Large marine aquariums
Despite all of the international travel issues over this last year, ATL recently completed a major project to supply large marine aquariums to Sweden
Back in 2019 ATL won a public tender to supply a series of large marine aquariums to the Havets Hus aquarium in Lysekil, Sweden. The Havets Hus aquarium originally opened in 1993 and since then ATL has been a key aquarium tank supplier. It was therefore a pleasure to be awarded this latest contract and continue the long standing relationship. The project involved designing, building and installing a series of four large marine aquariums for an exhibition housed within a newly constructed extension building from the original aquarium. However delays in the construction works resulted in a later than planned aquarium design sign off and with winter fast approaching the building would need to be completed in advance of the large marine aquariums delivery. Then the world pandemic struck which caused further delays for everyone involved.
The aquarium extension being completed meant that tank access to the final location was to say the least going to be ‘testing’. Our reputation as leaders in aquarium technology enables us to call on our hugely experienced installation team who rise time and again and overcome installation challenges that would leave some competitors standing. Thats why our customers turn to us time and again for assistance with difficult access aquarium projects.
The large marine aquariums were constructed using our tried and trusted sectional tank methodology.
Steel frames for the Havets Hus project in progress
All of the tank sections were sized to the maximum access size and carefully prefabricated at ATL.
Havets Hus tanks in progress at ATL
Each of the tanks incorporates large curved acrylic viewing panels which were also formed and prepared in house at ATL. Everything was protected prior to being loaded onto crane equipped HGV’s and starting their long overland journey to Swedens West coast.
Loading the Havets Hus tank sections
With careful planning and timely execution our team was able to fly over without travel restriction to meet the tank sections arrival on site. The tank components were sized to fit through a very limited size access doorway through into the aquarium retail area. This presented some obvious challenges but nothing our specialist team couldn’t handle.
Havets Hus tank component installation
The acrylic viewing panels were the greatest access challenge. The size of the windows left us only 12mm of overall clearance, any more would have been wasteful! The sections were individually maneuvered through the aquarium and into the extension building.
one of ATL’s underwater acrylic viewing panels
The tanks sections were then assembled and welded in location. The underwater viewing panels were installed together with an ATL forward flow composite filter bed plate system.
GRP composite filter bed plates
The curatorial team requested additional splash pelmets be fitted which we made using the same composite construction.
ATL sectional large marine aquariums
Finally the ATL creatives team travelled to site to complete stunning natural rockwork theming to each of the tank structures.
Theming in progress
Sectional tank decor painting in progress
The rockwork was styled on the local geological rock strata typical of the Lysekil area.
Hand carved rockwork by ATL
Stunning scenes
Native marine rockwork by ATL
We are very pleased with the end result our team achieved for our friends at Havets Hus aquarium in Lysekil.
Sarah adding scale alongide one of the aquariums
It was always going to be a challenge but as ever we rose to it and delivered a first class result against the odds. See the following and click the translate button for more details
Bring on the next large marine aquariums, limited access route challenge!
