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