How are your local public aquariums?

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I want to know what the best public aquariums that you have seen are.

The Frankfurt zoo in Germany has an outstanding aquarium exhibit. I saw fish there, that I had no idea could get that large. I remember massive glass knife fish and an elephant nose that could easily eat an average tetra. They had like 14+ large exhibits, and a bunch of smaller species exhibits leading up to the reptile room above. They had an assortment of smaller fish (4' and under) that actually show up in the hobby from time to time instead of just the bread and butter aquarium fish such as sturgeons, pacus and electric eels.

The Aquarium of Niagara in Buffalo, NY pretty much sucks. They have mostly the bread and butter kinds of fish such as pacus, seahorses, RTCs, Electric Eels, sturgeons etc... Mostly the large trade in fish you see at your LFS.

So how are your local aquariums and other aquariums that you have visited?
 
Adventure Aquarium in Camden New Jersey is pretty nice,as is National in Baltimore.I have not been to any others yet.
 
The New England aquarium in Boston is really nice. I remember when I went that the guides weren't as knowledgable as I had hoped, though. The exhibits are still very impressive.
 
Not so much a zoo.... but Ocean Park in Hong Kong has a pretty decent aquarium setup... although mainly saltwater fish still pretty impressive...

Melbourne's Public Aquarium is also another really great place to check out... lots of interesting tanks setup...
 
i have 2 local aquariums seaside and newport the seaside one sucks but the newport one is very good from what i've heard the last time i was there i was 6
 
Our little state has two decent aquariums....Norwalk Aquarium and Mystic Aquarium. Both are decent size and well done. They focus more on the Long Island Sound than on international. Mystic has beluga whales....always loved the huge sea turtles at Norwalk! Its very expensive to take the family compared to a zoo but we usually go to at least one per year with the kids! I will take pics next time!
 
Atlanta:
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Now Tennessee:
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