Not sure if this has been mentioned yet but ive just read the article and thought it seemed interesting .

Opinions welcome...

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wow lol, just read at the bottom of that link that the worlds biggest tank is 30 million litres!

This post has been edited by adamgreen240: May 11 2008, 05:57 PM

just enough for me to swim in

that would be a great place to work. and to build. i like the sound of a tropical aquarium as most is all about marine

would love to see that when its made

I'll want to go over to London when it's finished.

Sounds pretty sweet!

Looks good but... why are all the aquariums in London or on the coast, anyone know some near Sheffield?

Firstly a most importantly when people come to visit England or talk about England (tourists) the first thing that comes to mind is London, and it is such a popular tourist location that it would be silly not to put it there

I havent heard of many that travel hundreds of miles to visit sheffield

Secondly near the cost I suppose its easier to get shipments in as it is going to be a huge project...

CANT WAIT IM GOING TO GO ASA I CAN

there's the deep in hull and the blue planet over in chester (right near chester zoo which makes for a good day out too!), both in the north of the country and two of the best aquariums this country has to offer

Yeah, I've been to the deep but found it disappointing. Havn't been to the one in chester so I'll look into that.

Funny story actually of when my teacher went to the deep, he was looking at the big circular exhibit (forgot what it's called) and he saw a shark just sitting there not moving, so he asked one of the attendents 'I thought sharks had to continually swim, or they will die' to which the attendent replied 'yes, thats true for some sharks, however if you look closely you will see this shark is sitting next to the outflow!'. So there was basically this lazy shark letting the pump do its breating

yeah, the deep's not brilliant, but don't be fooled into thinking the public aquariums down south are much better!!

the blue planet is the best i've been to so far.

Also being right next to a large river helps great place to dispose of vast quantities of water aswell as channel in clean

Well only public aquarium i have been to is plymouth aquarium and thats a good day out

just found out the company i work for (engineering firm) are working on this job. I'm auditing it today.... wonder what the chances of a site visit are????

you never know, the thames might end up a little bit cleaner with all that bacteria being added



lol, that would be great - you could tell us all the inside news seriously - wonder how many people on here will end up getting jobs there when it opens

It sounds brilliant. Even more so if my ZSL membership gets me into it.

peiople at work try to bribe me for good audit scores all the time, usually it's just with choccie biscuits or a free lunch....... might see if i can get a ticket to the opening party!! lol I'm also after an invite to the mercedes benz high performance engine facility which we're working on (they make the engines for the MacLaren F1 cars)