I find it sort of troubling that for years (and years) one constant criticism we aquarists have had about the zoo is their lack of an aquatics display (and previously, that their aquatics display was terrible. Now, to be fair, the GBR display they had years ago was terrible, and "no aquatics display" was better than having the one they did have. Retiring that one was the right call.)
But honestly? I don't see anything bad about their implementation of this tank so far. It's a circular tank with about a, what, a 20 foot diameter and I would guess about a 30" depth inside of that outside lip .... You can't run a tank like this "behind the scenes" until it's time to unveil it ... it's right out in the open, and it just opened. Let's give them a chance.
I've been to several top-rated aquarium facilities around the world and of the few ray tanks that I've seen (Long Beach and London come to mind), this display easily sits as a peer with those.
I for one am not unhappy with the display.
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