[eternity302]

Da heck? Why dun we have one here?

Anyone seen this or have more info on it?
Gawdd... i would be at the mall everyday!

 

[NewGuy]

There was a post about it leaking and flooding the mall. We dont have one here because we dont have crazy oil money nor the princes that are willing to pay it.

 

[Nicklfire]

I watched the thing on national geo abou the construction of the Mall itself and a huge portion of it was the Build of the aquarium and the glass etc.

What's really unique about that glass front is that it was actually about 7 seperate pieces and they put them all in place then they superheated them and the joints faded so you cant tell. So technically it's 1 piece now.

And i think i remember them saying they have 30,000 species of fish in there.

Crazy

 

[eternity302]

Ahhh so i guess i can look it up on national geographic and try to find the documentary for it?
Thanks =)

 

[NewGuy]

Omg its leaking!

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[eternity302]

Blurry footage, but it looks lke its going to flood!

 

[fkshiu]

The leak is the perfect metaphor to what has happened to Dubai's economy in recent months. The same hubris and easy credit that created a ridiculously huge self-parody of an aquarium in the desert for no one but a couple of sheiks gawk at now has left their economy in a mess with the worldwide credit crunch. I wouldn't be surprised at all if in a few years that aquarium is filled with hair algae and cyanobacteria because they ran short on funds to properly maintain it.

 

[Diztrbd1]

that is one wicked aquarium & one helluva leak lol

 

[eternity302]

The leak is the perfect metaphor to what has happened to Dubai's economy in recent months. The same hubris and easy credit that created a ridiculously huge self-parody of an aquarium in the desert for no one but a couple of sheiks gawk at now has left their economy in a mess with the worldwide credit crunch. I wouldn't be surprised at all if in a few years that aquarium is filled with hair algae and cyanobacteria because they ran short on funds to properly maintain it.

I completely forgot about how much maintenance cost would be! And imagine the cost just for daily feeding! OMG

 

[effox]

....Craziness