Wow, Just Wow!

[Rezatii]

*shows video to parents* This tank next, 'kay? We'll put it in the kitchen....

*cough*

That is fantastic, I think I've found where I'm going on holiday next year!


-Rezz

 

[Bignose]

Haych they are a species not a breed by the way
scot

same diff

No, the two words have very specific different meanings.

Rottweilers and chihuahuas are two very, very different breeds of dog, but both are the same species. It is important to use the correct word to that communication is as accurate as possible.

 

[FWFishLover]

I Wonder If They Cycled? LOL

 

[GAB99]

there is a guy on the bottom walking like a monkey lol

i think georgia aquarium has the bigger tank not sure

 

[live_the_wild]

That tank would be perfect for a Betta!

 

[BettaBoysGirl]

I Wonder If They Cycled? LOL

LMAO... Could you imagine the wait or the ammount of ammonia in order to do a fishless cycle? Bet they would come in barrels, not ml or drops. LOL. This would be one tank, i would not want to fishless cycle... be two years before you event get a hint of nitrite... or maybe its hiding a corner lol.

That tank would be perfect for a Betta!

LOL. I think the trip from the bottom to the top would take the poor guy at least a day.... Either that, or he never goes to the bottom....

 

[forby3]

right how on earth did you all get a private video of my home aqurium

 

[chrisbassist]

has anyone read about their water system?

Water System - Seawater is taken from 350m off shore, at a depth of 20m.
Maximum Water Intake Rate - 3,000m³/ h
Water Intake Method - Intake Pipe
Diameter of Intake Pipe - 1.8m
Filtration System - Closed high-pressure filtration system
Intake Water Filters - 3.2m in diameter x 8 units
Filter Material - Polyester fiber
Circulating Water Filters - 2.8m - 3m in diameter x 62 units
Filter Material - Silicate sand

seems like a sensible way to achieve stable water stats, with the right salinity and everything, just take your water from the sea...

 

[Jonno]

1.8m intake pike? surely if your constantly taking that much water from the sea the filtration would be minimal, as, well, it will be done by the sea?

 

[Jonny_russell]

Those are real whale sharks and that tank extends away to the left of the picture so it is much bigger than you think . I cannot believe you could be dim enough to think they would put robotic/fake whale sharks in that tank. They have been quite proven to be real, theye were in fact taken from the sea.

I'm not really a fan of keeping something as large as a whale shark in a tank to be honest, even one as big as that. It is impressive though.

agreed

they dont even look like fully grown whale sharks, and to be honest the tank as big as it is is so far removed from its natural habitat its unreal, these fish grow well over 10m a there have been sightings over 18m and over 30 tonnes!!! they are migratory and dive to extreme depths.............i wonder which tank they are going to remove them to when they outgrow that one !!!

two whale sharks also died in captivity at the georgia aquarium

got to say i feel uncomfortable keeping fish of this size in tanks - regardless of the tank size

 

[chrisbassist]

what i the tank was 50 metres by 100 metres? and at least 15 metres deep/tall? since that would then make it no different to how we keep our fish. granted it would take quite a lot to make a tank that size.

and they'd still need to filter, bear in mind they do have other tanks (although that tank does take up the majority of the water) and they'd probably need to filter the water taken in to prevent any major diseases etc entering the tanks, (not to mention fish...)

 

[Jonny_russell]

its still too small mate (in my opinion)

they have been recorded to dive in excess of 980m and the longest recorded migration was over 13000km in 36 months..........there is no way any tank can even come close to their natural habitat

even at 100m long thats only 10 body lengths for a conservatively size adult

i could be very wrong but i dont know of any fish we keep that a true migratory fish and certainly not any that cover such a wide range of depths and water temperatures

 

[chrisbassist]

but then no animal migrates or no reason, and usually its for food, so if food is provided year round, there will be no reason for migration. and they will happily not make that trip.

water temps I wouldn't know anything about...

and why do they dive? is that for food? or are there other reasons?

and I don't understand the difference here, why is it one rule for small fish that we can keep at home and a completely different rule for fish that are too big for our home aquariums? like cardinal tetras are very active fish (usually) and yet we would happily say that a tank 20 inches long is more than long enough for them...

 

[kaivalagi]

Whale sharks and other fish that big shouldn't be in aquariums, not matter how big IMHO

If you want to see them for real pay for a holiday to somewhere in the tropics and go diving, nothing will beat that EVER.

I have dived with Mantas, Hammerheads, Pacific Octopus, Pilot Whales which are far smaller than Whale Shark and I wouldn't want to see any in a tank, full stop.

I'd stick in what I can get in an LFS and that's as far as I'd go...

Just my personal opinion...take it or leave it...

edit: Chris, we still don't know enough about some of these marine creatures to know what we'd be taking away from them if they're stuck in a tank. Better to spend the resources on guarding their known habitats to protect them whilst filming them in their splendour for all to see.

 

[Jonny_russell]

but then no animal migrates or no reason, and usually its for food, so if food is provided year round, there will be no reason for migration. and they will happily not make that trip.

water temps I wouldn't know anything about...

and why do they dive? is that for food? or are there other reasons?

and I don't understand the difference here, why is it one rule for small fish that we can keep at home and a completely different rule for fish that are too big for our home aquariums? like cardinal tetras are very active fish (usually) and yet we would happily say that a tank 20 inches long is more than long enough for them...

migration is probably a lot to do with food, it is still however a natural instinct, and the diving - no one is sure why they do it (thats how little we know about them) however they do it on a dialy basis.

Our hobby has us keeping fish that are generally shallow water creatures and whilst we do our best to mimic their habitat (impossible task) the aquariums for these whale sharks are worse than the old fashioned goldfish bowls.

The whale sharks are true open (and deep) water swimmers a habitat that is impossible to even hint at in captivity, it would be much the same as trying to keep a sperm whale in captivity...wrong

and if cardinal tetras displayed the diving characteristics of whale sharks then they would need a depth of between 2 and 3m....

oh and the temperatures - the surface temperature range is 18-30c ....however on their frequent dives its below 10c........again there is no way replicate or hint at this