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Behind the Scenes at Moody Gardens

By: Brandon Klaus

Moody Gardens Aquarium Exhibit

Moody Gardens Aquarium Exhibit

My local aquarium club, MARSHReef, got to take a behind the scenes tour of the Aquarium Pyramid at Moody Gardens. The tour was nice, but nothing new for me since I worked there in college. The display tanks weren’t in the greatest shape, but we have to remember that Moody Gardens and the entire southeast Houston area was devastated by Hurricane Ike about a year and a half ago. In fact, some of the exhibits haven’t even opened back up yet. On the trip, we visited the penguin exhibit, the aquarium’s filtration systems, and pretty much every place off limits to the general public.

All in all though, the trip was fun. I go to meet fellow marine biologists, go a few places I’ve never been before (at this particular facility), and got to hang out with aquarium keeping friends.

We took a ton of pictures, but not all of them turned out that great…and some where just of people, which is boring to look at. But see our gallery below:

: Fish Feeding Schedule

: Moody Gardens Aquarium Exhibit

: Soft Coral Reef Tank

: Moody Gardens Filtration

: Frag Tank

: Zebra Shark Egg

: Sea Lion Skeleton

: Moody Gardens Filtration

: Large RK2 Protein Skimmer

: Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank

: Moody Gardens Filtration

: Frogspawn

: Fuzzy Mushrooms

: Anemone Display Tank

: Blue Striped Pipefish

: Moody Gardens Tour

: Large Display Reef Aquarium

: Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank

: Surge Device Over Coral Tank

: Turtle in South Pacific Aquarium

: Moody Gardens Behind the Scenes

: Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank

: Caribbean Gorgnia

: Biologist Killing Aiptasia

: Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank

: Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank

: Moody Gardens Filtration

: Bottom of South Pacific Exhibit

: Moody Gardens Filtration

: Striped Shrimpfish

: Softy Reef Tank

: Turtle in South Pacific Aquarium

: Moody Gardens Filtration

: Huge Anemone Tank

: The AquaNerd Behind the Scenes

: Moody Gardens Penguin Exhibit

: Stonefish

: Pearly Jawfish

: Moody Gardens Filtration

: Kenya Tree Coral

: Coldwater Anemone Aquarium

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March 8, 2010 • Tags: Aquarium Events, Aquarium Livestock, aquarium pictures, coral conservation, lps, Reef Conservation, saltwater fish, saltwater livestock, sharks, sps, wildlife conservation • Posted in: Aquarium Events, Aquarium Livestock, Aquarium Photography

Clint

Dang, I wish I knew about this! Marsh should send out e-mails for their events.