James Stapley

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July 19, 2002, on A Rich Person's Guide to Aquariums:
Phil - interesting article on aquariums. Although you entitle this a "rich person't guide to aquariums" your setup doesn't sound that expensive (certainly above the average, but not ridiculous). I once visited a house where a yacht builder (=rich person) had built a tropical marine POND in his garden, complete with an actual live coral reef and fish. He also had several other large reef tanks scattered around his house the cost of which I would hate to have known. His personal yacht had fish holding facilities for when he went cruising into tropical waters to bring back fish he caught. Your quest for a quiet aquarium is one many people try to find a solution for. Unfortunately quiet and aquaria are not particularly easy things to combine. The only way I have found for creating really quiet aquaria is to have a whole separate room (a corner of the garage works OK, although car fumes are an issue to think about) for all the noisy stuff (like filters and pumps). You then have pipework r...