A Trip To The Georgia Aquarium

[sawickib]

So, just be prepared for a LOT of images, i am sharing it all sadly towards the end my camera died but ill get those pics in a bit, btw there is a LOT of images. So i started the say at 7 a.m. in the morning and dropped my dad off at a meeting while my cousin took me to the aquarium and coca cola museum thing after, it was really boring no photos but Asia had some good products there haha, Africa was disgusting 

 So we got there at 9:30 a.m. and then we looked around a bit and went to some exhibits and then we went to a dolphin show at 11:30 a.m., it was alright kinda cheesy but it was for the children, the dolphins were doing some amazing things though, unfortunately no photos were allowed. Then we spent our time in other exhibits until 2:00 p.m 

and i had a great time. Excuse my photos of the FW fish it was very crowded and that was when my camera was starting to die so i was rushing. Alright ill go on later in the photos haha hope you enjoy!!! 
 
So first tank of the day was kinda cool, it was mainly the garden eels that were cool, it had a cool shadow type deal going on in the back.

 
Raccoon or butterfly fish i believe...

 
The garden eels were cool in this tank they would move their heads down occasionally i believe to simulate a piece of debree on the bottom.

 
This little goby was really cute

 
Next tank, was the 6,000 gallon reef tank i believe, with 100% real live rock through out i think! This tank was really beautiful and led up to kinda beach top kinda thing at the top.

 
Lets start with the corals first! Now i dont know any of their names so just photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sawickib]

Scar from nemo right?


Parrot fish?


No idea, species of wrasse i believe.


One of like 50 yellow tangs.


Lil bittie flame angle.


Lets go jellyfish tanks next, sorry didnt get many good pics of the reef tank, they move fast haha

 

[sawickib]

Ok i dont remember the order anymore haha so im going to keep them same tank random order not that anyone but me would know the difference.
 
Shark eggs.

 
Cuddle fish tank love these things, but the glass was rounded so if they were like a foot away it was blurry.

 

 

 

 

 

 
Lets do the sea horse and sea dragon tanks.

 

 

 

 
These are all over the sea horse tanks, like saw blade fish or something.

 

[sawickib]

Spider crab tank, with these deep water fish that kept moving mixed with the low light made it impossible to get a good picture of them .

 

 

 
The fish tunnel with the all star whale sharks and giant manta rays. Dont know much about the shark species though.

 
Weird shark right next to a giant grouper.

 
Schooling fish of some sort.

 
Close up of those guys with a cleaner wrasse next to it.

 
Manta ray over top.

 
Stingray over top.

 
Whole bunch of fishies.

 

 
Feeding frenzy!

 

 
Theres 3 whale sharks in this tank.

 

 
Saw nose shark, about the size i caught, bigger though.

 
Otters chillen.

 
Alright lettme upload the others my computer messed them up.

 

[Ninjouzata]

I've only been here once and I think I didn't have half as much fun as I would now if I went. I really want to go again! Great pics, can't wait to see the rest Hope you had a great time!

 

[sawickib]

Woops totally missed these but still gotta get the others Awesome catfish not scared at all of people.

 

 
Anemone tank. With clown pair, it was weird i saw i think 3 clowns in this tank.

 

 
This would of been a awesome picture if the fish was better lit up.

 
Yea ninj i loved it! Haha i have a surprise for you hehe
 
Penguin exhibit, one saying hi and i think 2 have a nest not sure.

 

 
Beluga whale, there was i think 4 but i only saw 2.

 

[sawickib]

They had two really nice albino gators.

 
Sturgeon and idk the other.

 
Lionfish were really nice!

 

 

 
Piranha tank, i think ryan keeps these right?

 

 
I got a good pic of this FW tank not the others my bad.

 
Guess i only got the hillstream loaches in this tank.

 
This tank is for ninj! 

 
Peacock gudgeons!

 

Idk what i was doing with the discus tank, it was awesome and i have like no pictures of it. It had about 100 oto cats and they schooled magnificently in large numbers. There was like 3 different types of golden nugget plecos, and large schools of rummie noses and festivums and a whole bunch of stuff.

 
Some of the discus looked really beat up though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sawickib]

Time for taxidermi!!! All of these are real! I will need to get the others off my phone this is where it died lol, this is a penguin cut in half.

 
Some color died fish.

 

 

 
Heres all the crustaceans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Porcupine puffer!

 

 

 
This sunfish was awesome, it would be amazing to swim with one.

 
This is a grouper cut into 4 pieces, the two fillet sides and the top and bottom jaws.

 

 

 

[sawickib]

Baby grouper?

 
Short nosed gar i believe.

 

 
Gills that look like a sad face or a blob fish

 
Severum not a blood parrot!

 
Spadefish i think, not a discus for sure.

 
Stingray!

 
Missed the brackish tank woopsies.

 
More on my phone!

 

[Ninjouzata]

Loving all the pics! Glad you took so many. Was my surprise the peacock gudgeons? 'Cause I love them!!!
I am so upset with myself..I don't think I even looked at the freshwater stuff when I went..is that recent (as in the last 5ish years?). Now I want to go even more!

 

[daizeUK]

The whales are awesome - eww at the taxidermy stuff though!

 

[sawickib]

Loving all the pics! Glad you took so many. Was my surprise the peacock gudgeons? 'Cause I love them!!!

I am so upset with myself..I don't think I even looked at the freshwater stuff when I went..is that recent (as in the last 5ish years?). Now I want to go even more!

 
Yea it was the peacocks I wanted to take so many more but with all the people and the low battery it was impossible. I actually went yesterday haha it was definitely worth going.

The whales are awesome - eww at the taxidermy stuff though!

The whales were really big and it was crazy how big they were, im not sure theyre full grown either, i though the taxidermy stuff was pretty sweet

 

[sawickib]

Cuttle fish! See its lil extensions, thats what they shoot out really fast like a chameleon to catch prey.

 
Heres a angler, its back looked really freaky but didnt get a photo haha or should i say "her" back.

 
This is a big ol squid that i would really not like to meet in the ocean even though its pretty small next to the giant squid.

 
This is a bad picture of a spider crab.

This was a gross looking moray eel.

 
A side pic of the sting ray, you know stingray tastes really weird, kinda like scallops but idk it has its own taste haha.

 
Manta ray!

 
Lil itty bitee octopus.

 

[sawickib]

This looks like a deep water shark, never got the name.

 
Rawr.

 
Another species of cuttlefish.

 
Lil dumbo eared squids haha

 
Prego shark, well was when captured and turned to a statue, i guess this is a species that part takes in live birth.

 

 

 

[Ch4rlie]

Very cool Saw
 
Glad you took the time to upload all these pics.
 
Seems far more interesting than the normal sea life / aquarium centres we have in UK for sure!