Royal Children’s Hospital Tank

Peddle Thorp Architects designed and delivered the two-storey, warm water coral / reef tank exhibit in the foyer of the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. The aquarium is visible from the Emergency department on the Lower Ground (Underwater) and Main Street on Ground floor (Beach). It is home to approximately 40 different species of fish, two black tip reef sharks and one epaulette shark. All species can be found on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The tank is 7.5 metres deep, four metres in diameter and holds 153,000 litres of salt water. The walls are eight centimetres thick. Water temperature is 25.5 to 26 degrees Celsius.