Where are the arapaimas?.

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No...I don't want to buy any. It's just I'd love to see one in a public aquarium.
I know some setups have been mentioned on here. Any somewhat closer to VT?.
 
Atlanta is closer to VT than South America is. . . . the Georgia Aquarium has a couple.
 
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The smithsonian museum has a webcam for some of their exhibits. You can catch streaming video of arapaima and large RTC on their amazonia webcam.
 
Shedd aquarium in Chicago has a couple of them in their (awesome) amazon setup.
 
The osaka aquarium in Japan has an incredible display of HUGE amazon fish in a MASSIVE!! tank.
It has one gigas the size of a car! Its an incredibly beautiful specimen aswell (very red with shimmering silver). Its probably not accessible to most in this forum but i thought i'd mention it anyway... I'm going there again this december so ill take some photos...
 
The DC zoo has 3 very large pimas(about 7-9 feet) and a smaller one about 2 foot there. Not to mention they have breeding pair of Leopoldi rays. :drool: It's worth checking out!
 
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