Berlin’s giant aquarium containing 1,500 fish has exploded !!
It was 14m high… pic lower down shows scale.
No known cause - and no mention of the fish.
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Glass is a weird thing. That much glass under that much pressure, it’s surprising but not shocking. I used to be a locksmith and I’ve witnessed huge Herculite doors just shatter for no apparent reason.
My family visited this aquarium back in spring 2018. We took the slow elevator up the middle of the cylindrical tank, as mentioned in some of the news coverage.
So strange and sad to see the destruction of this amazing place we got to see relatively recently. It was beautiful and spectacular and unique.
? The article included a couple of mentions of the fish.
A spokesman for Berlin’s fire brigade told the BBC the vast majority of the fish had died, and the cold weather had made rescue attempts more difficult. The tank had contained more than 100 different species.
Sandra Weeser, a member of the German federal parliament who had been staying at the hotel, told local television the scene outside the hotel was a “picture of devastation”.
She said fish which may have been saved had frozen to death.
Anti tank missile?
Huh ?
I must’ve been suffering from some fish-mention blindness.
Had a shower door just shatter for no apparent reason. Was not a recent install, and no one was in the bathroom. The shower was not on, and had not been on for hours.
Heard a sound (whump) and discovered the whole thing on the floor. Glad I was not taking a shower.
Note that the aquarium wasn’t made of glass, but acrylic, according to German news sources.
Did anyone see Tom Cruise near that aquarium?
Now I’m a bit concerned about the 20-gallon aquarium in the bedroom.
I’d hate to wake up covered in fish. They wouldn’t be too happy either.
“You’ll be sleeping with the fishes.”
They may have updated the article after you saw it.
Too bad there isn’t video of the actual explosion. It would be pretty amazing.
But if you had a cat [or dog] they would be excstatic =)
Okay, I’m really confused about this place. The pictures all look like it’s inside an atrium of sorts. But then the article says “But there has been speculation that freezing temperature - which dropped as low as -6C overnight - may have caused a crack in the tank.” Is it inside or outside?
It was in something like a hotel lobby with lots of big doors. If it’s cold enough outside, I can see sufficient ingress/egress traffic lowering the interior temperature to a noticeable degree.
Though of course this is hardly the first cold winter in Berlin. Could be maintenance related slow degradation exacerbated by the cold snap leading to failure now. Have to wait for the full report.
The reference I found described the construction as “acrylic glass”, an assembly of preformed panels. I’m pretty confused as to what it actually was. Currently I’m picturing some kind of lamination or solvent weldment of PMMA curved panels, with little idea how the corners and seams might have been done. Does anybody know with confidence?
My understanding is the the flood knocked out the power in the building. Fish were removed from other holding tanks that were not being heated or filtered due to the power loss.
Misread the question, haven’t had my second coffee yet….
What a shame. Such a handsome boy could have any woman he wanted.