Phelpsius Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Just got back from a trip to San Francisco to visit my girlfriend. While there we went to the California Academy of Sciences. It's kind of OMSI on steroids. One of the coolest exhibits was there 212,000 (!) gallon coral reef aquarium. It is 25 feet deep and houses life from the coral reefs of the Philippines. Here's a pic: The tank has over 200 species of fish and coral. The diver in the picture (Diver Dave) was able to answer questions via a microphone in his scuba gear. He talked about the different types of coral and fish. Very cool stuff. He said the giant acrylic wall (shown in the picture) was made in Colorado by the only company in the country that could make that size. If you are every in the bay area I recommend you check it out. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 In May the wife and I went down to visit my sister with my parents. We were fortunate enough to have a few hours to go checkout this beautiful place. It is defiantely worth the price and there is much more to see than just the beautiful reef. I would imagine that the reef will be much better looking in the future. They were lacking on the coral and invertibrate side of things by quite a bit. There were definatley lots of fish, some that weren't even "reef safe" lol. I presonally loved their shallow reef section. They had a few different bubble tip anemonies and clowns as well as several different giant clam specie lit by both natural and supplemental artificial light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phelpsius Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Yeah Garrett, there were a lot of great exhibits. I was really impressed with their planetarium. I agree, the shallow reef section was great. Here are a few close ups I took from that section: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef165 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 That is so cool! I want to go down to disenyland next summer, I may need to take a side trip and see this aswell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Wow. I remember those two tanks and they have added a condiderable amount of coral since I was there. Glad to see they aren't nearly as bare as they used to be lol. I actually built my 90g rock pillar modeled after that pillar. I love the look of a pillar in a smaller, taller tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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