I've been to the Florida Aquarium, and the New England Aquarium, plus a lot of zoos, and probably more aquariums when I was a kid.
I really liked the Florida Aquarium...my favorite exhibits are the "wetlands" area and the Aquariumania exhibit. I wasn't totally into fish when I lived in FL, so I can't remember many specific fish.
Wetlands...it was really neat to be kind of "up close and personal" with the fish. Plus turtles, birds, etc all in there.
And the aquariumania was neat...I don't think it was totally finished when I was there, but I remember this huge tank. I know most people here are into preds but it is beautiful.
They also had shark tanks, a ginormous goliath grouper, and a few other neat interactive exhibits.
The New England Aquarium...leaves something to be desired. They feature a lot of fish, and I'm sure they do a lot of things for the aquatic community, but the displays really aren't "impressive". They do have a gigantic cylindrical tank in the middle, which is pretty cool, with sharks, sea turtles, green moray, and a lot of saltie schooling fish. One of my favorite exhibits there had arowana, severums, angels, and lots more. I guess it feels like I'm walking around a LFS than a public aquarium...it's not very interactive, and pretty much all the displays are just the same. They had one reef tank, and one tank with more common salties (tangs, triggers..)...I was hoping for a little more on that side of things.
I really liked the Florida Aquarium...my favorite exhibits are the "wetlands" area and the Aquariumania exhibit. I wasn't totally into fish when I lived in FL, so I can't remember many specific fish.
Wetlands...it was really neat to be kind of "up close and personal" with the fish. Plus turtles, birds, etc all in there.

And the aquariumania was neat...I don't think it was totally finished when I was there, but I remember this huge tank. I know most people here are into preds but it is beautiful.

They also had shark tanks, a ginormous goliath grouper, and a few other neat interactive exhibits.
The New England Aquarium...leaves something to be desired. They feature a lot of fish, and I'm sure they do a lot of things for the aquatic community, but the displays really aren't "impressive". They do have a gigantic cylindrical tank in the middle, which is pretty cool, with sharks, sea turtles, green moray, and a lot of saltie schooling fish. One of my favorite exhibits there had arowana, severums, angels, and lots more. I guess it feels like I'm walking around a LFS than a public aquarium...it's not very interactive, and pretty much all the displays are just the same. They had one reef tank, and one tank with more common salties (tangs, triggers..)...I was hoping for a little more on that side of things.