Smithsonian Reef
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Tomoko Schum
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Those are awesome pictures of the exibit, Mariner! I found the website for the aquarium:
http://ocean.si.edu/ocean_hall/coral_reef.html
Tomoko
http://ocean.si.edu/ocean_hall/coral_reef.html
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Tomoko Schum
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I hope you don't mind me adding a few things to your post, Mariner...
I understand that this exhibit is relatively new. Didn't it open in September this year?
Here's some more pictures as a courtesy of Washington Area Marine Aquarium Society:
Tomoko
I understand that this exhibit is relatively new. Didn't it open in September this year?
Here's some more pictures as a courtesy of Washington Area Marine Aquarium Society:
Tomoko
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Tomoko Schum
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Stats (may not be totally accurate since these are based on the memory of a guy who did a behind the scene tour:
Designed and built by Jeff Turner
Lights:
4x400w Hamilton 14k SE in pendants
2xTEK T-5 fixtures (36")
1xSolaris 72" LED fixture
Skimmers:
2xASM's
Flow:
Didn't look at what the return pump was but there are several reutrns all over the tank.
In the tank there are 6 tunze in reef deco rocks and 2 Korilla 8's
Other Stuff:
Large UV
Huge Heat exchange unit
~200g ro tank
~200g salt h2o tank
5 stage quarentine set up
frag grow out tanks
The sump is a 3 chamber raceway that spins an algae conatiner (made from a laundry basket)
Designed and built by Jeff Turner
Lights:
4x400w Hamilton 14k SE in pendants
2xTEK T-5 fixtures (36")
1xSolaris 72" LED fixture
Skimmers:
2xASM's
Flow:
Didn't look at what the return pump was but there are several reutrns all over the tank.
In the tank there are 6 tunze in reef deco rocks and 2 Korilla 8's
Other Stuff:
Large UV
Huge Heat exchange unit
~200g ro tank
~200g salt h2o tank
5 stage quarentine set up
frag grow out tanks
The sump is a 3 chamber raceway that spins an algae conatiner (made from a laundry basket)
Mariner
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Thanks for the additional info Tomoko.
I would have guessed that the tank is only 300 to 400 gallons -- not that big for all that it has in it. It is the only reef tank they've got, but the entire Ocean Hall exhibit is truly fabulous.
The clam that shows up well in Tomoko's pics and video is gigantic -- 3 or 4 times larger than my Derasa which many of you have seen. I couldn't get close to it because there were about ten little kids pressed up against the glass along the bottom of the tank while I was taking my pics.
As far as visiting D.C. goes, there's a tremendous amount to see, and most all of it is free. Besides all the the memorials, monuments and government buildings, the Smithsonian exhibits alone would take days to walk through if you were just going to glance at everything. We enjoyed the Museum of Natural History, the Impressionists paintings in the national gallery of art, and several of the exhibitions in the newly re-opened Museum of American History.
fwiw,
Mariner
I would have guessed that the tank is only 300 to 400 gallons -- not that big for all that it has in it. It is the only reef tank they've got, but the entire Ocean Hall exhibit is truly fabulous.
The clam that shows up well in Tomoko's pics and video is gigantic -- 3 or 4 times larger than my Derasa which many of you have seen. I couldn't get close to it because there were about ten little kids pressed up against the glass along the bottom of the tank while I was taking my pics.
As far as visiting D.C. goes, there's a tremendous amount to see, and most all of it is free. Besides all the the memorials, monuments and government buildings, the Smithsonian exhibits alone would take days to walk through if you were just going to glance at everything. We enjoyed the Museum of Natural History, the Impressionists paintings in the national gallery of art, and several of the exhibitions in the newly re-opened Museum of American History.
fwiw,
Mariner
joejoe1055
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wow would love to go sometime
