Prosecutors in Berlin have closed their investigation into the giant AquaDom cylinder aquarium collapse, concluding that the cause could not be pinpointed and that they had no lead to follow on who might be responsible. According to the Associated Press,…
200 fish survive AquaDom aquarium explosion
Berlin Zoo has confirmed that 200 fish that were rescued from a giant aquarium disaster have survived the ordeal, and are currently in their care. The one million-liter AquaDom cylinder-shaped public aquarium burst in the early hours of December 16,…
Reynolds Polymer Technology to investigate AquaDom cylinder tank fracture
The company that manufactured and installed the giant aquarium that burst in Berlin is sending a team to investigate, to try and work out what happened. Reynolds Polymer of Grand Junction, Colorado installed the world’s biggest freestanding cylinder aquarium twenty…
One million-liter cylinder aquarium bursts in Berlin
A massive aquarium has burst inside a hotel complex in Germany. Named the AquaDom, the walls of the 46 feet high, 264,172-gallon cylinder aquarium gave way at 5:45 am on Friday morning, at the Radisson Hotel, Berlin, causing substantial damage…
AquaDom, the world’s largest cylindrical saltwater aquarium
Placed at the lobby of the Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin, the 25 meters high AquaDom is the largest cylindrical aquarium ever built. Filled with about 900,000 liters of seawater, it contains some 2600 fish of 56 species. Combined with…
