Vegas Tanked Reality Show in 2015.
Following the antics of two brothers-in-law as they run the largest aquarium manufacturing company in the nation, Tanked dunks viewers into the high-decibel, family-owned business of Acrylic Tank Manufacturing (ATM).

Led by business partners, best friends and constant rivals Wayde King and Brett Raymer, this 37,000 square foot facility, located in Las Vegas, produces some of the most outrageous, larger-than-life and one-of-a-kind tanks for some of the most striking fish and clients around. No job is too big, too far, or too outlandish as Wayde and Brett travel the world to make fellow fish enthusiast's dreams of having their own little piece of the ocean a reality. They've created tanks to look like pyramids, spheres, phone booths, cars, kegs, the female anatomy and much more.


Vegas Tanked Tour Required: Tour Reservations/Appointments 
Established: 1990
Staff Size: 25–50 people
Average Duration of Services: 30 Minutes or Less
Parking: Parking lot
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Recommended Age Group: All Ages
Pro Tip: Call in advance to schedule due to production filming schedule. Bring your camera and a stroller for kids.
Most Popular Attraction/Offering: Meet Brett and Wayde from Tanked.

Q&A with the Tour Guide
Tell us about your business in your own words.
At ATM there is never a dull moment. There is always something fishy going on.

What is one fun, unusual fact about your business?
Wayde and Brett also love animals besides fish, so we have lots of cool animals that are friendly and like attention. We get lots of visitors and fans that come to visit us from all over the world. If you are lucky, you may even be able to get a picture with your favorite Tanked cast member. We sell T-shirts and you can get them personally autographed.

Is there anything else you want to add that we didn't cover?
We give VIP all-access tours of our facility and office with the chance to possibly meet cast members from our television show Tanked on Animal Planet. Please call and schedule ahead for best chance, as they travel a lot to film. We have all kinds of friendly animals that roam ATM: birds, Porky the pig, Tiger the cat, lots of fish, and reptiles. You will hear about how Brett and Wayde started ATM and how they landed a TV show.

You can stand right up against the Tanked Aquarium at watch more than 4, 000 tropical fish and three species of sting rays and sharks in the Tanked Aquarium. There are interactive feeding shows during the day.

We were inspired to set up a fish tank after watching the show. During our visit to Las Vegas we were so excited to see the Tanked Aquarium at the Silverton Casino.


Reservations/Appointments: Vegas Tanked Tour Required
Established: 1990
Staff Size: 25–50 people
Average Duration of Services: 30 Minutes or Less
Parking: Parking lot
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Recommended Age Group: All Ages
Pro Tip: Call in advance to schedule due to production filming schedule. Bring your camera and a stroller for kids.
Most Popular Attraction/Offering: Meet Brett and Wayde from Tanked.

Q&A with the Tour Guide
Tell us about your business in your own words.
At ATM there is never a dull moment. There is always something fishy going on.

What is one fun, unusual fact about your business?
Wayde and Brett also love animals besides fish, so we have lots of cool animals that are friendly and like attention. We get lots of visitors and fans that come to visit us from all over the world. If you are lucky, you may even be able to get a picture with your favorite Tanked cast member. We sell T-shirts and you can get them personally autographed.

Is there anything else you want to add that we didn't cover?
We give VIP all-access tours of our facility and office with the chance to possibly meet cast members from our television show Tanked on Animal Planet. Please call and schedule ahead for best chance, as they travel a lot to film. We have all kinds of friendly animals that roam ATM: birds, Porky the pig, Tiger the cat, lots of fish, and reptiles. You will hear about how Brett and Wayde started ATM and how they landed a TV show.

Reservations/Appointments: Vegas Tanked Tour Required
Established: 1990
Staff Size: 25–50 people
Average Duration of Services: 30 Minutes or Less
Parking: Parking lot
Handicap Accessible: Yes

Recommended Age Group: All Ages
Pro Tip: Call in advance to schedule due to production filming schedule. Bring your camera and a stroller for kids.
Most Popular Attraction/Offering: Meet Brett and Wayde from Tanked.

Q&A with the Tour Guide
Tell us about your business in your own words.
At ATM there is never a dull moment. There is always something fishy going on.

What is one fun, unusual fact about your business?
Wayde and Brett also love animals besides fish, so we have lots of cool animals that are friendly and like attention. We get lots of visitors and fans that come to visit us from all over the world. If you are lucky, you may even be able to get a picture with your favorite Tanked cast member. We sell T-shirts and you can get them personally autographed.



Is there anything else you want to add that we didn't cover?
We give VIP all-access tours of our facility and office with the chance to possibly meet cast members from our television show Tanked on Animal Planet. Please call and schedule ahead for best chance, as they travel a lot to film. We have all kinds of friendly animals that roam ATM: birds, Porky the pig, Tiger the cat, lots of fish, and reptiles. You will hear about how Brett and Wayde started ATM and how they landed a TV show.

Check out an amazing aquariums. This is a compilation I have created with some of the best planted fish tanks I have ever seen. Very well done to the artists Wayde and Brett, and very nice effort for making such beautiful tanks. I enjoyed watching every episode.

Do I have to purchase tickets in advance?

Following the familiar arc of reality home shows, the drama on “Tanked” is fueled by design complications and tight deadlines, and feels a bit whipped up for the cameras. But Mr. King and Mr. Raymer have been in business for 14 years, and they know their puffers from their angelfish. They make entertaining guides to the world of aquarium building, with its delicate balance of aquatic science, design and construction. Mr. King recently spoke with a reporter about the show. Is Las Vegas a good city to be in if you build aquariums?



We’re in the middle of the desert, so at first, no, it wasn’t. But a lot of the casinos wanted to do something more spectacular than the average aquarium. They would call us and say, “Can this be done?” We’ve done stuff for Caesars, Mirage, MGM. showing off a new fish tank that will be created on the Animal Plant Show “Tanked.”  This tank will be located at the new Port Bressi Ranch location and the TV show airs on June 10th on Animal Planet

When Animal Planet's third season of Tanked airs next spring, one location might look familiar. It's the rolling hills of east Pasco and Saint Leo University.

 But the plot centers not on the landscape but on the 2,100 gallon saltwater aquarium that has been built in a new residence hall known for now as Building No. 5. The circumstances surrounding how the private Catholic university scored a state-of-the-art aquarium and a spot on the reality show featuring the antics of the family business Acrylic Tank Manufacturers have been kept secret.

So has the price of the tank, which will feature lion fish in homage to the school mascot, the Lion.

showing off the fermentation fish tank that will be created on the Animal Plant Show “Tanked.”  This tank will be located at the new Port Bressi Ranch location and the TV show airs on May 10th on Animal Planet

Animal Planet's 'Tanked' star Brett Raymer, at right, oversees installation of a fish tank at All Star wines at Latham Farms, New York.

All Star Wine & Spirits in Latham is getting tanked but not in the way you're probably thinking. The store is making its debut on Animal Planet’s TV show “Tanked." The show's hosts built customized extreme aquarium tanks that hold over 50,000 gallons. The pair travelled all the way to the Capital Region this week from LA to install a unique fish tank for All Star Wine & Spirits. The store celebrated the tank unveiling Friday with a “Wine Under the Sea” fish-themed wine tasting. The episode featuring All Star Wine & Spirits is expected to air this spring.

The stars of the show native Long Islanders and brothers-in-law Wayde King and Brett Raymer installed the aquarium at the hospital during three days last month.

Their Las Vegas-based Acrylic Tank Manufacturing has designed and built more than 10,000 aquariums during the past 16 years.

Through four seasons of the series, which they pitched to the cable network, King and Raymer have become known for one-of-a-kind custom creations that can carry six-figure price tags.

The cost of a 75,000-gallon tank for a Dallas megachurch: $4 million.

Wayde and Brett like to have their share of fun, but working in the world of aquarium building is serious business and really hard work! Between meeting the expectations of their ever-demanding clients on unbelievable deadlines to the complexities of creating a piece of aquarium art that’s
functional and beautiful, Wayde and Brett have their hands full.

The duo thrives on humor and has learned to laugh along with the colorful cast of characters who make up the ATM family. Truly a family affair, they are joined by Heather, Wayde's wife and Brett's sister; Brett and Heather's father, Irwin, known as "The General"; Robbie "Redneck," Agnes and a
crafty team of designers, engineers, installers, cleaners and builders - creating one big, bold and dysfunctional enterprise.

As co-owners of Las Vegas-based Acrylic Tank Manufacturing (ATM), one of the country's leading and most successful builders of aquariums and two of Sin City's most imaginative businessmen, Wayde and Brett are tasked with building some of the biggest and most awe-inspiring tanks and aquariums for top celebrities, luxury hotels, Fortune 500 businesses, private homes and millionaire homeowners.

These enormous and ingeniously designed tanks are filled with amazing aquatic wildlife from around the world. Not only do Wayde and Brett build tanks in Las Vegas, the team's clients are all across the country.

Wayde and Brett create and install complex tanks at an array of locations including a nail salon, a miniature golf course, furniture and appliance stores, offices, hotels, casinos, colleges and universities, and bars and restaurants. ATM takes on more than 200 projects every year with tanks

ranging from 50 to 50,000 gallons in size. They build tanks for celebrities, businesses and average Joes, and their aquariums and their businesses are filled with the most exotic, unusual, colorful and dangerous fish in the world.

The 3,500 pound RV aquarium, custom-built for Tanked, definitely surpasses anything that we could have envisioned," says Michael Walker, Marketing Director for Johnnie Walker RV's and great-grandson of the company's founder. "We are honored to be the first family-owned RV business to be featured on Tanked! This has been a great way to celebrate 50 years of our family's business,

Being featured on Tanked was a huge treat and a fun celebration of 50 years of the family’s business and it has opened some fantastic doors for the company,” says Michael Walker, Marketing Director for Johnnie Walker RV’s and great-grandson of the company’s founder. “It was great to be invited to First Friday, something my family has been attending for years, but we got to meet some great people who could turn into future happy campers! First Friday has always been a great event, and we are honored that Tanked thought to include us.”

The Johnnie Walker RV’s aquarium was creatively integrated into an Econ travel trailer, furnished by Pacific Coachworks, and was featured in a season four episode, titled “Jurassic Campground,” which debuted on Friday, May 31, 2013. The tank is located in Johnnie Walker RV’s showroom at 4784 Boulder Highway, Las Vegas, Nevada. Members of the media and the general public are invited to view the RV aquarium featured on Tanked and speak with members of the Walker family.

Las Vegas Star Frank Marino, the legendary Las Vegas diva, is no doubt a fishy queen, but now he has literally gone fishy on an episode of Animal Planet’s fish tank series ‘Tanked.’ Watch Frank, and his cast of Las Vegas celebrity impersonators, help out a his friends build a fierce fish tank for their Vegas bedding store.

At 7'1" and 324 lbs., Shaquille O'Neal needs to have everything custom made: his cars and motorcycles, even his shoes – which, at size 23, are nearly twice the size of those of other mortals."I'm a big guy,"

the former NBA center tells PEOPLE as he sits in the sprawling kitchen of his Orlando, Florida, home. (Seriously: It's so big, there's even an echo.) "I can't really buy regular things and have them fit," he says. "And I'm a perfectionist. I like things to be done right." So, when O'Neal, 42, wanted a fish tank for the living room of his 8-bedroom, 10½-bathroom residence, he hired the stars of Animal Planet's Tanked to design and custom build a unit. 

TV enthusiasts will spend 30 minutes at each stop, starting with Animal Planet's hit show "Tanked," which dives into the operations of the nation's largest aquarium manufacturing company, Acrylic Tank Manufacturing (ATM).

Overview: Go behind the scenes of the History Channel’s hit show “Pawn Stars” on a 4-hour Las Vegas tour, and visit featured locations such as the Toy Shack, Count's Kustoms, and more. Meet and greet the stars of reality shows, depending on availability.

Their work is customized to fit intricate and interesting locations including restaurants, casinos, banks, hotels, churches, corporate offices, mansions, museums and zoos.

Working with opinionated and outrageous family and staff, including Wayde's wife, Heather, and Brett and Heather's father, "The General", the show reveals the stress, success, and sometimes dysfunction, of a family business that has been running strong for 15 years.

Tanked brings the secrets of the underwater world to the surface with a comedic twist, leaving viewers amazed and enthralled with each project from conception to final reveal.



Kiss will make its Animal Planet debut this week, thanks to a Las Vegas-based cable reality show.

Wayde King and Brett Raymer, owners of Acrylic Tank Manufacturing and the stars of the show "Tanked," set out in this week's episode to create a rock 'n' roll aquarium for Kiss by Monster Mini Golf, a Las Vegas putt-putt facility with a Kiss theme.

The fish tank replicates a mini rock concert and features amplifiers and a light show.

King and Raymer produce distinctive fish tanks for clients around the world. They work out of a 13,000-square-foot facility in Las Vegas.

Following the antics of two brothers-in-law as they run the largest aquarium manufacturing company in the nation, Tanked dunks viewers into the high-decibel, family-owned business of Acrylic Tank Manufacturing (ATM). Led by business partners, best friends and constant rivals Wayde King and Brett Raymer, this 13,000 square foot facility, located in Las Vegas, produces some of the most outrageous, larger-than-life and one-of-a-kind tanks for some of the most striking fish and clients around.

No job is too big, too far, or too outlandish as Wayde and Brett travel the world to make fellow fish enthusiast's dreams of having their own little piece of the ocean a reality.They've created tanks to look like pyramids, spheres, phone booths, cars, kegs, the female anatomy and much more.

Their work is customized to fit intricate and interesting locations including restaurants, casinos, banks, hotels, churches, corporate offices, mansions, museums and zoos. Working with opinionated and outrageous family and staff, including Wayde's wife,

Heather, and Brett and Heather's father,"The General", the show reveals the stress, success, and sometimes dysfunction, of a family business that has been running strong for 14 years. Tanked brings the secrets of the underwater world to the surface with a comedic twist, leaving viewers amazed and
enthralled with each project from conception to final reveal.



Visit featured locations of the History Channel’s mega-hit reality show “Pawn Stars” on a 4-hour behind-the-scenes tour of Las Vegas.

Following a pick-up from Tropicana, Treasure Island, or Circus Circus on the Las Vegas Strip, visit the World Famous Gold and Silver Pawn Shop to see where the boys from “Pawn Stars” buy and sell unique and strange items. Maybe you will meet Rick Harrison, “The Old Man,” “Big Hoss,” or even Austin “Chumlee” Russell.

Go to Rick’s Restoration, site of American Restoration, where Rick Dale and his staff create shiny new treasures out of old items. See automobile restoration and customization activities at Count’s Kustoms, the company owned by Danny Koker, a recurring expert on “Pawn Stars,” and now with his own reality TV show “Counting Cars.”
At the Toy Shack toy store on Fremont Street, you will discover collectible toys that date as far back as the 1920s. Toy Shack’s Johnny Jimenez is the go-to toy expert on “Pawn Stars” for his collectibles knowledge.


Finally, visit Acrylic Tank Manufacturing and follow the operation of 2 brother-in-laws behind the world’s largest manufacturer of customized aquariums, as featured on Animal Planet's “Tanked.

TV enthusiasts will spend 30 minutes at each stop, starting with Animal Planet's hit show "Tanked," which dives into the operations of the nation's largest aquarium manufacturing company, Acrylic Tank Manufacturing (ATM).

Overview:

Go behind the scenes of the History Channel’s hit show “Pawn Stars” on a 4-hour Las Vegas tour, and visit featured locations such as the Toy Shack, Count's Kustoms, and more. Meet and greet the stars of reality shows, depending on availability.



Description:

Visit featured locations of the History Channel’s mega-hit reality show “Pawn Stars” on a 4-hour behind-the-scenes tour of Las Vegas.

Following a pick-up from Tropicana, Treasure Island, or Circus Circus on the Las Vegas Strip, visit the World Famous Gold and Silver Pawn Shop to see where the boys from “Pawn Stars” buy and sell unique and strange items. Maybe you will meet Rick Harrison, “The Old Man,” “Big Hoss,” or even Austin “Chumlee” Russell.

Go to Rick’s Restoration, site of American Restoration, where Rick Dale and his staff create shiny new treasures out of old items. See automobile restoration and customization activities at Count’s Kustoms, the company owned by Danny Koker, a recurring expert on “Pawn Stars,” and now with his own reality TV show “Counting Cars.”

At the Toy Shack toy store on Fremont Street, you will discover collectible toys that date as far back as the 1920s. Toy Shack’s Johnny Jimenez is the go-to toy expert on “Pawn Stars” for his collectibles knowledge.

Finally, visit Acrylic Tank Manufacturing and follow the operation of 2 brother-in-laws behind the world’s largest manufacturer of customized aquariums, as featured on Animal Planet's “Tanked.”
What's Included:

• 4-hour guided tour
• Transportation to and from meeting location
• Bottled water
• Souvenir gift
• Professional guide

What's Not Included:

• Gratuities

Good to Know:

• Please note that the opportunity to meet and greet the shows stars is not guaranteed. Inside tours are dependent on the individual filming schedules of each show

I got a chance to chat with Brett Raymer and he shared with me that they got the show because he put an idea into a script and pitched it to the production company. Just like that they landed this gig and VOILA, instant success!

It was nice to see that even after all of the teams accomplishments and success, they still remain loyal and friendly to their clients, customers and fans! We also recommend checking out their entertaining and family friendly show,

Tanked on Animal Planet ATM is housed in a ”State of the Art” 37,000 sq. ft. facility located in the center of beautiful Las Vegas. Whether it’s a 200 gallon for your living room or a 1,000,000 gallon dolphin holding facility for Sea World, they've done it all!

To Checkout:  Click 'Book Now', choose your desired date, then press CONTINUE for additional pickup locations & times. *Please call for same-day reservations: (702) 804-9755.

Disclaimer: The opportunity to meet and greet the shows stars is not guaranteed.  Inside tours depend upon filming schedule.

Home to the hit show "Tanked" on Animal Planet, Acrylic Tank Manufacturing (ATM) creates larger-than-life custom aquariums and acrylic exhibits for one-of-a-kind clients. 

Visit featured locations of the History Channel’s mega-hit reality show “Pawn Stars” on a 4-hour behind-the-scenes tour of Las Vegas.

Following a pick-up from Tropicana, Treasure Island, or Circus Circus on the Las Vegas Strip, visit the World Famous Gold and Silver Pawn Shop to see where the boys from “Pawn Stars” buy and sell unique and strange items.

Maybe you will meet Rick Harrison, “The Old Man,” “Big Hoss,” or even Austin “Chumlee” Russell.Go to Rick’s Restoration, site of American Restoration, where Rick Dale and his staff create shiny new treasures out of old items.

See automobile restoration and customization activities at Count’s Kustoms, the company owned by Danny Koker, a recurring expert on “Pawn Stars,” and now with his own reality TV show “Counting Cars.”At the Toy Shack toy store on Fremont Street, you will discover collectible toys that date as far back as the 1920s.

Toy Shack’s Johnny Jimenez is the go-to toy expert on “Pawn Stars” for his collectibles knowledge.

Finally, visit Acrylic Tank Manufacturing and follow the operation of 2 brother-in-laws behind the world’s largest manufacturer of customized aquariums, as featured on Animal Planet's “Tanked.”