Georgia Aquarium - Lots Of Photos And Video Links

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Had a bit of downtime while I was in Atlanta this week so took a trip downtown to visit the aquarium. Never been myself, but heard lots of good things about it and man oh man was I not disappointed. I will say that while the normal tour you do on your own was amazing, the behind the scenes tour this little old lady named Judi gave a couple of us Canadians because we were 'nice people' was out of this world. I guess it normally costs 15 bucks and they take you to a few spots, ole Judi gave us the tour for free and took us deep into the infrastructure.

First up, freshwater

BTW - they make very heavy use of Mangroves in the fresh, brakish and saltwater tanks. I asked why and it is for the same reason we use them, for filtration and for great places for fish to hide and lay eggs.

couple albino crocs

 

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[EricTMah]

Nice.
Ya I'll never run a tank without mangroves.

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Small video of one of the seal tanks. Sorry crappy video, it was humid in the aquarium and the glass was fogged.

 

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The Beluga tank put marine world to shame. watched them for almost an hour playing and blowing bubbles and chasing the bubbles around the tank....very cool

 

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Few from the Penguin tank in the coldwater section

 

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I believe they said they used 2 million pounds of salt in their tank. the tank is so huge, it has a monster manta ray and 4 Whale Sharks in it. I believe the biggest one is 30 ft now if I remember right, when they arrived they were around 12 ft and came from Taiwan.

 

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The acrylic used in the main window is over 2 ft thick.

 

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the acrylic is so thick the camera shots I thought were good are crap - sorry for that.

last few for tonight, have about 200 more and a tonne of behind the scenes videos to share as well

Penguin Exhibit

 

[EricTMah]

Wow.

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[nathan]

Absolutely amazing. .. thank you for sharing those pics... good for you what an awesome opportunity to get behind the scenes of this place

 

[Canadianeh]

I visited it when I used to live in Atlanta. Awesome place and people!

 

[pulpfiction1]

very impressive thx