Building My 15,000 Gallon Mini Mega Tank

[arapaimag]

I imagine you jump in with scuba gear ?

Just curious!

Friends have used scuba gear in my bigger tank.

 

[wahbi]

now THAT is cool...

 

[sadatru]

u sir are a genius if i wore a hat i would take it off to you, if only i could afford tanks like yours

 

[Liquid Blue]

DUDE! I'm so jealous of this and your 50,000 gallon!

 

[arapaimag]

A couple of pictures Rusty Wessell took yesterday of fish in the 15,000.

 

[arapaimag]

A few more of my buddy Rusty Wessel's pics in the 15,000.

#1. Myleus schomburgki
Paraneetroplus sinspila
Amphilophus cintrinellus
Boulangerchromis microlepis

#2. Paraneetroplus sinspila

#3. Leporinus agassizi

#4. Scleropages jardini

#5. Astronnotus ocellatus

#6. Amphilophus cintrinellus

 

[arapaimag]

More Rusty Wessel pictures in the 15,000

 

[arapaimag]

Rusty kept shooting pictures for me of fish in this tank

 

[arapaimag]

A short video of some fish including a shoal of 12" to 14" Black wide bar Myleus Schomburgki and a glimpse of the vampire catfish Calophysus macropterus possibly about 21".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz_lisi3lJc

 

[Egon]

Great vid I love it!
A few questions: It looks like the base of the tank is set up with small walls sort of a grid sectioning the bottom of the tank, I don't know how many. All of these short walls seem to be at the same level as the glass. So if the glass was removed you can still fill up the first two, two and a half feet with water. Is that for maintainance, so you can drain half or 1/3 of the tank (depending how many sections/grids) and keep water and fish in the rest of the tank. For instance if the bottom needed resealing or something? Or is it just structural?
Also glass vs. acrylic? If you did it over again would you use acrylic?