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Winter 2008 Living Color on Planet Luxury
Living Color was recently featured on Planet Luxury. View Video (5 minutes, 54 seconds)

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Winter 2008

Scheels All Sports

Living Color is proud to have worked with International Concept Management in the design, fabrication, and installation of twin aquariums in the Scheels All Sports store in Sparks, Nevada. The 248,000 square foot store, featuring the two aquariums opened in September 2008.

The beautiful custom aquariums, one freshwater and one saltwater are each about 43 feet in length. They hold a combined 32,000 gallons of water and took more than 2000 man-hours for Living Color to complete. More than 30 members of our 50+ member staff worked directly on this project and all Living Color employees contributed to its success.

Living Color provided the artificial saltwater reefs and the freshwater rockwork and plants as well as the lighting and filtration systems for both aquariums. As with all custom Living Color aquariums, the in-aquarium plumbing is well hidden inside the exhibitry and nearly impossible to see.

The filtration equipment, which keeps the water crystal clear and biologically healthy for the fish is remotely located in two large rooms, one for each aquarium. Each system is specifically designed to optimize the conditions needed for the types of fish that will occupy the aquarium. In this case, one of the challenges was that the freshwater and saltwater systems had to support drastically different temperature ranges. The saltwater fish selected for the Scheels store thrive at 78°F, while the freshwater fish, many of them indigenous to the Sparks Nevada area prefer 60°F. This was accomplished by selecting a different chiller system for each aquarium.

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Fall 2008

The Loxahatchee River Center

Below are some excerpts from the "Palm Beach Post" article written about the Loxahatchee River Center by Lady Hereford.

In this museum, touching is not only allowed, it's encouraged.

Visitors to the new Loxahatchee River Center will not only see examples of the river's various habitats, but they'll also have a chance to experience interactive exhibits. One of the first exhibits is an 1,800-gallon freshwater aquarium that was built to represent the wild and scenic part of the river. In one, observers will get to see firsthand how a flood plain works by unleashing a rush of water into a tank. In another, visitors will make choices to see how difficult it can be to balance water uses.

An artist's giant replica of a cypress tree with a built-in video screen greets visitors as they arrive. The display provides an overview of the exhibits, which take the visitor on a mini-tour of the river's habitats, starting with the cypress swamp and leading to estuaries with oyster reefs and mangroves, sea grasses, dock pilings and ending with coral reefs.

The tour also includes an educational component to show observers where their drinking water comes from. It also includes information about conservation and recycling.

Among the other exhibits is a touch tank where visitors can interact with starfish, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, hermit crabs, snails and horseshoe crabs.

Observers also will see a dock piling tank. Concrete pilings are better for marine life than pressure-treated ones, O'Neill said. "You create a kind of mini ecosystem that brings in a bunch of fish," she said.

The tour concludes with a saltwater aquarium that represents the area from the Jupiter Inlet to the offshore reef, as well as an informational room where visitors can learn more information about how they can do their part to protect the river.

Check out the robust life support system that helps keep all of the Loxahatchee fish healthy and happy!

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Spring 2008

Check out the latest South Florida Custom Aquarium installation from Living Color Enterprises!

Living Color Enterprises has completed the installation of one of the longest seamless acrylic aquariums on the east coast. At 53' long, 8' wide and 5' tall, this 17,000 gallon oval aquarium will have uninterrupted viewing around its entire circumference. Taking almost a year to build, it was designed to house one of the most impressive collections of sharks, stingrays, and fish that the Miami area has seen. With its two massive, dedicated filtration rooms located over 100 feet away and purifying the aquarium's water volume 6 times per hour, this beautiful exhibit will be the focal point of the lobby in the hotel/condominium building in which it resides. Please keep an eye on our website for updates.

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November 2007

As seen on MTV Cribs

Roy Williams of the Dallas Cowboys, opens his 11,000 sq ft., 7 bedroom home to MTV Cribs

Among the many amenities, Roy has 3 fish tanks. One in the master bedroom, one in his media room. The biggest of the three stand in Roy's living room at 8 feet tall, 8 feet in diameter and holds 3,000 gallons of water.

This massive aquarium was built by award winning leader in custom aquariums, Living Color Enterprises.

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Fall 2007

Living Color has been moving in many new and exciting directions. We continue to build our Custom Cabinetry division and remain a worldwide leader in one-of-a-kind aquariums. In fact, we are currently installing a shark exhibit in a high-rise condominium lobby on South Beach that is 53 feet long 8 feet wide and 5 feet deep, a 15,900-gallon aquarium system!

In other aquarium matters, we are now builders of certain types of filtration systems, are creators of an algaecide that is non-toxic to your fish, and are also becoming distributors of products such as filter floss and synthetic aquarium sea salts, all of which are being done to keep your final costs down.

On a slightly different and exciting note, we have been requested by few of our clients to not only care for the water needs of their fish, but also their personal water needs. After doing some research, we have selected Voss Water, a natural artesian water that can be found in top restaurants and hotels around the world. We have recently become wholesalers of this product, which we will be able to sell to you at discounted rates, if you are a local resident in the Broward, Dade or Palm Beach County area you may stop by to pick up your order, or we can ship it to you upon request.

Click here to view PDF

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Fall 2007

Gulfstream Racetrack Casino - Largest Freestanding Aquarium in Florida Completed
Hallandale Beach, Fl

This awesome custom aquarium is located on the bar level of the casino at the Gulfstream Racetrack Clubhouse and Grandstand. The custom aquarium measures 13 feet in diameter by 13 feet tall, and when accounting for the water in the filtration components, holds well over 14,000 gallons.

View full press release

» Installation photos

» Gulfstream Park Racing and Casino

Here is the LSS that keeps this aquarium running clean and healthy!

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Summer 2007

Florida Bass Conservation Center: an old story about Florida Bass

Click here to see how these aquariums and rock works were fabricated

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Spring 2007

Check out the latest status symbol for professional athletes!

Living Color has become well known as a status symbol for some of today's hottest sports figures. Click the following links to "get a glimpse" of their jaw dropping custom aquariums.

www.seehowtheylive.com/lTomlinson.php

www.seehowtheylive.com/rWilliams.php

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January 2007

Beautiful Wellness Center
Westlake Village, CA

One of our latest accomplishments is the completion of this 2,100 gallon aquarium in a wellness center located in Westlake Village, CA. It’s two 11' x 6' viewing panels provide patrons with a see through backdrop to an exclusive bar and beautiful focal point to the lobby on the opposite side. These breathtaking viewing panels frame a naturalistic coral reef backdrop, made entirely by hand out of manmade materials.

With entirely remote filtration located on the floor below, this is truly one of the brightest jewels in our crown.

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December 2006

Custom Multi-piece Reef Inserts

View animated assembly

Beautiful, functional, and - most of all - easily maintained, Living Color's all new multi-piece reef systems are the future of innovative custom aquarium decor. Designed with the utmost beauty, each piece is hand sculpted and finished per client requests using Living Color's patented rockwork design and molded coral pieces. These reefs function not only as decorative habitat, but will also help to conceal unsightly plumbing lines and overflow boxes. Plumbing drains and returns may also be designed directly into the reef itself for public aquarium style exhibitry. Even more spectacular is the fact that these structures can fit into most major brands of aquariums through existing lid openings and can be removed for cleaning outside the tank if needed.

Using our unique interlocking design, Living Color reef systems create a large, beautiful, and colorful structure that is virtually seamless once installed. Shapes, sizes and viewing angles are unique to each reef and each aquarium application, so please contact a Sales Representative for specific design details and pricing information.

Click here to view an animated assembly of a multi-sided, 4 piece interlocking reef structure covering an end panel overflow.

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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

In December, 2006, Living Color artisans began preparing a 40-foot fiberglass custom aquarium with eight 10-foot viewing panels for its journey across the Atlantic to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.The custom aquarium will be the centerpiece of the grand dining room on the second floor of a local establishment. This aquarium has been in design and construction for just over a year, and when finished, will hold over seven thousand gallons and weigh nearly 34 tons. Please check back for completion photos.

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Introducing "The Natural Series"

Any of our standard reefs are now available in our new "Natural series" base color.

Living Color Refugiums Join Filtration Lineup
Living Color, the world's leader in high end custom aquarium fabrication and supplies, is proud to release its new line of advanced filtration refugiums for the live reef enthusiast. Joining the company's already successful line of wet dry filtration units, Living Color refugiums are built to withstand the rigors of continuous aquarium use and are adaptable to the industry's ever changing trends.

Click here, to view our entire Refugium line.

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Summer 2006

Living Color on the NBC Today Show

Living Color was recently featured on both the CNBC primetime financial show titled "On The Money" and also on the NBC Today Show. We are very proud to have participated with these news shows in their attempt to "Bring The Ocean Indoors." Living Color was able to present several of our large projects and interviews with some of our wonderful clients about their beautiful custom aquariums.

Click here, to view footage from these shows.

Living Color Creates Special Swarovski Member Displays

Living Color Enterprises is pleased to have recently completed several custom display pieces for the Swarovski Corporation. The signature coral displays - fabricated for their special "members only" traveling show - consist of individual coral pieces and a custom finished Neptune display reef showcasing white corals. The corals were uniquely integrated with Swarovski's beautiful crystal offerings to create a simulated underwater paradise.

Living Color's unique custom fabrication processes allow clients to envision and create corals and sculptures in a miriad of colors, shapes and finishes. For further information, please call (800) 878-9511 and speak with a sales representative.

Living Color was featured in the summer edition of the magazine Dolce Vita:

"Wouldn't it be something if you could capture all the elements from the tropics and the sea right in your own living space? Well, with Living Color Enterprises, Inc., you can have anything and everything you could ever imagine in aquatics."

Click here to read the full article.

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Living Color is busier than ever. Our reefs have evolved over the years, and our artists and marine biologists are constantly researching living coral reefs to more closely replicate them.

Currently under production are the following large custom aquarium projects.

A 650 gallon 3 ft x 4 ft x 7.5 ft tall aquarium in a South Florida beachfront condominium building. The client came to us with a huge space constraint, but truly wanted an aquarium. After a few discussions with them we realized that height was not an issue, and our artisans pondered the idea of a beautiful 7.5' reef wall, much like the ones found deeper around the Pacific Islands. We created a scale model to present to the client, and they loved the idea. We began fabrication, and timed our production with the completion of the building. It will be commissioned in 2 weeks. Check back soon, for completed project images.

A large 40 ft. long x 5 ft. wide x 5 ft. high aquarium, built around a rectangular structural pillar. The Joon Trading Company will install this aquarium in a restaurant in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

An 8 ft tall x 8ft diameter cylinder, built around an offset structural pillar for La Borde Builders in La. The cylinder will be craned in and dropped over the pillar during installation.

A 2,000 gallon, 12 ft long x 4 ft wide x 6 ft high aquarium to be utilized as a large divider between a lobby and a bar in a wellness center at the Four Seasons property located in West Lake Village, California. It requires a specially designed, completely remote filtration room on the floor below.

A 12 ft diameter by 6 ft high aquarium at the Cocoa Beach Surf Company in Cocoa Beach, Florida. After speaking with our sales person at an industry trade show, the owner selected our company to build the centerpiece for his vision, the largest surfing complex in the world. After visiting Big Al's Aquarium Supercenter in Tamarac, Florida and viewing their shark aquarium he decided that it was a perfect fit.

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Living Color is currently installing a 22 1/2 tall, 8FT diameter, 8,000 gallon custom cylinder aquarium in a private residence in Long Island, NY. The base of the aquarium starts in the basement and goes up 3 levels to the Master Bedroom landing.

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Tennessee Aquarium Octopus Exhibit
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Living Color created the interior of the octopus
exhibit for the Tennessee Aquarium. Octopus
exhibit photos courtesy of Thom Demas of the Tennessee Aquarium.

June 20, 2005
Current client project.

View a movie about Living Color's construction of Florida's Bass Conservation Center

Size: 64 Mb
Length: 11 min
Player: Windows Media Player (or compatible player)

Living Color Enterprises is building a magnificent aquarium for the Florida Bass Conservation Center, in an effort to help Florida solidify its legacy as "Bass Fishing Capital of the World."

This is an ongoing project so please check back soon for more completed pictures.

View Bass Conservation Proposal

View Aquarium Fabrication / Installation Shots

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