Behind the scenes at Birch

[h20poloman2]

So I was able to catch the rescued Dussimieri tang that has been a terror in my tank....beautiful fish, just needed a really big home. Luckily, Birch Aquarium was excited to have him for their new 1200g tank which is going up probably in the next few weeks across from the reef tank. It will be a hawaiian fish tank. I got to see some of his new friends which including 2 beautiful achilles tangs and a big parrot fish. I was fortunate to have Fernando give Amy and I a behind the scenes tour which was neato. I didn't take many pics but here are a few.

Rooftop view looking down on the 70,000g kelp tank
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Birch%20Aquarium/kelptankrooftop.jpg

The beast of the kelp tank....approx 200lb seabass!!!
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Birch%20Aquarium/kelpbedatscrippswith200lbseabass.jpg

A new EuroReef skimmer for their reef tank which is lit by 3 1000w halides under lumenarc reflectors. This skimmer had 6...yes 6 sedras powering it!!!
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Birch%20Aquarium/srippsskimmer.jpg

Holding tank behind the scenes....lots of nems
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Birch%20Aquarium/scrippsholdingtank.jpg

[Diver Dan]

Geez! 1,200 Hawaiin reef going in? I may need to go check that out :drool:
The 3 1,000 watts lighting the reef, which reef?
Pics are awesome!
Thanks for posting Marlin!