Behind the Scenes at Moody Gardens
By: Brandon Klaus
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:
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- Moody Gardens Aquarium Exhibit
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- Moody Gardens Filtration
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- Soft Coral Reef Tank
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- Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
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- Frogspawn
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- Moody Gardens Filtration
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- Bottom of South Pacific Exhibit
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- Surge Device Over Coral Tank
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- Fuzzy Mushrooms
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- Pearly Jawfish
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- Stonefish
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- Softy Reef Tank
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- Anemone Display Tank
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- Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
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- Moody Gardens Filtration
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- Sea Lion Skeleton
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- Striped Shrimpfish
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- Zebra Shark Egg
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- Frag Tank
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- Kenya Tree Coral
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- Turtle in South Pacific Aquarium
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- Moody Gardens Behind the Scenes
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- Moody Gardens Filtration
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- Moody Gardens Tour
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- Coldwater Anemone Aquarium
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- Fish Feeding Schedule
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- Blue Striped Pipefish
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- Moody Gardens Penguin Exhibit
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- Moody Gardens Filtration
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- Biologist Killing Aiptasia
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- Moody Gardens Filtration
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- Large RK2 Protein Skimmer
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- The AquaNerd Behind the Scenes
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- Caribbean Gorgnia
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- Huge Anemone Tank
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- Large Display Reef Aquarium
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- Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
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- Moody Gardens Filtration Display
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- Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
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- Moody Gardens South Pacific Tank
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- Turtle in South Pacific Aquarium
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- Moody Gardens Filtration
One Response to “Behind the Scenes at Moody Gardens”
Dang, I wish I knew about this! Marsh should send out e-mails for their events.
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