Nature museum fish tank

[apuppet]

anyone know the tank size of the large fish tank, they have at the ottawa nature museum?
the security has no idea when i asked him. 

im guessing its at least 12 feet long, 2 feet high and 3 feet wide.  it also looks to be one piece glass. 360 degree access to all angles of the tank.  what a centerpiece!
can anyone confirm its size?

how sweet it would be to have it fully planted in my living room

[ajm1961]

I didn't even know they had a fish tank! What do they keep in the tank, and is there more than one tank?

[Feivel]

it is a beautifull tank showing off natural river fish as in perch, bass, crappies etc, anything you could pull out of the ottawa river. thought i had a picture of it

[washefuzzy]

Now I have an excuse to go the museum.

[Thunda]

I was just reading up on the changes made to the museum and on their page it says that the tank is huge river aquarium containing 4,500 kilograms of water and freshwater fish.  Am sure someone here can convert that into a close est of gal.   

[Malyon18]

density of water approx 1000kg/m^3

so 4500kg = 4.5m^3

1m^3 =264.17 US gal

4.5m^3 = approx 1188.8 gal

[ryancarman.com]

density of water approx 1000kg/m^3

so 4500kg = 4.5m^3

1m^3 =264.17 US gal

4.5m^3 = approx 1188.8 gal

to be specific 1 cubic meter of fresh water weighs EXACLTY 1000kg at 4 degrees c, this is how they setup the metric system

[Malyon18]

Ya well in fluids mechanics we usually just round it off to 1000 makes calculations easier (unless dealing with high temps on something specific), at room temp its somewhere around like 998 if I remember correctly and anywhere from 0 to 10 you can use 1000 (since the 4 degrees is based on PURE water). I would have to pull out my old textbook to confirm that though but for rough calcs 1000 is always a solid choice lol just move that decimal point 3 spaces 

[tophoo]

I can ask someone over there.  I am employed there 

[sas]

Quote from tophoo,
"I can ask someone over there.  I am employed there  Cheesy"

Awesome...............take note future guest speaker at a meeting .