Wanted to share some pics + vids from The Aquarium of the Pacific

[Ben_1313]

Hi everyone! Just wanted to share some pics and videos of my recent trip to The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA.

First for the videos:
These are Giant Flashlight fish, you'll see why they're called that when you watch the video.


Jellyfish Tank


The large Blue Cavern Exhibit. Sorry for the weird music, it's loud there and this is less distracting.


Comb Jellyfish


Shark eggs nearly ready to hatch from a GREAT tour guide. If you ever visit I really recommend paying extra for the behind the scenes tour.


As for pics:
This is the pest pic I could get of their cryptic Clarion...pretty fish in person

Cool (I think) motion pic of some anthias

Copperband, sadly it seemed like most, if not all, of their hard coral was gone or on it's way out

Cold water anem

Another cold water anem

Jellies

Cold water Rock fish

Group shot

 

[Ben_1313]

Okay, now for the behind the scenes stuff

Seahorse prop.

Phyto culture for various purposes around the aquarium

Convenient way to feed the Bat Rays

Sea Kraits log- wish I got a better look, I'm sure we could all learn something from their documentation

Filtration out back

Mix of 1000W 10k and 14k Hamilton's. Imagine the electric bill just for this large tank...

I hope you enjoy! :beer: