500,000 Gallons of Aquariums- Steinhart Aquarium San Francisco, CA

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I visited Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park today.

There's something for everyone:

- 100,000 Gallon Amazon display with Arapaimas, Red Tail Cats, Pacus, Tarpon, Niger Cats, etc.
- 212,000 Gallon Philippine Coral Reef Tank- The deepest reef display in the world
- 100,000 Gallon Northern California Coast Display
- Shallow pool Blacktip Reef Shark display
- Alligator Gar Display
- Albino Alligator Exhibit
- Piranha Tank
- Lungfish Tank
- Giant Sea Bass

Below is a video of the Amazon tank and a ton of pix of the displays referenced above as well as some others.

I also took a behind the scenes tour of the filtration room for the big tanks. I created a thread with tons of pix that can be found here: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...n-Room-at-Steinhart-Aquarium-San-Francisco-CA

Enjoy!

[video=youtube_share;d-oE-PXvuW4]http://youtu.be/d-oE-PXvuW4[/video]


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I absolutely love this place, I've always called it the California Academy of Sciences, nice to know it has an official name. I travel out there for work 2 a year and always stop. It's stunning. Glad to see you had fun!
 
Getting some new tank ideas?? I want to build myself a large built in tank. I have some basement space. Maybe someday.

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I absolutely love this place, I've always called it the California Academy of Sciences, nice to know it has an official name. I travel out there for work 2 a year and always stop. It's stunning. Glad to see you had fun!

You are right...it is the California Academy of Sciences, which contains Steinhart Aquarium, the Morrison Planetarium and other exhibits.

They currently have an earthquake exhibit that makes me feel like I'm living on a geological time bomb, but it just keeps things exciting. :irked:

Getting some new tank ideas?? I want to build myself a large built in tank. I have some basement space. Maybe someday.

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lol- no way man. I'm maxed out in regards to size. I don't think I would want to go bigger. The cost of running these large setups is insane!
 
aww man i absolutely love this place. it's like disneyland for me! i LOVED it when i was there, cannot wait till i have a chance to go back and spend more time in individual sections!
 
Nice. I remember back in the day, people could go to the Steinheart Aquarium for free. Those days are long gone.

Still can on certain days. Specific zip codes can go for free on specific days. Also, I think 3rd Thursday of every month is free to everyone.
 
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