Adventure Aquarium Adventure Aquarium

[Kevin2342]

The aquarium no longer keeps the following species(all have passed away):
- Cape porcupine
- Trumpetfish
- Atlantic lumpfish
- Purple mouth moray

The aquarium said all their eels are quite old now and have been with the aquarium for a long time so some have died over the years. They are now down to 3 green morays, 2 spotted morays and 1 wolf eel(although the wolf eels technically not an eel)

There have been talks about getting another porcupine, but it’s not official yet. The last porcupine who died was only 4 years old, but had significant health issues he was being treated for off exhibit several months before his death.

The aquarium also announced on Facebook that soon they will move Charlie, the giant pacific octopus, off public view into retirement as she’s now reaching the end of her life. They are unsure if they will get another octopus on exhibit.

 

[TinoPup]

They also no longer have bowmouth guitarfish.

 

[Kevin2342]

They also no longer have bowmouth guitarfish.

Yes, it passed away a few years ago

 

[Ebirah766]

They also no longer have bowmouth guitarfish.

Do you know if they have wedgefish brought in from Georgia still? I did not see it on my most recent visit.

 

[TinoPup]

Do you know if they have wedgefish brought in from Georgia still? I did not see it on my most recent visit.

I don't, I didn't take sign or exhibit photos on this visit, sorry!

 

[Persephone]

Asking here because I've run out of leads. Does anyone know if Adventure Aquarium has / had banded houndshark? I can only find one reference, in a post from 2021, and then nothing. No social media posts, no ZooChat pictures, no other articles on the website. Is it / was it ever on public display?

 

[Ebirah766]

Asking here because I've run out of leads. Does anyone know if Adventure Aquarium has / had banded houndshark? I can only find one reference, in a post from 2021, and then nothing. No social media posts, no ZooChat pictures, no other articles on the website. Is it / was it ever on public display?

I visited the aquarium in 2021 and I do not recall seeing a banded houndshark.

 

[TinoPup]

Asking here because I've run out of leads. Does anyone know if Adventure Aquarium has / had banded houndshark? I can only find one reference, in a post from 2021, and then nothing. No social media posts, no ZooChat pictures, no other articles on the website. Is it / was it ever on public display?

I've visited once a year for the last several years and I've never seen one, and it was never signed (they haven't updated signage in years for either shark tank).

 

[Persephone]

Okay. Do they still have coral Catshark / dogfish? That and the blacktip shark are the only ones I can find recent historical evidence for but aren’t listed on the website.

 

[TinoPup]

Okay. Do they still have coral Catshark / dogfish? That and the blacktip shark are the only ones I can find recent historical evidence for but aren’t listed on the website.

No. My list from earlier this month is: silky, sandbar, sand tiger, great hammerhead, white-spotted bamboo, brown banded bamboo, epaulette, blacktip (unsure if they still have both Atlantic and Pacific, they were in a back section of the tank), and possibly nurse.

 

[jayjds2]

It was on exhibit for some parts of 2020 at least and was at the aquarium but behind the scenes prior to then. It was always very difficult to see, usually apparently staying hidden because of the great hammerhead. No idea if it’s still there. I took this in October 2020.

 

[Ebirah766]

View attachment 675003 It was on exhibit for some parts of 2020 at least and was at the aquarium but behind the scenes prior to then. It was always very difficult to see, usually apparently staying hidden because of the great hammerhead. No idea if it’s still there. I took this in October 2020.

Wow, that's amazing that they actually had it, considering how rare it is in the US

 

[TinoPup]

View attachment 675003 It was on exhibit for some parts of 2020 at least and was at the aquarium but behind the scenes prior to then. It was always very difficult to see, usually apparently staying hidden because of the great hammerhead. No idea if it’s still there. I took this in October 2020.

Nice shot! I'm pretty confident in saying they no longer have it, another zc user and I spent a long time sitting and watching that tank (including sitting through an awkward Christmas-themed presentation) and saw nothing like it.

There was another one on exhibit in 2021 at the NJ Seaquest, but I have no idea if that one is still there or not; it could possibly be the same one.

 

[Ebirah766]

Nice shot! I'm pretty confident in saying they no longer have it, another zc user and I spent a long time sitting and watching that tank (including sitting through an awkward Christmas-themed presentation) and saw nothing like it.

There was another one on exhibit in 2021 at the NJ Seaquest, but I have no idea if that one is still there or not; it could possibly be the same one.

I visited the SeaQuest a month or so ago and it was there when I went.

 

[TinoPup]

I visited the SeaQuest a month or so ago and it was there when I went.

Good to know

 

[jayjds2]

Wow, that's amazing that they actually had it, considering how rare it is in the US

Nice shot! I'm pretty confident in saying they no longer have it, another zc user and I spent a long time sitting and watching that tank (including sitting through an awkward Christmas-themed presentation) and saw nothing like it.

There was another one on exhibit in 2021 at the NJ Seaquest, but I have no idea if that one is still there or not; it could possibly be the same one.

Thanks. I knew it was something uncommon - I’m not a shark connoisseur by any means but hadn’t heard of it before - but I’m surprised to hear it’s as rare as it apparently is. I wouldn’t be shocked if that one at Seaquest is the same if it’s that rare of a species, but of course it’s hard to confirm.

 

[TinoPup]

Thanks. I knew it was something uncommon - I’m not a shark connoisseur by any means but hadn’t heard of it before - but I’m surprised to hear it’s as rare as it apparently is. I wouldn’t be shocked if that one at Seaquest is the same if it’s that rare of a species, but of course it’s hard to confirm.

That's my thinking, with it being so rare and another one happening to turn up in the same state, after the first one was having problems with a tank-mate.

 

[Kevin2342]

No. My list from earlier this month is: silky, sandbar, sand tiger, great hammerhead, white-spotted bamboo, brown banded bamboo, epaulette, blacktip (unsure if they still have both Atlantic and Pacific, they were in a back section of the tank), and possibly nurse.

They now only have Pacific blacktip. They still have nurse sharks, although they can be tough to find.

 

[wild boar]

View attachment 675003 It was on exhibit for some parts of 2020 at least and was at the aquarium but behind the scenes prior to then. It was always very difficult to see, usually apparently staying hidden because of the great hammerhead. No idea if it’s still there. I took this in October 2020.

That's not a coral catshark, is it?

 

[Kevin2342]

That's not a coral catshark, is it?

No, it’s a banded hound shark