The client moved to South Florida during the pandemic and purchased a new oceanfront home in Palm Beach. He always desired to have a living coral reef aquarium, when he made upgrades to the already beautiful home, and RAD was retained to design the largest aquarium that could fit in the downstairs living space. After careful consideration, it was decided that RAD could only build such a large 12-foot tank onsite and started to design and draft up plans that required utilizing a professional rigging company that would be charged with bringing the heavy glass panels into the basement via an overhead gantry and crew of skilled workers. Once the glass was carefully delivered downstairs, RAD worked for over four weeks to build the glass tank in front of its final resting place and then proceeded to carefully set the aquarium on its structural stand and then follow through with installing a state of the art life support filtration system under and on both ends of the aquarium that all fit neatly into the tight spaces of the surrounding millwork. The RAD Team worked closely with the builders, all MEP trades, and custom cabinetry company, to create a truly fabulous and functional 800-gallon reef aquarium on the lower floor of the three-story residence. The aquarium has now been operating for several years and features many rare fish and aquacultured corals from RAD’s coral aquaculture facility.
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Palm Beach, FL, USA
Residential