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