A visit to Aquaforest in Poland

jourdy · Nov 27, 2018

Hi all, Had an amazing experience visiting Aquaforest in Poland last month.
Just wanted to share some photos of my trip there. The facility is about 45 minutes away from Krakow by car.

10x6 tank

This guy really draws the eyes

The tank is really huge. Pictures don't do it justice because you need to see it in person to see the depth, and the whole tank is just PACKED with livestock.

Macroalgae Tank with seahorses

The 10ft SPS tank

The whole facility is filled with tanks - every room has a tank, but I wasn't able to take photos of each.
This area is the lab - where the ICP tests are conducted:

I'd like to thank the owners Damian, Tomasz, and Seweryn for entertaining me and my group of friends. Very kind and hands-on people in the brand - they even cooked food for us. Traditional Polish food - delicious!

Also, some phone shots of the nice outside building. Haha.

Flippers4pups · Nov 27, 2018

jourdy said:
Hi all, Had an amazing experience visiting Aquaforest in Poland last month.
Just wanted to share some photos of my trip there. The facility is about 45 minutes away from Krakow by car.

10x6 tank

This guy really draws the eyes

The tank is really huge. Pictures don't do it justice because you need to see it in person to see the depth, and the whole tank is just PACKED with livestock.

Macroalgae Tank with seahorses

The 10ft SPS tank

The whole facility is filled with tanks - every room has a tank, but I wasn't able to take photos of each.
This area is the lab - where the ICP tests are conducted:

I'd like to thank the owners Damian, Tomasz, and Seweryn for entertaining me and my group of friends. Very kind and hands-on people in the brand - they even cooked food for us. Traditional Polish food - delicious!

Very cool! Thank you for posting this!

mtraylor · Nov 27, 2018

Very nice. The food looks great too.

jsker · Nov 27, 2018

I am very excited for you and a little envious

. Thank you for sharing

FMF0331 · Nov 27, 2018

Did you recall what type of lighting was used to illuminate their tanks ...
T5 - Leds - Mh ?

jourdy · Nov 27, 2018

Flippers4pups said:
Very cool! Thank you for posting this!

mtraylor said:
Very nice. The food looks great too.

jsker said:
I am very excited for you and a little envious. Thank you for sharing

I also visited De Jong in Holland. That's another set of pictures

FMF0331 said:
Did you recall what type of lighting was used to illuminate their tanks ...
T5 - Leds - Mh ?

They were using T5s - lotssss of them.

Dr. Dendrostein · Nov 27, 2018

jourdy said:
Hi all, Had an amazing experience visiting Aquaforest in Poland last month.
Just wanted to share some photos of my trip there. The facility is about 45 minutes away from Krakow by car.

10x6 tank

This guy really draws the eyes

The tank is really huge. Pictures don't do it justice because you need to see it in person to see the depth, and the whole tank is just PACKED with livestock.

Macroalgae Tank with seahorses

The 10ft SPS tank

The whole facility is filled with tanks - every room has a tank, but I wasn't able to take photos of each.
This area is the lab - where the ICP tests are conducted:

I'd like to thank the owners Damian, Tomasz, and Seweryn for entertaining me and my group of friends. Very kind and hands-on people in the brand - they even cooked food for us. Traditional Polish food - delicious!

Also, some phone shots of the nice outside building. Haha.

So cool. Thanks for sharing. Love it

siggy · Nov 27, 2018

Those results speak for themselves. thanks for sharing

TX_Punisher · Nov 27, 2018

Amazing. So you went just for hobby purposes?

jourdy · Nov 27, 2018

I went around Europe - so I visited public aquariums, different LFS's, De Jong Marine, Aquaforest, and a lot of zoos. Lol.

I enjoy taking photos, so I asked permission if I could. Always have been impressed with their display tank.

Graffiti Spot · Nov 27, 2018

So envious of their shop, I mean thoes tanks alone blow every single us shop display out of the water! By far! I would give anything to work at a shop like that and be able to care for so many corals.