[Pojo]

While this is a relatively small aquarium that has since passed it's hey days (killer whales are dead/gone to a better home), it has a great variety of fish to look at. Thankfully, you will find only one of those typical "native salmon/trout/rockfish"-style tanks here, and it takes up only a fraction of the aquarium. While most people will come for the dolphin show, the group of beluga whales or the crazy sea otter antics...I come for the small freshwater section and the shark tank! There's a massive curved shark tank with all kinds of the smaller shark species. Take a few steps and you're staring at a 5,000+ gallon acrylic cylindrical reef, brimming with every kind of mid-size reef fish and eels you've ever seen. Across the room, in the entrance to the amazon section, is a 12,000+ gallon amazon tank. This monster tank is home to several Arapaima, a group of Silver Arowanas, a 6-foot Red-tail Catfish, and various other members of typical amazon tanks (pacu, smaller monster catfish, large stingrays, etc). Scattered throughout the freshwater section are smaller tropical tanks, with everything from fire eels to black ghost knife fish. However, fish isn't all the aquarium has got. It's home to dozens of parrots, frogs, snakes, turtles, and a host of other oddball animals. If you're ever in the Vancouver area...be sure to check it out! (If not just to see 'Big Boy' the 72 inch RTC! )

[Rich]

You must get me a pic of that 6' RTC, have I got some pwnage ahead of me.....

First thing I am going to do is send it to Ming and tell him to STFU. He keeps telling me they won't get over 3' outside of the wild. I've seen one that was over 3' that came out of a 125.

[Pojo]

I'm planning on going again sometime soon...my stupid buddy only got a headshot of the beast, and Neal didn't get any pictures of him proving it was 6 feet.

This post has been edited by Pojo: 03 September 2004 - 01:35 PM

[cich]

My highschool class went there for their over-night thing, and other than the educational stuff , it was really fun. I love that huge indoor tank they have. Slept in the whale-viewing area.

--cich

[Pojo]

My highschool class went there for their over-night thing, and other than the educational stuff , it was really fun. I love that huge indoor tank they have. Slept in the whale-viewing area.

--cich

I've done that. Those damned Belugas kept me up at night.

[cich]

I've done that. Those damned Belugas kept me up at night.

NO KIDDING! We were all calling them stupid the next morning

--cich

[Toirtis]

Used to work there back in the day...I still have a couple of frinds working there. It has always been one of my favourite aquariums, although that might have something to do with growing up a ten minute walk from it and going three times weekly.

[westcoastwelder]

I took a whole roll of film of that tank, the sheer size of those catfish was enough to make a lesser man curl up his toes and die! They have full grown (and I mean over 100 pounds fullgrown) pacus, TSN's that are at least 4 1/2 or 5' long, rays that you couldnt lift on your own, a silver arowana thats 4' long, The two Arapaimas in there are 14+ feet, and ugly as sin.

Theres a cool section about the native BC waters, every tank has the different fish and wildlife from a different part of our coast. They have a massive octopus in one, a huge HUGE tank with sturgeon, all sorts of cod and everything else you can find. its the coolest place I've ever been in

as for my roll of pics, I had pics of every tank in the place, but the film got left in my bag through the airport xray, and it wiped every single pic in the whole roll. piss a guy off!

[HKSR]

I'm planning on going again sometime soon...my stupid buddy only got a headshot of the beast, and Neal didn't get any pictures of him proving it was 6 feet.

Yer not talking about me are u??? haha. IF not, sorry, I only get the headshot pic too lol! Don't worry, I'll get vid for u next time. I'm gonna go again soon

[Street Cypher]

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