Visit to Frost Museum of Science in Miami

[Darkxerox]

So had a chance a couple days ago to visit the Frost Museum and I highly recommend it to everyone! They had one of the healthiest Indo Pacific reef tanks that I've seen, along with a number of great teaching examples of different biotopes and species specific tanks.

First off on the top level is their coral lab where they grow out and preserve endangered Caribbean Acropora as well as some of the few remaining pillar coral.

Some interesting 3D printed mounts.

Mostly driven by AI hydras, Apex controllers, etc.

Next was the outdoor ponds:

 

[Kensington Reefer]

Thanks for sharing

 

[Darkxerox]

Next up was the smaller cube tanks that showed off a mix of things, Indo Pacific themed or Caribbean.

Caribbean Acropora cervicornis

Indo tank with some really nice specimens from WWC:

Next some Chromis spawning:

Our "favorite" lethal Captain Jerks:

A nice mixed reef:

 

[Darkxerox]

The coral tree demonstration (why don't we grow our frags like this?

Some fossilized coral:

The amazing pelagic tank with an overhead porthole:

Lastly the crown jewel, the 12,000 gallon Indo Pacific reef:

All these tanks were showcased in this WWC video :

And the new reefs.com video:

Vlog: Cleaner water with Aqua FX

Clean water is the basic of the basic in aquatic life and it's imperative for the health and well being of the animals that are living in it. When I was visiti

reefs.com

 

[JVU]

Thanks for the walkthrough and awesome pics

 

[Coral reefer]

I don’t think I’ve heard of this place before. Weird. Cool!

 

[CaseyP]

Just visited this place yesterday while waiting for a flight. Wow wee this place is amazing! The coral reef display is so vibrant and healthy with large colonies. I have a 210 gallon tank and now it feels like a nano tank lol