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Just a little eye candy for you. Such a nice tank at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA that is home to clownfish, black & white clowns, hippo tangs, and giant anemones. It is of course adoringly called the Nemo Tank by many of the patrons of the Aquarium.
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The Georgia Aquarium is one of my favorite destinations to visit each year, and they are accepting applications to intern there. The Georgia Aquarium is in downtown Atlanta, GA.

Here's a little visual of the place, to whet your appetite.
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I got the privilege of hanging out with Joe Yaiullo at Atlantis Marine World in Riverhead, NY this past week. I was lucky enough to get the behind the scenes tour and one of the days I was there, I got to see the shark feeding. The aquarium exhibits a massive 120,000 gallon "Lost City of Atlantis Shark Exhibit" that houses tiger sharks (Carcharias taurus), nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum), and moray eels (Gymnothorax funebris).
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It's Reef Season! Following up the standard summer slump the reef hobby gets a jolt with the annual MACNA event. This is always a great way to kick off another reef season. We've stressed numerous times the need for hobbyists to attend events, frag swaps, symposiums, conferences, and the like. It's amazing how many people get into this hobby but never fully immerse themselves in the best part.... making friends. ...

Scientists with the Aquatic & Terrestrial Research Team are showing here their studies with Alpheus spp. shrimp. These shrimp have boomed in popularity over the last few years, due in part to the rise of nano tanks (for which they are well-adapted). Along with the shrimp, the hobby has seen a great surge in interest with their commensal fish friends (namely a few genera of gobies- Amblyeleotris,Cryptocentrus, Ctenogobiops, Istigobius, Stonogobiops, etc). ...

John Ciotti from Ecoxotic talks about their new 36 retro fixture that Jessy won in a contest. This thing is BRIGHT! So excuse the dark video. ...