agsansoo

OK I just got back from the Monterey Bay Aquarium this week and thought I would share some photos.



Large Anemone


Kelp Forest



One million gallon tank


Outside the aquarium

COBettaCouple

I want that tank!!!!

agsansoo

Me too ! The largest tuna in that tank weighs 600 lbs !

lalynya

gEEZ i LIVED in Monterey for about two years and never went to the aquarium..ahh wasted youth

agsansoo

I want to work there ! LOL My luck they would make me clean the filters.

COBettaCouple

LOL.. well, they could make you clean the substrata.. or do a 25% pwc with a bucket.

agsansoo

Or feed the next Great White shark they get in ! (they released the last one, a week before I arrived)

COBettaCouple

LOL.. reminds me of that vid with the janitor who breaks the glass on the tank with a great white in it.

theyellowdartmti

I wonder how long it took to cycle that million gallon tank...

Thats really amazing, a million gallons is the most I've ever heard of. Has anyone here ever seen anything larger?

Oil_Fan

I just checked on the aquarium here in Atlanta and it houses a 6 million gallon SW tank which includes whale sharks and such. To quote from their website:

This exhibit was specially designed to house whale sharks, the largest fish species in the world. Schools of predatory trevally jacks, squadrons of small and large stingrays, enormous goliath grouper and hammerhead sharks all ply the waters of this captive ocean habitat containing more than six million gallons of saltwater. With 4,574 square feet of viewing windows, a 100-foot-long underwater tunnel, 185 tons of acrylic windows and the second largest viewing window in the world at 23 feet tall by 61 feet wide and 2 feet thick, visitors will have multiple opportunities to view all of these magnificent animals. No other aquarium in the world has ever attempted to manage the variety and size of fish in this major exhibit.

It is truly amazing to walk through that tunnel they have and watch the various fish swim above you!!

sirdarksol

I love the huge aquariums. Of course, the claustrophobia doesn't help in those tubes, but they're still beautiful to walk through.
I'd go for feeding a great white shark, as long as they actually give me something to feed it.

COBettaCouple

Very cool! I'll have to check that out next time I'm in Atlanta. What part of the city is it in?

Mike

Wow! Great pics, thanks for posting them. I'd love to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium someday.

I recently read an autobiography by David Powell called "A Fascination for Fish". Powell was one of the original planners/directors for the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Great book to read if you're interested in fish.

Oil_Fan

The Atlanta Aquarium is right in downtown. Near CNN and in the same lot as World of Coke. Pretty easy to get to. But I would suggest buying the tickets in advance.

offminded

We're taking a trip to the aquarium this summer...i'll post some pics of it as well!

Oil_Fan

Didn't even think of it. I have some good pics from the last time I was there during Thanksgiving last year. I'll post them when I get home from work...if I ever get out of here!!

offminded

awesome...can't wait

Oil_Fan

Here are my pics from the Atlanta Aquarium:

I'm not sure on all of these but I'll put down if I remember what they are.






I believe this is a grouper.




I think this is one of their whale sharks.