Shark envy...

Lupin said:
I need the link too. You have to see it to believe it.:grinyes:
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:werd: not many are able to shell out the $$$ to build a large aquarium like that, but mad props to those whom do it :headbang2:
 
The same companies that build them for zoos and aquariums also build them for the private sector. I forget the name of the company, but our aquarium exhibits were built by a Japenese company with a proprietary seemless acrylic bonding method. It's 4-6" thick, but still very impressive when you consider it is containing 6.6 million gallons in the largest exhibit which includes a walkthrough tunnel.
 
Shouldnt be that hard really, if you frequent MFK, the "House of Sam" build which is 5k gallons didnt look that hard for someone with the time and cash. Plus building certain measures into the design should make maintenance as easily as possible.
 
http://my.nba.com/forum.jspa?forumID=400032200&start=0

His blog. No photos yet.

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I always wanted a pool and then I also have the shark tanks in there. When I saw that part in the story, I knew who took the picture.

I’ve been in love with fish tanks and sharks for a while. (And not just shark jokes.) I actually bough Ken Griffey Jr.’s old tank online and have that in my living room. I knew somebody who was selling it in Orlando. Actually, the company ended up buying it back from me and building me another one for the same price because the old one was too tall. It was like 10 feet tall and there was too much water pressure to have it in my living room, or whatever, so they build me one that was rounder and shorter. I’m going to have exotic fish in there, a couple sharks, some black tips, some bonnet heads … that’s my mild tank.

Then I have the tank in the grotto that’s going to have semi-aggressive fish like lemon and leopard and puffer fish and the fish with poisonous spikes that’s in Deuce Bigalow.

Then I’ll have my personal shark tank that’s going to be in my basement. My basement used to be my weight room but I’m converting it to a shark tank. I cut a whole wall out down there and replaced it with a 10,000 gallon shark tank. That’s going to be my aggressive tank, only filled with bullhead sharks. If anybody knows what a bullhead shark is, it’s the No. 1 killing shark in America. It can go in salt water and it can go in fresh water. I’m going to have a salt water tank so I can have my eels and my stingrays too.

I’m going to have three bullheads in there. I originally wanted six, but the guy who has to clean it once a week said that he’s not going to get in the tank with six of them, he’ll get in with three. Once they get big enough, I’ll have to get rid of them. The guy who cleans the tank actually goes and catches the sharks himself, because you know, these sharks you can’t just go buy, they’re illegal.

Ever since Jaws there’s been something about fish and sharks that I’ve always liked. Also when I saw Cribs and Ice T had a shark tank in the back of his place, I was like, “Oh man! That’s what it is!!” I’ve been trying to plan this shark tank for the last seven years of my career I’ve been talked out of it by my mentor, Otis Smith. He first talked me out of it when I was a rookie and I was going to spend my whole paycheck on a fish tank. I was like “Man, I want a fish tank, that’s all I want to leave with, if I don’t get another dime I can know I got a fish tank,” and Otis shut that down. So this has been years in the making.
 
Once they get big enough, I’ll have to get rid of them. The guy who cleans the tank actually goes and catches the sharks himself, because you know, these sharks you can’t just go buy, they’re illegal.

I'm going to report them both. The Oceans thank him for blogging.
 
Polish, thanks for posting the link to his Blog with the details and thanks all for more info. I first heard about it this afternoon on ESPN ("Jim Rome is Burning"). I'm an alum of his alma matter (The University of Arizona) and can tell you this guy was always short of a full deck.

Hooked Newbie, this is some kind of hubris.... if this is indeed his intent, then more power to you for reporting his @%*# Flat out irresponsible.
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Thank you for seeing and posting it. I'm calling the Dept of Fish and Wildlife & our Shark specialist (a rabid conservationalist) in the morning. I hate the player, not the game. ;)
 
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