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Casablanca Morocco Mall Gigantic aquarium

Casablanca Morocco Mall Gigantic aquarium

The 264,000-gallon aquarium allows shoppers to take a lift up through the middle, bringing them up close to around 3,000 sea creatures. Casablanca Morocco Mall Gigantic aquarium

Casablanca Morocco Mall Gigantic aquarium
Located in Morocco shopping mall decorates a gigantic aquarium with 3,000 fish, 264,000 gallons of water. According to the officials, it has the strength to withstand earthquakes. So imagine the carnage that would take place if an earthquake were to hit the attraction, which has opened in the tremor-prone North African region. Luckily, the firm that designed the tank built it with this nightmare scenario in mind. Meanwhile, it has already survived two small quakes during construction.

Gigantic aquarium opens in Casablanca

The tank has been designed to survive the small tremors that often occur in Casablanca, an area of high seismic activity

The Gigantic aquarium costs approximately several millions of pounds. The structure is 40 feet in diameter at the bottom and 44 feet at the top. Besides, the acrylic panels are nearly five inches thick. The state-of-the-art life support system makes saltwater using fresh city water and artificial sea salt while filtering 100 percent of the water every hour.

It has proved a huge hit with visitors, some of whom just go up and down in the lift. According to Roger Reynolds, chief executive of International Concept Management, they gained a wealth of knowledge when constructing the AquaDom cylindrical aquarium in Berlin.

‘Aqua-dream presented challenges in the complexity of the design and execution. However, with our collective expertise, we successfully designed and built the aquarium to fulfill the vision of the project. Meanwhile maintaining our strict safety standards”.

Casablanca Morocco Mall Gigantic aquarium

Gigantic aquarium opens in Casablanca

At 30ft tall the Aqua-dream is the world’s biggest cone-shaped fish tank

Gigantic aquarium opens in Casablanca

A massive processing plant is required to keep the 3,000 sea creatures healthy, turning the city’s freshwater supply into saltwater

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