Aquatic Visions
908-523-0040, www.aquaticvisionsinc.com
This New Jersey company designed, installed, and currently maintains several large tanks and a 1,000-gallon koi pond at Bloomberg’s New York headquarters. During the 2003 blackout, Aquatic Visions employees drove into Manhattan and put battery-powered air pumps in all their clients’ tanks to keep the fish alive. A 1,000-gallon saltwater reef tank with coral and fish costs from $10,000 to $50,000.

Art Aquatics
877-575-9481, www.artaquatics.com
Based in Toledo, Ohio, Art Aquatics designs and installs tanks throughout the U.S. and has a good reputation among competitors. Clients include American Land Ventures, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Starwood Resorts. For one project, the company designed a 5-foot-high, 600-gallon saltwater cylinder. Prices run from $50,000 to $100,000. Art Aquatics works only with live coral and will handle tank maintenance for locations within a few hours’ drive.

Sealine Reefs
800-900-3474
Founded by the former staff aquarist for Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific, Sealine specializes in designing and installing unusually shaped aquariums, like the 1,200-gallon horseshoe-shaped tank it supplied for Barneys Beverly Hills. Other clients include Westcap Securities, Resnick Investment Advisors, and several celebrities. Within California, Sealine will perform maintenance and provide sea creatures.

Zen Aquatics
760-568-6120, www.zenaquatics.com
Originally focused exclusively on clients near Palm Springs, California, Zen has expanded to Canada, Texas, the East Coast, and Hawaii. It emphasizes quality of life for fish. Clients include China Bank in San Francisco, Pomona First Federal, and Marriott Hotels. It recently created a 3,000-gallon, two-story tunnel aquarium full of sharks and tropical fish for $700,000. Zen maintains tanks in Southern California and will find a reputable maintenance company for clients elsewhere.

Living Color Enterprises
800-878-9511, www.livingcolor.com
One of the biggest companies in the high-end market, Living Color, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is known for large, museum-quality tanks, including the 5,000-gallon shark tank it built for the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, and its fish tank for the reception area of the Dunmore Homes head office. The company manufactures synthetic coral to resemble that of any region in the world and performs maintenance in parts of Florida.

Acrylic Tank Manufacturing
877-826-5286, www.acrylicaquariums.com
This Las Vegas firm is a large, high-end, full-service company best known for its public aquariums and park designs as well as its tanks for casinos and hotels. It has also created aquariums for the corporate offices of Qwest Communications, SeaWorld, DreamWorks, Bass Pro Shops, and Cabela’s, as well as tanks used by magician David Blaine. Its typical corporate projects range anywhere from $25,000 to more than $1 million.

CalAquaria
909-930-2791, www.calaquaria.com
This eight-year-old company, based in Ontario, California, specializes in freestanding tanks and has worked with such public aquariums as Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Vancouver Aquarium, and Monterey Bay Aquarium. It has produced museum-quality tanks for Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and many residential homes. An average tank with support systems runs about $50,000, but the company does not handle maintenance or stocking.