has anyone here ever been to the georgia aquarium or other large aquariums?
georgia aquarium
- Thread starter eon aquatics
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I’ve been to the Georgia aquarium. Been a few years, but holy crap those whale sharks were awesome!
Does the living seas at Epcot count? I’ve been there a lot.
And the other most prominent one for me is New Jersey’s adventure aquarium. Lots of cool stuff there (not rare for a fish keeper; but nonetheless great to see).
I think I’ve been to the Baltimore one but that was long ago.
I have not been to the new Georgia aquarium in Atlanta. I have been to the New England Aq (Boston), National (?) Aq (Baltimore), Newport Aq (Newport KY), Sydney Aq (Australia), Monterey Aq (Monterey).
The one I really want to go to is the Aq in Chattanooga TN, it is supposed to be the best freshwater aquarium in the US.
The one I really want to go to is the Aq in Chattanooga TN, it is supposed to be the best freshwater aquarium in the US.
Biggest one I've been to is the Vancouver Aquarium. I'd love to do a tour of the US and checkout all the big ones.
I’ve never thought of that. I would think stuff like that is constructed on site but I have no idea.
Those panels are acrylic. I work in plastics so I am reasonably familiar with the manufacturing process for acrylic sheets. If you are familiar with the US show, "how it's made" one of the shows went into detail of how aquarium panels are made. It's well worth a watch if you can find it, it shouldn't be that difficult as they are always repeating them.
The programme shows relatively thin panels, compared to the sizes required for public aquariums. To achieve the monster panels which can be up to half a metre thick they have to glue several large thinner sheets together. It's an extremely complex and time consuming process.
I believe the largest, thickest multi-layered sheet ever manufactured was in China. It is in a huge aquarium in a shopping mall in Guangzhou.
Now that would add to the shopping experience wouldn't it, lol.