Atlantis Marine (Riverhead Long Island)Pic Intense

[chrisqueenz]

Well, took a trip back home to the city this wknd and finally fot around to checking out Atlantis Marine out in Long Island. What a place! I have quite a few pics to share, so please be patient as I upload them on this thread at random

As you enter, you encounter the lagoon. Striped bass, Tarpon, dogface sharks, flounders, few more cant remember

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Ciclid tank

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120,000 Gallon Atlantis Exhibit

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[chrisqueenz]

120,000 Continued

120,000 Continued

The sharks here get fed pretty well!

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They had a few Purple tangs, Yellow tangs, Queen Angels,Scopas tangs, in this large exhibit

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[chrisqueenz]

Continued

Continued

Forgot the name of this saltwater exhibit

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Freshwater Stingray (Sorry for the bad pics)

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[chrisqueenz]

Anemone Tank

Anemone Tank

Some of these anemones were over 2ft!

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Agressive Tank

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Piranha Tank

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Tired, will upload about another 50pics tmw, I have lots of pics of their 20,000 Gallon reef tank. Here is a teaser pic

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[Jacwil]

Great stuff Chris...can't wait to see more! Thx for sharing!

 

[wah-zoh]

cool!!! cant wait to see the reef pics

 

[museumguy]

The unnamed salt water exhibit is a cold water kelp bed tank. Very neat setup, and apparently very difficult to maintain since I was told that kelp is surprisingly difficult to grow in captivity.

The freshwater tank with the rays is 99% donated fish that outgrew their previous owner's tank.

I believe the shark we donated to them now resides in the big Atlantis exhibit, though it may have been moved to the outdoor scuba diving tank.

Chris, did you get to meet any of the staff or see anything behind the scenes?

-Tad

 

[dreaminmel]

Agree, great pics and can't wait to see more!

 

[chrisqueenz]

Unfortunately I didn't. I am returning in a few weeks for a behind the scenes tour. I was actually trying to spot our "Rochester native" shark in the 120,000 or the Snorkling pool but had no such luck. I am hoping to meet Joe "fish", (curator of the reef tank) for my next visit

 

[chrisqueenz]

Cuttle fish Exhibit

Cuttle fish Exhibit

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Seahorse exhibit

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They had a few horshoe crabs in there

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Do you see anything?

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Cold water Octopus tank

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[chrisqueenz]

Jellyfish Exhibit

Jellyfish Exhibit

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Scorpian fish Exhibit (I think)

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Tube Anemones--Colors were incredible

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[chrisqueenz]

Sharke Eggs

Sharke Eggs

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Lung fish

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Feeding the Stingrays

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My wife & son feeding the rays
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[chrisqueenz]

Interactive Wading pool

Interactive Wading pool

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Caught right off the Long Island sound

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Just behind the Aquarium

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Snorkling pool

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[chrisqueenz]

Snow crab (I think)

Snow crab (I think)

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Rescued turtles from New Jersey and New York

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Clown babies (bred at the Aquarium)

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Research tank for the creatures that end up in long Island for the summer months by the current. This here is really cool, you would never think certain fish make it up this far North but you will be surprised.

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Will return in a bit with Reef tanks pics, heres another teaser

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[aww_419]

Hey Chris, those arent snow crabs they are spider crabs and they are a huge nuisance for the fisherman and clammers out on long island.

 

[chrisqueenz]

Thanks aww 419, wasn't sure. They actually had anemones in that tank which was pretty cool

 

[museumguy]

Research tank for the creatures that end up in long Island for the summer months by the current. This here is really cool, you would never think certain fish make it up this far North but you will be surprised.

When I visited last year we had planned to go out collecting but the tides were all wrong for it. But in the few days before I had arrived they had caught many 100's of tropical fish right off the Long Island coast including lionfish, boxfish, clowns, angels and more. Kinda crazy that you can find lionfish off the coast of NY.

Loving these pictures! Keep em coming

 

[chrisqueenz]

Tad that must have been cool! just to have the opportunity to go out collecting with them must have been amazing! They had a few Lionfish that were caught off the Long Island Coast

 

[toddmh]

great stuff..that seems like a awesome place to visit..

love the first ones with the Tarpon area..One thing on my bucket list is to go Tarpon fishing with light gear in the Keys..nothing in the world like it..

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

great stuff so far.....