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
Moody Gardens Filtration
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- Fuzzy Mushrooms
Fuzzy Mushrooms
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- Stonefish
Stonefish
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- Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
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- Moody Gardens Filtration
Moody Gardens Filtration
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- Turtle in South Pacific Aquarium
Turtle in South Pacific Aquarium
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- Caribbean Gorgnia
Caribbean Gorgnia
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- Frogspawn
Frogspawn
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- Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
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- Anemone Display Tank
Anemone Display Tank
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- Soft Coral Reef Tank
Soft Coral Reef Tank
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- Kenya Tree Coral
Kenya Tree Coral
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- Bottom of South Pacific Exhibit
Bottom of South Pacific Exhibit
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- The AquaNerd Behind the Scenes
The AquaNerd Behind the Scenes
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- Pearly Jawfish
Pearly Jawfish
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- Moody Gardens Penguin Exhibit
Moody Gardens Penguin Exhibit
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- Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
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- Fish Feeding Schedule
Fish Feeding Schedule
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- Blue Striped Pipefish
Blue Striped Pipefish
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- Large Display Reef Aquarium
Large Display Reef Aquarium
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- Moody Gardens Filtration Display
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- Moody Gardens Filtration
Moody Gardens Filtration
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- Large RK2 Protein Skimmer
Large RK2 Protein Skimmer
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- Striped Shrimpfish
Striped Shrimpfish
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- Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
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- Moody Gardens Filtration
Moody Gardens Filtration
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- Moody Gardens
Moody Gardens Aquarium Exhibit
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- Sea Lion Skeleton
Sea Lion Skeleton
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- Turtle in South Pacific Aquarium
Turtle in South Pacific Aquarium
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- Moody Gardens Behind the Scenes
Moody Gardens Behind the Scenes
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- Moody Gardens Filtration
Moody Gardens Filtration
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- Moody Gardens Tour
Moody Gardens Tour
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- Coldwater Anemone Aquarium
Coldwater Anemone Aquarium
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- Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
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- Moody Gardens Filtration
Moody Gardens Filtration
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- Surge Device Over Coral Tank
Surge Device Over Coral Tank
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- Huge Anemone Tank
Huge Anemone Tank
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- Frag Tank
Frag Tank
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- Moody Gardens Filtration
Moody Gardens Filtration
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- Softy Reef Tank
Softy Reef Tank
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- Zebra Shark Egg
Zebra Shark Egg
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- Biologist Killing Aiptasia
Biologist Killing Aiptasia
