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FLORIDA AQUARIUM
It's A Cool Way To Sea Life
The Florida Aquarium
The Florida Aquarium

Jenn and Darrin at The Florida Aquarium
Coral Reef

The Coral Reef Gallery simulates a 60-foot dive modeled after an acutal dive site in the Florida Dry Tortugas. This 500,000-gallon tank contains more than 1,700 animals representing about 65 species, all native to Florida.

1,700 Fish in a 500,000-gallon tank

The Wetlands

In the Aquarium's Wetlands Gallery, birds soar overhead, turtles bask in the sun, and fish dart through the water. Florida streams, sawgrass marshes, rivers, cypress swamps and mangrove forests are all represented.

Turtle
Jenn with her kindred spirit Jenn and Darrin in the Wetlands
No Bone Zone

The No Bone Zone is a 1,200 square-foot exhibit focusing on invertebrates (animals without backbones). There is a 600 gallon tank, where you can touch Starfish, Crabs, Urchins, Mollusks, and other invertebrates.

Jenn at The Florida Aquarium
Jenn checks out the Touch Tank