Diving in large tanks/ponds?

[Tkeeper]

Just out of curiosity if a large (medium pool sized) marine tank was setup as a reef, stocked with fish, coral and inverts would a diver in the tank upset the chemistry of the water dangerously?
Thanks!

 

[Joee3196]

probily not but some lotions on the skin could throw off water cemistry but carbon would fix it

 

[BigCountry]

I would think not. That's kinda the whole point of making something that large!

 

[Tkeeper]

Thanks for the reply's,
Large tanks are a dream of mine that will hopefully be realised one day!

 

[Thelizardking]

I think in a tank that size it would not matter

 

[Crispy]

most zoo aquariums are cleaned by divers, so I would think it to be pretty harmless.

 

[nonstophoops]

I would carefully rinse off before diving in a tank, but you shouldn't have any problems. I know someone with a 20k gallon reef tank that he dives in to clean glass and place corals.

 

[stopsharkfinning]

I would carefully rinse off before diving in a tank, but you shouldn't have any problems. I know someone with a 20k gallon reef tank that he dives in to clean glass and place corals.

any more info on that 20k gallon tank?

 

[Zoodiver]

I've spent close to 1400 hours of my life in big tanks/displays.
It's the best way to clean the big ones... and sometimes it's the ONLY way to clean them.

 

[nonstophoops]

any more info on that 20k gallon tank?

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/f254/20-000-gallon-tank-construction-62008/