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12-08-2004, 10:24 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Atlanta
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My next aquarium...complete with whale shark
Hi Reefers
Check out my next aquarium.
Yes the big fishy is a whale shark...in an aquarium!!!!
They "only" grow to 50+ feet and weigh more than 18 metric tons. That is a little bigger than my blue tang. 
http://www.chample.tv/churaumi/kuroshio250.asx
I am wondering if it is worth to install one at my home as cleaning the glass looks like it might take a while. 
Happy Reefing!
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12-08-2004, 10:47 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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It's so big ,nothing comes up.
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12-08-2004, 11:02 PM
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Kichi Saru!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: currently Nagaoka, Japan
Posts: 2,808
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I've seen the whale shark at the Osaka Aquarium in Japan.
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12-08-2004, 11:05 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 158
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Hmmm
It is supposed to launch your windows media player.
Alternatively, go to
http://www.chample.tv/churaumi/index_en.html
Click on 2F and then Kuroshiro Sea
....or scroll down until you see Kuroshiro Sea.
The video is in Japanese...but it is very cool! |
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12-08-2004, 11:06 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 158
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Osaka
Hi Devin
They have one in Osaka too?
This one is in Okinawa.
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12-08-2004, 11:15 PM
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300 Pound Gorilla
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Hudson, WI / Hong Kong
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Let's see... Powerballs at $170 Million, I bought $5 worth of tickets, it could happen.
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Currently between tanks......And countries!!!!
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12-08-2004, 11:17 PM
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300 Pound Gorilla
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Hudson, WI / Hong Kong
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Originally Posted by the_colonel
Let's see... Powerballs at $170 Million, I bought $5 worth of tickets, it could happen.
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Nope, just checked: 1 winner in Pennslyvania. No Whale Shark for me. 
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12-09-2004, 03:43 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: la
Posts: 97
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how many gallons do you suppose that is?
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12-09-2004, 05:45 AM
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Human grounding probe
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Wyoming
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To heck with that. Whale shark poop will clog my siphon hose.
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12-09-2004, 06:53 AM
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Just another fish geek...
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: temperance, michigan
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Originally Posted by tabwyo
To hell with that. Whale shark poop will clog my siphon hose.
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pmh
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12-09-2004, 07:56 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 21,062
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It would take someone with BIG pipe experience to set up the plumbing for that
not to mention the refugium you would need to provide plankton and krill in that amount 
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12-09-2004, 08:20 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 158
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Jp
Hi JP
Better luck next time. I hope you win!
That tank is "only" 1,700,000 gallons. It might take a while to do some water changes.
The panel is 8.2m (27 feet) tall and 22.5m wide
WHAT do over 120 big aquariums across the world, from New York and Barcelona to Shanghai and Riyadh, have in common? All use acrylic glass made by Nippura, a Japanese firm with only 60 employees, which has won around three-quarters of the global market for these panels. Nippura made the world's biggest acrylic glass panel for the Okinawa Chura-umi Aquarium.
I need to call Nippura for my next tank. Maybe I can make my whole house into an aquarium, with tunnels for halls and under water spaces for rooms. I guess I could change my name to Captn Nemo too.
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12-09-2004, 08:48 AM
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Kichi Saru!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: currently Nagaoka, Japan
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Originally Posted by jamba
Hi Devin
They have one in Osaka too?
This one is in Okinawa.
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Yes, I think Osaka Aquarium was the first aquarium to keep a whale shark in captivity. IIRC they used to have two, but when I went they only had one, I don't know what happend to the other though.
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Devin wa dokodesuka.
Koi Acres
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12-09-2004, 10:28 AM
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Crazed Fish Whisperer
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Kansas City, MO
Posts: 2,552
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That video is cool! I could grab a recliner and sit in front of that tank for a LONG time.
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12-09-2004, 11:21 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Washington
Posts: 181
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transparent aluminum... Ok ok, I admit it, I'm a treky.
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