oh sure so I would have paied 38 bucks to see it instead of 16 LOL that makes sence :rolleyes: actualy if I lived on the main land then that would have made sence as you can go several times and make it worth it.

Steve

Myself, I probably wouldn't go there more than once a year now that there's no more killer whales. :lol:

Actually, isn't there a discount 2 for 1 coupon in the Entertainment Book for the Aquarium or something?

You guys are tough to impress. :lol: I love the aquarium. 16$ is cheap when you think of how much money it must cost to run that facility. Money well spent IMO.

Nothing like going to the aquarium alone...........

I meant buy the package, get what the package has to offer which is a free pass, etc., etc.

Then enjoy the aquarium.

To add my 2 cents... I think the aquarium is a great place to check out and although it is expensive at $16 I spend that regularly buying lunch for myself. I think its worth it ten fold. The cold water display is an amazing experience and really opens ones eyes to what lies in our backyard. The tropical display is always interesting and Im just glad they went to the effort to have one. Sure they could do more to make it better, and more attractive, and more natural for the fish, but that takes alot of cash and if you want to see your vision then next time you go in hand them $50,000.00 cash and they might be able to renovate 1 of the smaller tanks to your liking... Im sure that the recent renovation to the asthetics of the tropical tank exceeded $50,000.00 for the artificial reef alone.

I'm with Christy, Jack, Wendell and Kyle on this one. $16 doesn't go very far anymore, you spend far more than that just going to a movie. My wife & I happily paid $18 each for admission so that the extra $2 could fund the seal rescues (kind of had a personal interest in that one).

Like Wendell said give the tropical display some time to mature a bit. It will only get better. It absolutely rips on what it used to be (which probably went back to the 70's). It takes time and money to redo exhibits and the efforts that they have been making in the 4-5 years are really starting to show.

The most impressive tropical display aquarium I ever saw was the Sydney Aquarium, with a very close second being the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific down in L.A. Neither are particularly convenient to get to from Calgary but the Vancouver Aquarium is, and is far worth the visit I try to make every year. Yes, I do believe the coldwater exhibits are still the best, but that's really part-in-parcel the idea of an aquarium, to showcase in primary what's in local waters, with "previews" to what else there is.

I really enjoyed the aquascaping of the reef display (not the reef fish display, the reef display). Man, I want a tank that's 48" front-to-back....

Hello,

Here are some shots of the coral display at LBA, along with some of the background photos I took with the curator.
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/sho...y.php?ppuser=1

Titus

Wow. Is that a blue monti cap on the left of the last pic?