Yamaha’s Giant Fish Tank On Wheels January 26, 2008
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You might think you have a big aquarium but this monster from Yamaha is so big it needs its own wheels.
Yamaha Australia has built two of these SupaTanks, each 15m long, which are designed to be wheeled around with up to 20 live fish inside to various shows Down Under.
The 13,600ltr tanks are meant to combine education and the beauty of fish in their natural environment but, in typical Aussie style, they are used to demonstrate how to catch fish and how they react to lures and that old fish favourite, a fish hook in the face.
“The Yamaha SupaTank show is designed to both educate families on how to safely and successfully learn to fish along with displaying the fascinating underwater feeding behaviours of fish. In full view of wide-eyed spectators, the fish can be seen stalking and attacking the lures cast by participants from the elevated ‘half-tinny’ casting platform complete with Yamaha four stroke outboard motor.”
Don’t be surprised if someone tries to flog you a Yamaha outboard motor too.-Martin Lynch
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Editor and Contributor | Martin Lynch
Contributor | Tamlin Magee
Comments
Gotta love that mobilequarium. I've thought about building some custom big ones, but nothing on that scale. Fine engineering, indeed.