[NHCOLL-L:4236] Re: Coelacanth tank.... Further information

[O'Brien, Mark]

Wouldn't it be far more economical to just have a museums display expert make a mold of the actual specimen and recreate it in a molded material, painted  so as to look like the real thing?  It's done all the time in museums, and objects  can be better exhibited without the worry of preservatives and loss of the actual specimen.  It's done all the time for bones and fossils.  I see no clear reason why it cannot apply to a Coelacanth.

Mark


On 03/11/2009 11:56 AM, "Neumann Dirk" <Dirk.Neumann at zsm.mwn.de> wrote:

Hi Nicola,

we had similar problems with storing large deep sea sharks. (up to 120
cm length). Try to find a  company specialised in producing chemical
glassware components (such as dessicators, condensers, etc.). For
production of our large glass containers (up to 1200 mm hight and
diameter of 250 mm), Schott Duran glass tubes (borosilicate glass) are
used, which are available up to an diameter of 250 mm. Glasses made from
these glass tubes look like a big beaker closed with a flat grounded
glass pane on a surface grinding. With this technique, glasses of all
sizes are possible, avoiding bottle necks and cracking plastic liners.

Price for large glasses like this are approx. 500,- EUR (local provider
here in Munich)
Find below the homepage of our German provider so you get an idea, there
should be similar companies in the UK. The homepage is in German, sorry.
Click on the 4th square in the upper first row to display the glass
tubes ...
http://www.ggm-glastechnik.de/1280/start1280.htm

Hope this helps

Dirk






Nicola Newton schrieb:
> Hello everyone,
> Thanks to those who have responded to my request for help concerning a tank for my coelacanth. However, what I forgot to say is that the fish will be on display so a stainless steel holding vessel isn't really appropriate. I would like to purchase a glass tank that is preferably moulded form glass. If anyone has any thoughts about this they would be gratefully received.
> Best wishes
> Nicola
>
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