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Tyler Stewart 
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 12:43pm |
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Has anybody ever been to this aquarium? It is in Long Beach CA. I am heading to CA in two weeks and was thinking about going there. Anybody have other suggestions as well?
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 12:46pm |
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I have. The aquarium is okay. It really depends on what displays they have going at the time.
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 12:54pm |
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I have been there also.. Like Jake said, Its "ok". On my 1 -10 aquarium
scale I'd give it a 6 with one point for it being so new.
While on the topic ... What aquariums have people been to and what are
the best? I hit aquariums everytime I travel and would love to know
which ones not to miss!
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 12:56pm |
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I was there shortly after they opened up (6 or so yrs ago). Their live reef displays were lacking, but the ray petting pool and large big fish display were nice. I've since heard that they've upgraded the reef stuff to be pretty nice.
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 1:08pm |
I was there two years ago and I thought it was well worth going to. I thought it was a lot nicer than Scripps in San Diego. But hey, I would go to both again... 
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 1:09pm |
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Its been a while since i have been there, but I remember the Monterey
Bay aquarium being really good. A few years ago I went to the
aquarium on New Orleans, and that was good, but a little small.
Also the newer one in Maui was neat but it was mostly dedicated to the
indigenous fish and life found in Hawaii, which you could see better by
diving (which I did and it was awesome!) They also have a tunnel
made of acrylic (super thick acrylic that is) that the sharks, rays and
fish could swim around while you were in it.. again kinda neat to see
that. I guess I liked it more than many people would because i
have this weird fascination with green sea turtles...
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 1:13pm |
I just went to the National Aquarium in Baltimore last week. It's
one of the better ones. It has a great shark display and on of
the best ray displays. It also has one large SeaHorse tank thank rivals
anything Scripts has. It has a 200g tall cyclinder tank that had
a herd of 15-20 giants yellow and reds hippos?. The water column
was milky with all the baby seahorses swimming around. Suzy would have
loved it.
For sps, its hard to beat the Honlulu Aquarium, their
outsite grow tank in pretty amazing and of course their giant
clams. If your ever up in Seattle it has a sleeper of an
aquarium. Doesn't look like much on the outside but great
displays inside.
And last and definitley least is the "National Aquarium" in DC. I
posted once that its like going to our fairground and looking at the
trout tanks
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 1:22pm |
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I was going to go there, but ended up not. Spent too much time in
catalina. They just opened some cool exhibits from what I understand...
Deep water, and wierd stuff.
I guess the best aquariums (US) are in chicago, is that true?
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 1:40pm |
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I didn't really like the "Shed" aquarium in Chicago. It was kinda old.
Of course I judge on their sps tanks. The New Jersey
aquarium across the river from Philadelphia is also nice.
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 2:27pm |
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Kahuna - where have you been? We've missed you!
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 7:03pm |
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I liked it a lot. There were only two reef tanks, but they are
well-maintained. The weedy and leafy sea dragon exhibits were
second to none. You'll have a good time there.
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 7:50pm |
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I'll put in another vote for Monterey Bay as being a good place.
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 9:42pm |
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If you like sharks jumping out of the water for a chicken go to the
Miami Seaquarium
4400 Rickenbacker Cswy
Key Biscayne, FL 33149-1095
(305) 361-5705
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 11:56pm |
 smatney wrote:
Kahuna - where have you been? We've missed you! |
Exactly what I was thinking.
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Posted: June 10 2005 at 10:20am |
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I've been flying so much I haven't had much time to hang out. I was very dissappointed I wasn't in town for Walt.
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