World's Longest Aquarium?

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  1. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    An aquarium expo in Taipei, Taiwan is claiming to have the world's longest aquarium at 33 meters. It contains 28 tons of water within tempered glass with an "extra explosion proof" layer. It looks like it has a ton of cichlids in it as well. Lai Yung-sheng, an 'aquarium artist' and Bill Murray look-alike, went nuts with Styrofoam and foamed concrete to recreate 30 landmarks. Something tells me this is not on a wood floor.

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  2. haloist

    haloist Skunk Shrimp

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    holy cowfish, that's amazing! We should have one in California with all the landmarks from across the state too. lol
     
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  3. Anldyxp

    Anldyxp Skunk Shrimp

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    woaahh! and +1 for Bill Murray. The one in California will have an In N out and King Taco in it made of styrofoam. lol
     
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  4. Bustopher

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    It looks like the round sections brace the flat ones from bowing. Neat design.
     
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  5. leighton1245

    leighton1245 Horrid Stonefish

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    Holy FISH!!! ill take one please dont know where ill find water to fill it maybe drain a lake lol
     
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  6. khowst

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    They have more fish in there than an episode of Tanked. RAGE! lol.
     
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  7. rainmkr07

    rainmkr07 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    fresh water...lame...
     
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  8. ibefishy

    ibefishy Montipora Capricornis

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    I like how the commentator mentions 100 species of "domestic" cichlids yet most of what they show are African Cichlids.
     
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  9. Shackman23

    Shackman23 Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    he really does look like bill murray... creepy lol, and thats a pretty large tank! wouldnt want to clean all that glass...
     
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  10. mikev15101

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    Im confused, when the bow sections come up it almost looks like tank stops, like there is a side there. Then starts again almost like a bunch of long tanks then bow tanks then round tanks put together. It just doesnt looks like something that the fish swim freely through all the the tanks.
     
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