Moody Gardens Aquarium Exhibit
My local aquarium club, MARSHReef, got to take a behind the scenes tour of the Aquarium Pyramid at Moody Gardens. The tour was nice, but nothing new for me since I worked there in college. The display tanks weren’t in the greatest shape, but we have to remember that Moody Gardens and the entire southeast Houston area was devastated by Hurricane Ike about a year and a half ago. In fact, some of the exhibits haven’t even opened back up yet. On the trip, we visited the penguin exhibit, the aquarium’s filtration systems, and pretty much every place off limits to the general public.
All in all though, the trip was fun. I go to meet fellow marine biologists, go a few places I’ve never been before (at this particular facility), and got to hang out with aquarium keeping friends.
We took a ton of pictures, but not all of them turned out that great…and some where just of people, which is boring to look at. But see our gallery below:
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Moody Gardens Filtration
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Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
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Moody Gardens Penguin Exhibit
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Surge Device Over Coral Tank
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Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
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Moody Gardens
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Zebra Shark Egg
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Moody Gardens Filtration
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Fuzzy Mushrooms
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Frogspawn
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Turtle in South Pacific Aquarium
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Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
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The AquaNerd Behind the Scenes
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Stonefish
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Moody Gardens Filtration
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Huge Anemone Tank
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Biologist Killing Aiptasia
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Fish Feeding Schedule
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Caribbean Gorgnia
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Bottom of South Pacific Exhibit
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Anemone Display Tank
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Pearly Jawfish
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Striped Shrimpfish
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Blue Striped Pipefish
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Sea Lion Skeleton
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Large RK2 Protein Skimmer
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Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
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Frag Tank
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Softy Reef Tank
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Moody Gardens Filtration
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Soft Coral Reef Tank
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Large Display Reef Aquarium
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Coldwater Anemone Aquarium
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Moody Gardens Tour
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Moody Gardens Filtration
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Moody Gardens Filtration
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Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
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Moody Gardens Filtration
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Moody Gardens Behind the Scenes
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Kenya Tree Coral
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Turtle in South Pacific Aquarium