The ATL team has recently completed a major site installation of the life support and filtration systems for a large new public aquarium in Italy. The SEALIFE aquarium in Rome is due to open later this year. In addition to all of the pipework connections to each of the displays the ATL team has completed the fit out the LSS plant room. Working with industry renowned public aquarium pipework, filtration designers and manufacturers, Erwin Sander Gmbh.

The ATL team undertook all aspects of the site based installation plumbing work. Ranging from high level ring mains to sub floor reservoirs connections (the ATL team all hold confined space entry certification) and all aspects of public aquarium pipework plumbing. ATL also installed the necessary pipework connections to allow temporary biotower maturation circuits to operate in advance of the main system coming on line. LSS recirculation pumps and particulate filter connections including protein skimming with ozone injection installation works were also under taken. All of the public aquarium pipework was professionally installed and secured to specialist support systems, assembled in situ by the ATL team.

Once all of the filtration systems were installed and checked the ATL team worked alongside the Sander Gmbh technicians to successfully complete the system commissioning.

Meanwhile behind the scenes, ATL completed the installation of the back of house areas including the provision of an enviable quarantine facility.

The ATL team is proud to have been entrusted with the installation works for this prestigious public aquarium project. ATL has already received much positive feedback about the quality of its public aquarium pipework installations. We are looking forward to seeing yet another successful SEALIFE aquarium project opening its doors to the public later this year.

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Aquarium Technology Ltd has completed another full aquarium refurbishment. This time saw ATL in Malmo Museum Aquarium in Sweden. The ATL team designed, manufactured and installed an entirely new range of GRP composite display tanks including glass and acrylic viewing panels and stunning underwater themed aquascapes. The habitats vary from coral reefs, shipwrecks and cannon, shoreline and native fresh water habitats. ATL also provided theming to a range of large aqua terrarium displays.

Larger aquarium displays formed part of the basement structure and therefore were produced on site in concrete. The ATL team provided GRP waterproof linings to each of these tanks before installing the large acrylic viewing windows. The largest tank has a 6m wide single piece acrylic viewing panel which needed to be craned over the museum before the aquarium roof was installed.

ATL installed and commissioned an entire range of dedicated life support systems to complement the project. To support the project , behind the scenes the ATL team designed and installed separate breeding and quarantine tanks and systems.

From the outset ATL’s designers and project managers worked closely with the Swedish exhibition architects, interior designers and the client team to provide a high quality exhibit.

ATL is proud to have been involved with the Malmo Museum aquarium refurbishment.

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As part of any public aquarium and zoo display, there is always a back of house world of aquariums and life support systems. Quarantine tanks and systems are vital to the upkeep of any aquarium set up. From the quarantining and conditioning of new fish stock to the separation, isolation and treatment of poorly animals, quarantines are a very important and integral facility. For many years public aquarium and zoo attractions have promoted captive breeding programmes. A quality quarantine and research aquarium facility is key to the success these important breeding programmes.

Historically aquarium quarantine areas were often overlooked and squeezed into any available space on an architectural plan but times have changed. The introduction of tighter licencing and ever updating legislation has seen major improvements to quarantine facilities. These days and rightly so the demands and requirements from a quarantine zone are much higher. Impervious floor coatings, wall tiling and easy clean surfaces have brought these once no go areas into the public eye. Check out the increasing popularity of guided behind the scenes tours seen in many public aquariums and zoos, something 15 years ago was virtually unheard of.

ATL’s quarantine and stock holding tanks can be supplied in virtually any colour and size and are produced in low maintenance, easy clean moulded GRP composite technology. These are suitable for use in freshwater, marine invertebrate or living coral systems.

We also supply acrylic, all glass or welded polypropylene or PVC quarantine and fish holding tanks.

ATL also work extensively with other reputable producers to provide the entire range of tanks for any scheme.

Larger sectional holding tanks can be manufactured and delivered to site in pieces to help with installation into difficult access locations. We have designed, manufactured and installed bespoke every size and shape of quarantine tank, to house literally everything from minute marine invertebrates such as jellyfish polyps up to full size salt water crocodiles!

To compliment quarantine and research aquarium tanks, ATL design and install aquarium life support systems (LSS).

The LSS can either be specifically designed as stand alone units or equally used as a centralised recirculating system combining an entire range of displays.

These LSS systems are designed to provide exactly the same water parameters required to maintain sustainable fish health and well being.

ATL is increasingly involved with the refurbishment and upgrading of existing quarantine facilities for many of the worlds largest aquarium attraction, zoo operators and research aquarium institutions.

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The 2 metre diameter acrylic cylinder aquarium stands on a steel reinforced GRP composite base. This makes the aquarium display 4 metres high overall. The bespoke aquarium components including the thermoformed acrylic viewing panels, were designed and prefabricated at ATL’s factories in Weymouth and delivered to site for assembly.

As the play area was open to the public the challenge ATL faced was to build the aquarium outside of site opening hours to cause minimal disruption to business operations. This meant the ATL technician team working throughout the night and being offsite before the 9am opening each day.

To assist the site team with the tank component assembly, ATL used a specialist minimal access crane unit to safely manoeuvre the elements into position. The tank components were raised with the crane and assembled in situ.

The aquarium tank holds over 11,000 litres of tropical fresh water and is serviced by a dedicated skid mounted life support filtration system.

A display of this size needed a dominant central in tank theming feature to create viewing interest as well as plenty of habitat for the fish.

It was decided that a substantial oak tree trunk with roots creating hideouts for the fish would tick all of the boxes. ATL’s own artist’s lovingly created, carved and moulded the trunk an old oak tree. The artificial tree feature was produced using specialist mortars applied over a composite self supporting former.

The trunk itself being 3 metres high and weighing in at over 350kg was produced as a single piece and then split into three sections, lifted into the tank and joined in situ. The bark texture was moulded from an actual tree and was so detailed that passers by did not believe that the tree wasn’t real!

Once assembled and sealed the tank was filled and tested before being handed over the to the fish keepers to mature the water and add the fish.

Bermuda Adventure Soft Play World is an exciting new development and incorporates the very latest in state of the art play equipment. ATL is proud to have worked alongside the play area exhibition design team.

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