Waikiki Aquarium

dmv

dmv

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My wife and I went in Febuary when it was 12 deg here outside I would leave here tomorrow to go back forever if not for familiy the aquarium by Maui was great also .
 
dmv

dmv

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sorry didnt mean to hijack just couldnt resist this was my favorite ,
of course hand is for size comp
 
maxalmon

maxalmon

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I'll try and upload some more pics tonight, new job is a killer, training class after class with way too much info that I have to absorb (3 weeks of training)
 
nakadoc

nakadoc

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Hey Max I wish I had seen you post earlier, I would have gave you the full rundown! I am born and raised on Kauai, the most beautiful island of all the Hawaiian Islands! You just cannot compare Kauai to anyother Island as it is barley touched compared to O'ahu and Maui and all the other islands. Of course except Molokai and Ni'ihau but thats another story in it self.
That clam tank they have was robbed of almost all the clams about 5 years ago and agriculture caugt it at the airport and busted a couple guys illegally exporting corals form Hawaii to the states, idiots!
I asked the same question when I went about the salinity dropping to much during winter due to the rainy season and they said even thats not enough water to make a difference? The only thing I hate there is the monk seal tank, that thing is always dirty looking and way to small for that guy. I hope you did not waste your money going to the zoo, LOL, that really sucks.
If anyone else is planning a trip or just wanted to know anything about Hawai LMK I would be more than happy to help!
Shayne
 
maxalmon

maxalmon

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I was wondering if anyone had jumped the fence to steal the clams, kinda crazy as the fence is only about 10' away and kinda low with no security. I agree about the Monk seal display, but at least the put up the glass walls, used to be all concrete (I was a docent there for a while)
Here are a few more pics.
This was a very cool tank with swarms of cardinals.

This white stringy thing is about 6' long and was spread all over the tank, the tip was wiggling and moving around and traveled from place to place. Anyone have an idea as to what it is? You can also see the rest of it in the above image

I used to breed these guys, very colorful

This is the first coral you see when you enter the aquarium.

Just to put this into perspective, the tank is about 5 foot tall and about 4 foot wide.
 
maxalmon

maxalmon

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There were thousands of these blue shrooms, this is about a 2 square foot area............ Lets see if anyone can see what the tank was infested with, actually most of the tanks were and in some places there was no room for the corals as the nusance had taken over.
Because they use natural sunlight for most of the reeftanks, colors were washedout as the light was so intense
 
nakadoc

nakadoc

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That white stringy thing are star fish legs. You see these all over the reef during low tide, its a type of brittle star. The body it self is very tiny and the legs are really long.
 
maxalmon

maxalmon

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Really?....not doutbting you, just seems odd that this is a type of star......... I spent a long time watching this thing and there were no little suction feet on the bottom, it was a totally round and smooth thin tube.
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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I've got a book at the house that explains the surge devise and how they run that tank. I'll look it up and post it this weekend. Probably saturday night.
 
maxalmon

maxalmon

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It's the same system they use on the outdoor tidepool as well. Fairly simple setup. The surge tank is elavated several feet above the main tank, a small pump fills the surge tank with water and them a servo simply opens a valve and all the water (several hundred gallons) is released in a few seconds and gravity dumped into the DT. The process is repeated every few minutes..
 
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