize the show was that old. Man... I am really disappointed now. I have been in Europe since it opened and I didnt go! Shame on me! I will have to make a special trip now.

 

[pluk1992]

saw that true very very interesting