Filled with thousands of fish of every shape and size, this is our largest and most popular exhibit.
Leisurely travel on a moving 340-foot long glidepath, as you wind your way through the acrylic tunnel and come face to face with snappers, tarpons, grunts, squirrelfish, a green sea turtle, giant stingrays, sawfish and…very large SHARKS!
You and your family will marvel at the clarity of the water and the totally immersive environment. You will feel as if you were exploring the deep oceans and could almost touch the amazing sea life!
Sand Tiger Shark
Native to warm waters the Sand Tiger can reach lengths of 13 feet. This cartilaginous fish (meaning it has no bones) is the only know shark that stores
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Green Sea Turtle
Green Sea Turtles are reptiles; therefore they are sensitive to heat and prefer the warm waters throughout the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Ocean
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Sandbar Shark
The sandbar shark is commonly found in the coastal waters of the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. This species of shark is slow to mature and has a low reproductive rate which makes
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Tarpon
The tarpon can grow to lengths of 6 ½ feet and weigh up to 350 pounds. These silver fish have an average lifespan of 55 years
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Nurse Shark
These nocturnal sharks are native to the coastal areas of the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific oceans. Nurse sharks are brown in color and can reach
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- Location: Indicated in orange on the map
- Habitat/Region featured: Deep ocean
- Size: Tank hold 2,000,000 gallons (1,250,000 liters) of water
- Opening date: May 29, 2004
Fish Blogs
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Carcharias Taurus
Native to warm waters the Sand Tiger can reach lengths of 13 feet. This cartilaginous fish (meaning it has no bones) is the only know shark that stores air in its stomach to maintain neutral buoyancy.
When a female Sand Tiger is pregnant the largest embryo will feed on the fertilized eggs and other smaller siblings while inside the mother. This is known as ovophagy, or uterine cannibalism. This shark likes to feed on bony fishes, smaller sharks, rays, squids, and crabs.
Chelonia mydas
Green Sea Turtles are reptiles; therefore they are sensitive to heat and prefer the warm waters throughout the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Ocean. Sea turtles have thick protective skin on their heads and necks, since they are unable to withdraw their heads into their shells.
Although sea turtles spend most of their lives submerged under water, they have to surface to breathe. Males have a larger tail, a curved claw on their front flippers used for mating, and never leave the water. Females will leave the water to lay their eggs on land, almost always in the same location in which they hatched; using the magnetism of the earth.
Carcharhinus plumbeus
The sandbar shark is commonly found in the coastal waters of the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. This species of shark is slow to mature and has a low reproductive rate which makes it susceptible to threats like overfishing.
The sandbar shark is dark gray in color and has large pectoral fins. This shark is a bottom feeder that feeds on bony fishes, smaller sharks and rays.
Juvenile Sandbar sharks are kept in nurseries of estuarine systems located between Delaware and North Carolina in the United States.
Megalops atlanticus
The tarpon can grow to lengths of 6 ½ feet and weigh up to 350 pounds. These silver fish have an average lifespan of 55 years. When afraid the tarpon can produce a thumping sound using its swim bladder.
These fish are native to the shallow coastal waters of the Atlantic. Tarpons have small teeth and generally swallow their food whole. An adult female Tarpon can produce 12 million eggs at a time.
Ginglymostoma cirratum
These nocturnal sharks are native to the coastal areas of the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific oceans. Nurse sharks are brown in color and can reach lengths of 14 feet and 300 pounds.
These bottom dwellers like to feed on shrimp, cramps, bivalves, snails, squid and small fish. Females can give birth to 21-28 pups in a litter.
Nurse sharks are capable of laying on the bottom, unlike most sharks they do not have to constantly move to breathe, the use of the spiracles allow them to lie on the bottom.
