Aquarium 2 U

[Sophie Reynolds]

TheFlorida Aquarium, INC. is a 501(C)(3) Not-for-Profit organization and all gifts made to the aquarium are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law. A copy of the official registration and financial information maybe be obtained from the division of consumer services by calling Toll-Free (800-435-7352) within the state or by visiting www.FreshFromFlorida.com. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval or recommendation by the state. Registration number CH1985.

As a teacher I appreciate all the aquarium has done to make learning about the animals easy and engaging for children of all ages. I especially love how flexible they are with designing an experience that meets the specific needs of a group.

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The Board of Directors is dedicated, laser focused, and committed to ensuring that Bay.org / Aquarium of the Bay achieves the highest level of operational excellence and extraordinary animal care through decisive action during this pivotal time.

Working collaboratively with the transition team, we are on an aggressive path to preserve and protect the future of Bay.org and the Aquarium. Pending the results of the forensic audit, the Board expressly reserves all rights to pursue claims against any officer or director who is found to have engaged in financial malfeasance.

Discover the Bay introduces visitors to San Francisco Bay. This gallery highlights animals that are commonly found closest to the shore and near San Francisco docks. Here, guests will find green moray eels, wolf eels, juvenile swell sharks, and the bright orange garibaldi, the marine state fish of California.

Touch the Bay offers two hands-on tactile experiences for Aquarium visitors. Touch juvenile bat rays, skates, sharks, and tidepool inhabitants. The Bay Lab, located in Touch the Bay, features land-dwelling animals that serve as climate change ambassadors

Encounter the amusing antics of the Aquariums furriest residents: the North American river otters. Learn about these amazing animals during special presentations, feedings, and trainings led by Aquarium biologists.

We're always excited to sea you! Membership gives you unlimited admission to the aquarium for an entire year, plus exclusive benefits like skipping the ticket line, discounted guest tickets, special events, on-site purchases, and more. Buy three or more memberships and save 20% on your entire purchase!

Our mission is to provide a world-class experience that fosters the conservation and research of our natural world through environmental education and exceptional animal care, inspiring and providing fun for visitors of all ages through immersive learning and unforgettable experiences.

Come face-to-fin with thousands of fish, sharks, stingrays, sea turtles, and many more. Prepare for a world of glittering scales, humongous tentacles, and razor-sharp teeth. Get ready to plunge deep into the oceans, explore our 360-degree ocean tunnel, meet our friendly rescue sea turtle, and touch exotic starfish and anemones. You can even jump behind the scenes and see all it takes to keep an aquarium running. Buy your tickets online today.

Dive into a fascinating underwater world where imagination meets reality. Explore captivating exhibits of vibrant tropical fish and walk through the only 360-degree ocean tunnel that Florida has to offer.

Make your experience even more unforgettable by visiting the Coastal Rockpool touch tank inside the ICON Park Orlando aquarium. You can learn about the incredible micro-habitats in coastal ecosystems, plus touch invertebrates such as sea stars, anemones, and more amazing creatures!

Immerse yourself in an inspiring journey under the sea at ICON Park, where vibrant marine life comes to life before your eyes. Explore interactive exhibits, learn about delicate and thriving ecosystems, and discover the importance of marine conservation at SEA LIFE Orlando.

Make the most of your visit with our combination tickets, offering you the chance to experience two top attractions at a discounted price. Take a ride on The Orlando Eye and choose to explore either one or two of the following: SEA LIFE or Madame Tussauds.

Among the exhibits featured throughout the aquarium are a wide variety of amphibians, an interactive lorikeet and parakeet aviary, and a variety of cold water and tropical fish. Also, San Antonio Aquarium features sharks, a stingray touch tank, a rainforest with hundreds of reptiles.

Among the exhibits featured throughout the aquarium are a wide variety of amphibians, an interactive parakeet and a separate dove aviary, and a variety of cold water and tropical fish. Also, Austin Aquarium features sharks, a stingray touch tank, a rain forest with hundreds of reptiles and our newest additions to the family, Ring Tail Lemurs and Capybara!

Dive into the oceans of the world to visit to one of the largest aquariums in the Southwest. This 1.5-million-gallon aquarium is teeming with creatures from tuxedo-clad penguins, to seals, sharks, an amazing Jellyfish Gallery and thousands of tropical fish and more with new and interactive opportunities all along the way.

A fun and awe-inspiring experience is wonderfully complemented with conservation messages that underscore the vital importance of the oceans. New exhibits not only inspire visitor interest and empathy, but also connect them to specific ocean habitats. Each ocean exhibit highlights different marine sanctuaries and different aspects of our relationship to the seas.

An aquarium (pl.: aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aquatic reptiles, such as turtles, and aquatic plants. The term aquarium, coined by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse, combines the Latin root aqua, meaning 'water', with the suffix -arium, meaning 'a place for relating to'.[1]

The aquarium principle was fully developed in 1850 by the chemist Robert Warington, who explained that plants added to water in a container would give off enough oxygen to support animals, so long as the numbers of animals did not grow too large.[2] The aquarium craze was launched in early Victorian England by Gosse, who created and stocked the first public aquarium at the London Zoo in 1853, and published the first manual, The Aquarium: An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea in 1854.[2] Small aquariums are kept in the home by hobbyists. There are large public aquariums in many cities. Public aquariums keep fish and other aquatic animals in large tanks. A large aquarium may have otters,[3] dolphins,[4] sharks,[5] penguins,[6][7] seals,[8] and whales.[9] Many aquarium tanks also have plants.

An aquarist owns fish or maintains an aquarium, typically constructed of glass or high-strength acrylic. Cuboid aquaria are also known as fish tanks or simply tanks, while bowl-shaped aquaria are also known as fish bowls. Size can range from a small glass bowl, a few liters in volume, to immense public aquaria of thousands of liters. Specialized equipment maintains appropriate water quality and other characteristics suitable for the aquarium's residents.

In 1369, the Hongwu Emperor of China established a porcelain company that produced large porcelain tubs for maintaining goldfish; over time, people produced tubs that approached the shape of modern fish bowls.[10] Leonhard Baldner, who wrote Vogel-, Fisch- und Tierbuch (Bird, Fish, and Animal Book) in 1666, maintained weather loaches and newts.[11] It is sometimes held that the aquarium was invented by the Romans, who are said to have kept sea barbels in marble-and-glass tanks, but scholars doubt the veracity of this.[12]

In 1832, Jeanne Villepreux-Power, a pioneering French marine biologist, became the first person to create aquaria for experimenting with aquatic organisms. In 1836, soon after his invention of the Wardian case, Dr. Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward proposed to use his tanks for tropical animals. In 1841 he did so, though only with aquatic plants and toy fish. However, he soon housed real animals. In 1838, Flix Dujardin noted owning a saltwater aquarium, though he did not use the term.[13] In 1846, Anne Thynne maintained stony corals and seaweed for almost three years, and was credited as the creator of the first balanced marine aquarium in London.[14][15] English chemist Robert Warington experimented with a 13-gallon container, which contained goldfish, eelgrass, and snails, creating one of the first stable aquaria. The aquarium principle was fully developed by Warington, explaining that plants added to water in a container would give off enough oxygen to support animals, so long as their numbers do not grow too large.[2] He published his findings in 1850 in the Chemical Society's journal.[16]

The keeping of fish in an aquarium became a popular hobby and spread quickly. In the United Kingdom, it became popular after ornate aquaria in cast-iron frames were featured at the Great Exhibition of 1851. In 1853, the aquarium craze was launched in England by Philip Henry Gosse who created and stocked the first public aquarium in the London Zoo which came to be known as the Fish House.[17] Gosse coined the word "aquarium", opting for this term (instead of "aquatic vivarium" or "aqua-vivarium") in 1854 in his book The Aquariums: An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Water.[2] In this book, Gosse primarily discussed saltwater aquaria.[18] In the 1850s, the aquarium became a fad in the United Kingdom.[19]Tank designs and techniques for maintaining water quality were developed by Warington, later cooperating with Gosse until his critical review of the tank water composition. Edward Edwards developed these glass-fronted aquaria in his 1858 patent for a "dark-water-chamber slope-back tank", with water slowly circulating to a reservoir beneath.[20]

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