gmann21193

just got back from Sea World San Diego today. They had an amazing freshwater fish exhibit. Huge tanks. And the cool thing was... i knew about almost all the species. I was explaning to my friends about the different fish lol. But yea the exhibit was really neat. I could spend hours in there. Some of the tanks were so wierd as to the point where you couldnt understand how they worked. and they also had a huge river simulation tank with HUGE GOLDEN TROUT in it. How the do you keep golden trout in a fish tank? let alone trout? amazing stuff....

Jim

I've been to Sea World in Orlando... it was awesome... some day I'd like to see the one in San Diego... my sister lives out there so maybe I'll visit it eventually.

sirdarksol

I've also been to Sea World in Orlando.

Regarding the trout, you said it yourself. The exhibit is huge. As long as they create a brisk water movement, the fish will be happy. Trout tend to find a relatively small stretch of stream and hang out there until they have to move (to find better water or feeding). As the aquarium staff can make sure that the quality of that "spot on the river" will remain good, the trout will never even feel the need to move from it.

gmann21193

thats cool. I want a Rainbow Trout tank. lol just kidding. talk about maintenance

COBettaCouple

maybe sea world could start renting rooms in the aquarium building.

gmann21193

that would be awesome.... lol. Would if you could like adopt a fish and get it named and such and then you could go visit your fishy. lol. and then you get a picture with it

youngest-fish-nerd

seaworld sd is great,
the trout were huge,
and the tanks were weird,
the one with archers was hard to get a pic,
did you see the tank with the biggins?
like peacock bass and silver arowanna?
and like 2 foot pacus and giant guarimiss**?
over crowded but nice,
its my favorite park just b/c the freshwater exibit.
did you see those 5' aligator gar?

gmann21193

i saw everything! I agree with you. The freshwater exhibit made the whole park awesome. even more so because i knew SO MUCH ABOUT ALMOST EVERY TYPE OF FISH THERE! i was like teaching my friends about everything lol. yea that monster tank was overcrowded but it was still cool. I liked the huge neon school and the butterfly fish. The crayfish and pirahnas were tight too. I think the best part was when a little 5 year old girl saw a baby pacu and asked her dad "can we get that fishy for our bowl so he can be friends with Bingo the goldfish?" I walked up to her and said " Now little girl is your bowl 300 Gallons?" and her dad gave me a dirty look. lmao it was priceless.

jpunk9

I live in San Diego and go to Sea World all the time. I love that exhibit. When I go I spend the most time in the aquariums. The freshwater one is nice because it is never too crowded and you can spend time there. Now that I set up a tank i want to go and check it out again. I'm just worried i will want all the fish in there. HAha. I am already wanting tooo many

Sabi

Sry to butt in, but can you tell tell me whats the name of the fish in your avatar, gmann?!

gmann21193

Its a German Blue Ram, a peaceful cichlid.

For more on this fish, go to http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...fm?pCatId=1084

wow... I sound like a computer adverstisement haha

atmmachine816

I've never been to those sea worlds but I used to go to the one in Cleveland. It was really nice, it had a huge shark tank where the sharks swam over and around you, really cool. Sounds like the one you went to is really nice too.

vin

The Boy Scouts actually have sleepovers in the Mystic Aquarium here in CT.....You spend the night sleeping with the fishes, just like Luca Brazzi...... My son did it with his pack last spring...They have educational workstations throughout the building. Then lights out with the fishes...

COBettaCouple

yea, i think they all must have the shark tunnels.. hey -- that's a great idea for that dream house with a tank that big in one of the rooms.

youngest-fish-nerd

hahha,
im a little old but for that i would join the boyscouts,
i wish i could be 5 years old again,
wow ten years back
so much i could fix,
oops,
i better stop be for i degress any more,
tell you son he's lucky

Sabi

We have a place called Usharka and it something like you ppls sea world. Only went there once though...
And thanks for the name Gmann!

Carillon

I hesitate to do this, since it will only give you ideas ... but just look at this! Absolutely blew my mind when I read it a while back.

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.u...article_id=586

sirdarksol

I don't miss the Boy Scouts. That was nothing but macho male posturing. Our age group (don't remember what that grouping was called) was horribly picked on by the rest of the troop, even when we weren't the youngest. We were tormented during camping trips. Eventually, most of us just left the troop. A couple years later, some of the others started up their own troop, but I had been so burned by the situation that I just didn't feel like going back.

Cub Scouts, on the other hand, was a lot of fun.

And regarding the home with the aquarium wall, did anybody else notice that the article is in an e-zine called Practical Fishkeeping?

vin

Hmm...Generally the same group moves up from cubs to webelos to boy scouts...Most of the older kids in our pack are pretty good about how the younger scouts are treated.

sirdarksol

Yeah, we did the same thing. The same kids who were wolf, bear, and webelos with me were then in my part of the troop. For the most part, we got along great. The guys who were Boy Scouts when we were still Cub Scouts started picking on us right away though, and since the Troop leader was the father of one of them and didn't do anything about it, the rest of the Troop joined in pretty quickly.

vin

That can definitely ruin things fast...I quit cub scouts as a kid becuase our pack was so misbehaved that we weren't allowed to do anything....No outings, nothing....That can cause a kid to become uninterested very fast....Which I did so I quit.

Fish Fry

I was never to sea world in San Diego but i used to go to Sea World in Orlando and in Aurora Ohio (it's no longer there replaced by Giaga Lake) both were amazing.

Shrimpy

I have never been to Seaworld myself, but I heat it's great