Field Trip: The photo thread
 

Thought I'd start by posting the photos I took that turned out:

The beluga bouncing up and down in the water
http://rikko.no-ip.org/pics/vanaqua/beluga.jpg

A bunch of fish nerds in their glory. I felt cold and alone walking all the way over there to snap the shot :cry:
http://rikko.no-ip.org/pics/vanaqua/nerds.jpg


First shot of the diatom filter room that purifies incoming Inlet water as well as the beluga (or whatever major system) recirculating water.. You shoulda seen all the skids of 50lb diatom powder bags they had laying around
http://rikko.no-ip.org/pics/vanaqua/diatom1.jpg

A bit better overhead shot of the screens the water passes through. I think she said there were 26 screens per filter
http://rikko.no-ip.org/pics/vanaqua/diatom2.jpg

This is the kind of crap that needs to be filtered out.. Note the hair and bugs
http://rikko.no-ip.org/pics/vanaqua/diatomcrap.jpg

They also used both pressurized and gravity sand filters. This was one of the old gravity sand filters. Water is fed in through the top and filters through the sand (I saw a bag laying around.. It's Target silica sand - same crap I have in my brackish tank). They have several local anemones living in trenches at the top as water quality monitors. If the canary dies, get outta the mine!
http://rikko.no-ip.org/pics/vanaqua/...sandfilter.jpg

That was about all we saw of the marine stuff. I was pretty disappointed at what they showed us - I felt there was a LOT more going on there that they kept off the tour, like the support systems for the tropical reef systems, the horses, etc.

Nice bamboo shoots poking out from a South American display tank
http://rikko.no-ip.org/pics/vanaqua/bamboo.jpg

Think they were Sterbai corys. Most of the FW shots aren't that great but I thought the way they accessed and operated the displays from behind was interesting
http://rikko.no-ip.org/pics/vanaqua/corys.jpg

Another overhead shot of a freshwater display
http://rikko.no-ip.org/pics/vanaqua/fwoverhead.jpg

Some stubby little S. leucosticta. The dudes in my tank are HUGE compared to these guys!
http://rikko.no-ip.org/pics/vanaqua/geos.jpg

And a couple shots of a clown knifefish
http://rikko.no-ip.org/pics/vanaqua/knife1.jpg
http://rikko.no-ip.org/pics/vanaqua/knife2.jpg


Oh, and one last thing....
























































Is that J&L price tag????
http://rikko.no-ip.org/pics/vanaqua/JL.jpg

Vancouver Aquarium
 

Nice Pics. Did you get any pics of the saltwater displays?

My pics are at http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2127597132.

You need to get a free membership to view it tho.

Re: Vancouver Aquarium
 

No.. They had shut off 90% of the lights by the time we were out there and the previews I was seeing with my flash on were so sorry-looking I decided to forego even trying.
I thought I remembered more saltwater systems somehow?

Here's mine.

http://public.fotki.com/vcr/conway/vancouver_aquarium/


I didn't have enough memory left on my camera so the pics were not the highest resolution.

they didnt take us to the bc cold water area.