ok so you guys think you have tanks...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ns-cellar-Britains-biggest-home-aquarium.html

This is a true leader when it comes to fish tank setups....

 

That is amazing wouldn't we all love one just think how amazing it would look like if that was filled with hundreds of cichlids

 

Its looking a bit dull... Would be nice if there was some colour in the tank.

 

Now that's a decent size tank for a couple of Pangasius!

 

I would have made it a planted tank with discus,angels and a lot of tetras or maybe a even a malawi tank :bigsmile:

 

I still do

 

I love the tank size ect. but would also do something different with it.

 

Perfect inhabitants in that tank :blink1:

 

Well for those fish you need that tank.

 

I like the idea a lot, but I wouldn't use the panel setup he did. Looks like a REAL sturdy patio door. I would've used layered perspex safety glass.

 

Obviously a cost issue. I can only imagine that he would also liked a one panel setup.

 

Big tank....i would've spent that R56 100 on making the tank look natural though, and then add some smaller fish. Now it just looks like he has big fish in a small jar. tsk tsk...

 

What thickness are we looking at for a tank this size? Any tank builders in the house?

 

Im guessing about 15mm

 

Nah that sounds a bit thin... My tank guy buys up to 25mm glass from the factory in Boksburg. One of those should do the trick safely...

 

Obviously the thicker the better. But alas you were right:

HUGE GINORMICA TANK SPECS:
-381 x 388 x 213cm
-18,160 L
-4X 25mm glass panels held within a steel frame
-Actual viewing space is 304 x 213cm
-Inner brick walls are lined in polystyrene, then plywood, then fibreglass

HomeMade Filter:
-240 x 120 x 90cm
-Sits outside of the house
-Filled with Alfagrog biological media and Floss
-Powered by 2X OASE Profimax 30,000 pumps @ 60,000 lph

Heater:
-27ºC
-6kW Koi heater

Glass cost R7857 and was tested by adding weights ontop of it while it was laying on the floor!
It handles a pressure of two tonnes per m2!! Each WC is 9000 L.

( http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=2951 )

 

that thing should be heavily planted community tank (but what lighting???).................or lots of clown loaches, tinfoil barbs and bala sharks.. but then again i am a sucker for loaches, bala sharks and tinfoil barbs... so my opinion might be a bit biased lol

by the way this label seems confusing "Something's fishy: The 'aquarium' in the cellar of Mr Heathcote's house, features a collection of tropical sea life" those pangasius cats etc are not marine fish but tropical fresh water fish...

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Hahahaha well spotted!

 

That would make for one awesome Oscar community tank

 

Acrilic would be best. 25mm glass is k@k duur.