by Robin
I think this may be a squirrel fish but not 100% certain.
Pompano.... which is not a deep water fish but in that tank. Oh well.
I am look-down obsessed. They are fast-swimming and I took dozens of photos just to get a couple clear ones.
I think red snapper, but the color is absent under the blue water.
I dunno.... the eyes don't look right. Maybe it is something else.
Alamo or lesser amberjacks. Maybe some Crevelle Jacks thrown in (bottom) too.
My buddy!!
Nurse shark.
Black grouper!!
Sea Turtle - star of the show!
Sand Tiger shark pictures!
Why hello babe!
Who needs a dentist?? Not you!
When you see bae with someone else.......... (you may have a loose tooth!)
I just loved these bait ball pictures.
The first two are taken from the top of the tank during our behind-the-scenes tour.
This is from down below.
And here are pictures of the boys together.
I had a little free time with my eldest while the class was doing a squid dissection. Seems like I just dissected a LOT of squid on Saturday while offshore fishing, so I opted out of that. Hope you think these are as funny as we think they are.
We ended up at the show, watching the divers and answering questions about sea life. I didn't downsize any of those pictures. Maybe next free day.
This is the walkway out of the tank area. It is actually smoke falling down and then a projector runs a movie onto the smoke. Then, they walked through it. Cool, almost-stain glass, effect!!
Happy Spring Break everyone!
Robin
Thursday, March 26, 2015
FLORIDA AQUARIUM - Coral Reefs & Shallows
by Robin
I really don't know their specific names but a lot of these are anemones. They had this great anemone petting tank.
I had so much fun shooting these.
The seahorse was sleepy. And there were large crowds waiting for me to leave.
This might technically be a deep-water fish, but he was in with anemones.
Stingrays were in the mangrove area.
Little puffer fish!
He's so much cuter than the ones we find offshore.
Not sure what type of octopus this was. Little guy. Cute.
Lionfish!
Sting ray pool.
I love petting sting rays!
They put a gag grouper (snook in the background) in the mangrove tank. We usually find these in 150 ft+ of water. I think they may grow as babies in mangroves, but this is a full size adult.
Isn't she gorgeous???
Hogfish snapper - these are found around coral.
Happy Spring Break!
Robin
I really don't know their specific names but a lot of these are anemones. They had this great anemone petting tank.
I had so much fun shooting these.
The seahorse was sleepy. And there were large crowds waiting for me to leave.
This might technically be a deep-water fish, but he was in with anemones.
Stingrays were in the mangrove area.
Little puffer fish!
He's so much cuter than the ones we find offshore.
Not sure what type of octopus this was. Little guy. Cute.
Lionfish!
Sting ray pool.
I love petting sting rays!
They put a gag grouper (snook in the background) in the mangrove tank. We usually find these in 150 ft+ of water. I think they may grow as babies in mangroves, but this is a full size adult.
Isn't she gorgeous???
Hogfish snapper - these are found around coral.
Happy Spring Break!
Robin
FLORIDA AQUARIUM - WETLANDS
by Robin
On Monday,
We joined up with other biology & Marine biology students for a behind-the-scenes tour & dissection of a squid at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa.
I wanted to share with you my photos from that trip. There are so many, that I will break them down into categories.
Here are the wetland animals.
Spoonbill Roseate.
Variety of ducks.
Lemurs
Gecko
I have many more photos of the red fish, snook and so forth. I need to keep downsizing them.
Blessings,
Robin
On Monday,
We joined up with other biology & Marine biology students for a behind-the-scenes tour & dissection of a squid at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa.
I wanted to share with you my photos from that trip. There are so many, that I will break them down into categories.
Here are the wetland animals.
Spoonbill Roseate.
Variety of ducks.
Lemurs
Gecko
I have many more photos of the red fish, snook and so forth. I need to keep downsizing them.
Blessings,
Robin
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