Indoor Diving Lake

[Bubblesong]

I work in a public aquarium. I don't think that building and maintaining a "dive-only" large exhibit would be fiscally feasible. Perhaps a large, deep swimming pool (no animals) would be possible, but the life support/water quality equipment/staff and and husbandry staff to maintain a large saltwater exhibit is very expensive. Purchasing the animals is also expensive. Half a million dollars is about what you would expect to stock a 270,000 gallon Indo-pacific exhibit. That is a fairly small "big" exhibit.

What about a plants only indoor dive tank with kelp, seaweed, seagrass. It could just be a big covered pool like this: Clients Share how they Heat a Pool Enclosure Year-round | Libart USA. Entrance would be by membership to keep base support and guest passes would be expensive for tryouts. It would have to be far from any cost free diving though

 

[Paradocs1111]

I work in a public aquarium. I don't think that building and maintaining a "dive-only" large exhibit would be fiscally feasible. Perhaps a large, deep swimming pool (no animals) would be possible, but the life support/water quality equipment/staff and and husbandry staff to maintain a large saltwater exhibit is very expensive. Purchasing the animals is also expensive. Half a million dollars is about what you would expect to stock a 270,000 gallon Indo-pacific exhibit. That is a fairly small "big" exhibit.

Thanks for your input...I’ll hold onto the dream, but likely never happen.

 

[Rich Keller]

Thanks for your input...I’ll hold onto the dream, but likely never happen.

Forget the "diver-only" part of your plan and this might work. There are already a number of indoor water parks in the country. You could try to sell your idea to them as an addition to their existing parks.

 

[Paradocs1111]

Thanks Rich, now that is a great idea! Excellent!

 

[Paradocs1111]

What about a plants only indoor dive tank with kelp, seaweed, seagrass. It could just be a big covered pool like this: Clients Share how they Heat a Pool Enclosure Year-round | Libart USA. Entrance would be by membership to keep base support and guest passes would be expensive for tryouts. It would have to be far from any cost free diving though

All good discussion, thank you!