GA Aquarium

[Friendly]

Just last week I went to the Georgia aquarium, and I took some pics. I thought I should share with you guys.

This is a Cownose Ray at the touch pool.
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fishpictures/data/500/medium/DSCN0013.JPG

I forgot what this fish was. Sorry.
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This grouper just swam up to the glass. Very cool fish.
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fishpictures/data/500/medium/DSCN0153.JPG

And here is one of the Whale Sharks: Alice. Sorry I couldn't get the head in.
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fishpictures/data/500/medium/DSCN0154.JPG

I have a whole thing load of pictures, because of the 4 pics per post thing I can't post them all. You can check out the rest of the pics in my photo gallery, though. Thanks for looking.

[Northernguy]

It looks like an awesome place to visit.I always wanted to go there!
I would like it to be my next tank!lol
Thanks for sharing!

[cer]

I think that it is sad to keep that size of a shark in captivity.

[AABatteries]

I think that it is sad to keep that size of a shark in captivity.
They have 3 in a tank in China, right now they're babies, but they're going to keep them there their whole lives. They're in a tank that is almost 2 million gallons. The 4 in the GA Aquarium are better off than the 3 in China.

[Northernguy]

CER they take so much care in keeping those fish! Its a truely amazing place to see.I have seen all the documentries including the one where they transfered the whales there.Its was amazing.

[cer]

I know. You know they can get up to 49 feet.

[Brookfish]

Awesome fish, thanks for sharing Friendly.thumbs2:

[Friendly]

I think that it is sad to keep that size of a shark in captivity.

The size of that tank is enough to keep 6 whale sharks alive, and happy (says the guide). That's pretty big, cer. If you ever have the chance to take a trip to Georgia Northernguy, I would really recommend going to the aquarium, very big, and cool.

[troy]

Wonderful pictures!:19:

[Friendly]

Thanks troy!

Here are some of my favorite pictures.

I think this was a moon jelly.
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fishpictures/data/500/medium/DSCN0210.JPG

A sea nettle.
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Did you know the Georgia Aquarium is the only one out of four aquariums to have a Manta Ray. Two being in Japan, and one in the bermudas. Pretty cool.
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fishpictures/data/500/medium/DSCN0175.JPG

I'd like to say that is Mackerel, but maybe not.
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fishpictures/data/500/medium/DSCN0003.JPG

[Brookfish]

More great pics, looks like you had a great day out!

[Friendly]

It was an awesome day Brookfish, I was like a little kid in a candy store :19:

[Brookfish]

It was an awesome day Brookfish, I was like a little kid in a candy store :19:

I bet you were, I have a bud lives in Atlanta, he's always on about
the Aquarium and the great zoo they have, one of these days i'm
gonna go visit him and check both places out for myself.thumbs2:

[Red]

Thats awesome, i was thinking about taking a trip there this summer. You know i am on the fence about keeping them in captivity but we wont discuss this hear.

[Friendly]

Yeah, you should really go visit. And sometime in 2010, they'll open up a whole new dolphin exhibit, it's really big, bigger than the whale shark exhibit. So, be sure to check that out too.

[Shea]

wow. killer pics! I was up in the area not to long ago for a smokey mountain trip. I wanted to take a day and go to Atlanta to see the aquarium in person but never got to :(

I want to visit there at least one time.....

[Ellen4God]

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing. Mackerals (if those fish are mackerals...) are pretty ugly!! lol

[Shea]

FYI.....those are Jacks not mackeral

[Friendly]

Thats awesome, i was thinking about taking a trip there this summer. You know i am on the fence about keeping them in captivity but we wont discuss this hear.

Yeah, I know. Captivity is nothing compared to the actual ocean. But the good thing about it was that two of the whale sharks were rescued, heard it in a documentary. I think one was captured in a net, and one was in an amusment park (or maybe that was the beluga). Not trying to start up a disscussion, just stating a factoid :)

[Ellen4God]

FYI.....those are Jacks not mackeral

The Jacks are ugly then. :]

[Friendly]

FYI.....those are Jacks not mackeral

Thanks for that, I knew it wasn't mackerel, because they usually had pointier snouts, or maybe I thought those were tunas. But then again tunas are like five feet. You guys are going to have to forgive me, I can name almost all the freshwater fish, but Shea will have to help me with the marine fish.

[Ellen4God]

Tuna fish are like five feet? Wow! Thought they were tiny little squirts of a fish. lol

[Friendly]

Tuna fish are like five feet? Wow! Thought they were tiny little squirts of a fish. lol

Yeah! I know right Ellen, amazing how they can fit 5 feet worth of fish in a can, right!

All jokes aside, though, at first I was amazed tuna were that big. I saw a picture once of my friend going fishing in the pacific. I thought he caught a world record tuna... but turns out the majority of the tuna are that big. Bummer, right.

[Red]

The one fish you dont no (in the first set of pictures) is some kind of trigger fish..

[korith]

Georgia aquarium is pretty cool, I should post up the pics I took there. I wish I had gone by myself though, kept getting rushed by the people I went with. I think I could have spent the whole day there.

[Friendly]

The one fish you dont no (in the first set of pictures) is some kind of trigger fish..

Yeah might've been a grey trigger fish.


I think I could have spent the whole day there.

Yeah I know, it's an amazing place.