Chris knows how much I love aquariums so he took a day off and we headed 1.5 hours away to the Churaumi Aquarium. It was incredible! Dozens of smaller tanks housed all sorts of tropical fish, colorful garden eels, huge spiny lobsters and more. They had a shark tank, manatees, dolphins, sea turtles, etc. Besides discovering new fish that we have never seen, it was also pretty fun to see fish we are well acquainted with.
The highlight by far was the gigantic tank of pelagic species that included ahi (yellow fin tuna) mahi mahi, an entire school of opelu, huge ulua, sting rays, manta rays and three whale sharks. I have never seen filter feeders such as these in a tank. If I had a bucket list, I would put swimming with a whale shark in the wild toward the top of the list. Just seeing them in a tank was neat enough. Chris found his thrill watching ulua swim in our direction, which would be even more thrilling in the ocean with a loaded spear gun in your hand. We were both itching to jump into the tank with our spear guns, but that might have been a bad idea.
I just love cheesy stuff like this ray made of flowers that was outside the aquarium.
We were captivated by the huge pelagic tank.
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