Georgia Aquarium

[andrew5407]

Stopped by the Georgia Aquarium Sunday. Took the behind-the-scenes tour. Check out some pics of the 165,000-gallon pacific barrier reef exhibit.

 

[andrew5407]

 

[dvmsn]

Wow. Were you impressed with the tank itself?

 

[andrew5407]

The main reef display is impressive. I think in a few years when the corals have grown larger it will be stunning. The tidal pool and mangrove row are an added bonus. Something you would'nt see unless you take the tour.

 

[dvmsn]

I should have taken the back scene tour, but I was with my brother who is not a real big fish guy. I agree that it would be could if it grew in. I though most of the corals looked like they were dying. I have never seen a public aquarium reef tank that impressed me.

 

[andrew5407]

Yeah same here. I’ll give a nod to the Baltimore Aquarium reef display. Most of the time the public aquariums will label a display as “coral reef” only to fill it with replicas. Then on the side they’ll have a small 50 gallon filled with live coral. I guess the true Mecca will be the Waikiki Aquarium in Hawaii. The embedded images show a 280 gallon display from the tour at the Georgia Aquarium.

 

[H2OLUVSME]

The nicest one Ive ever seen was at Sea World. Ill see if I can scrounge up the pics. It was about 10' long or so and had the nicest healthiest corals Ive ever seen in a public aquarium. It had some plate corals that were over a foot across and tons of basketball sized (and a few larger) soft corals.


Nice pics though Andrew. Thanks for sharing them

 

[phishguyatstore]

nice pics like landon said thanks for sharing them. i also agree the tank was not as nice as i thought it could be like ya said though maybe in a couple of years i also thought the crowds sucked. too many poeple. maybe next timei go back take back stage tour i did however like those giant crab that was from japan in the tank with redlights

 

[dvmsn]

Those crabs were cool. I liked the caribbean tank with all the cerub angels.

 

[andrew5407]

Sunday was my second visit. The crowd was a nightmare. I was in ATL for a conference back in May. Skipped out and hit up the aquarium early on a weekday when most schools where still in session. The place was a ghost town. That’s the way to do it. I took my fiancé this time and some displays we had to completely skip because of the mass. The behind the scenes tour was a relief with a total of 7 people. Just as Bruce at Sea Critters told me, the guide was clueless. He had this polished presentation that sounded impressive, but he couldn’t answer any of my questions. At the end he did let us stay over the time limit and watch the feeding of the Whale Sharks which was cool (below) plus the two mermaids in the rafts looked delicious.

 

[phishguyatstore]

wish you had betterpicsof the mermaids would like to see them up close ha ha ha

 

[andrew5407]

um yeah...the photos get reviewed by the o'lady so it probably wouldn't have been in my best interest to do that. would come home to a cracked tank...

 

[phishguyatstore]

yeah brother i hear ya