New Sant Ocean Hall @ The Smithsonian

[Leishman]

It opened yesterday.............

I ended up getting a behind the full tour from jeff turner (the designer and builder) - all after hours.......
Lots of pix and video, jeff also gave me copy of "the most beautiful aquariums of the world".
All this because I wore my mr. Coral t-shirt

Here are the pics:

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Clowns hosting in (and biting) clam


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[ss7]

Wow! How big was that system? Any pics of the behind scenes equipment? Nice score.

 

[ahayes13]

wow, very cool!

 

[Leishman]

Wow! How big was that system? Any pics of the behind scenes equipment? Nice score.

My guess would be ~1000g with 500-600g back stage in the sump and refugium. I was not able to take pics of the fish room due to Smithsonian policy, but it is a CLEAN set up, well laid out and built like a tank.

Lights: (From what I remember)

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)