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August 22nd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Trip to the San Antonio Zoo..African Cichlid Lovers Paradise!!!!!
We took the kids to the zoo today to check out their new Africa Live! exibit. This thing is awesome. They have a bunch of beautiful displays of Cichlids from lake Tanganik and Malawai. But the coolest thing is the Hippo enclosure. You can go down below and see them swimming under water surrounded by hundreds of the most beautiful cichlids you have ever seen. This trip has truly inspired me to try my had at cichlids as soon as I can get some funds to do it correctly.
Now the pics:
1. The kids in front of the Lake Tanganika Display
2. One of three windows into their gigantic Lake Malawai Display
3. Kids in front of the Hippo enclosure
4. Random Fish
5. Another Randon Fish (I blow at identifying Cichlids..Sorry.)
Last edited by bert2001; August 22nd, 2008 at 07:16 PM.
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August 22nd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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More Pics!!!
Last edited by bert2001; August 22nd, 2008 at 07:20 PM.
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August 22nd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Yet more pics....
1. Beautiful planted tank in their regular aquarium
2. Texas Cichlid
3. Arowanna
4. Tree Frog
5. Monkey
I know the last two arent fish, but I think they are cool pictures anyway and wanted to share.
Last edited by bert2001; August 22nd, 2008 at 07:22 PM.
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August 22nd, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Oh man look at that Frontosa/Gibberosa tank!!  Great pics looks like a great zoo. |
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August 22nd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Lastly, the other kid (A.J.) I couldn't post the a pic of the first two kiddos without posting the last!
Last edited by bert2001; August 22nd, 2008 at 07:24 PM.
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August 22nd, 2008
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Really nice pics, thanks for posting them.
Hmmm a hippo tank, I wonder how many gallons I would need.  |
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August 22nd, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Was this where the episode of Dirty Jobs was filmed? There was one where he was cleaning a hippo tank... and it was filled with african cichlids....
Either way... awesome pictures!
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August 22nd, 2008
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Fish Master
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bert2001
We took the kids to the zoo today to check out their new Africa Live! exibit. This thing is awesome. They have a bunch of beautiful displays of Cichlids from lake Tanganik and Malawai. But the coolest thing is the Hippo enclosure. You can go down below and see them swimming under water surrounded by hundreds of the most beautiful cichlids you have ever seen. This trip has truly inspired me to try my had at cichlids as soon as I can get some funds to do it correctly.
Now the pics:
1. The kids in front of the Lake Tanganika Display
2. One of three windows into their gigantic Lake Malawai Display
3. Kids in front of the Hippo enclosure
4. Random Fish N. Livingstoni
5. Another Randon Fish OB Fuellborni
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Cool shots...I named your random fish.  |
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August 22nd, 2008
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Great pics and Kids 
thanks for sharing.
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August 22nd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mlinden84
Was this where the episode of Dirty Jobs was filmed? There was one where he was cleaning a hippo tank... and it was filled with african cichlids....
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I don't know if this is the same one, it has only been open for a couple of months. But it did need to be cleaned already. There were gigantic, bowling ball sized lumps of Hippo poop rolling around the bottom.
It is very possible it could be though. There are always shows about places in San Antonio on either Discovery or Food Network. They filmed the Snake Farm episode here as well as a few stops on Diner's, Drive-In's, and Dives. Bobby Flay even had a throwdow here.
I also forgot to mention the Crocodille exibit that was the same underground kind of thing. But this one was filled with tons of Congo Tetras, Kribs, and other smaller fish. I couldn't get any decent pics because the glare was something awful. |
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August 22nd, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bert2001
I don't know if this is the same one, it has only been open for a couple of months. But it did need to be cleaned already. There were gigantic, bowling ball sized lumps of Hippo poop rolling around the bottom.
It is very possible it could be though. There are always shows about places in San Antonio on either Discovery or Food Network. They filmed the Snake Farm episode here as well as a few stops on Diner's, Drive-In's, and Dives. Bobby Flay even had a throwdow here.
I also forgot to mention the Crocodille exibit that was the same underground kind of thing. But this one was filled with tons of Congo Tetras, Kribs, and other smaller fish. I couldn't get any decent pics because the glare was something awful.
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Turns out the Dirty Jobs episode was filmed at the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ.
 Both are too far away for me to visit any time soon. Too bad, judging by the pictures, that place looks amazing!!! |
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