London Aquarium FW (SO not dial-up friendly :-o ) - Aquarium Advice

LandGhoti · 09-09-2007, 08:05 PM

Saw the London Aquarium my first day there, within about 3 hours of touchdown, settling in, lunch, and tube-taking. It was roughly $25 to get in, and it is HUGE. Very cavernous with everything sort of set up willy-nilly. FW followed by SW followed by more FW, etc, etc. No rhyme or reason, or if there was I couldn't figure it out. Anyway, of all the pictures I took during my 5 days, I took the most in the aquarium. Go figure.

I took all of these with the flash off, so apologies for the haziness of some.

Koi, and they were HUGE.

This guy was the prettiest and also the largest, at least 1.5 feet long.

Rainbowfish anyone? Those onion plants on the right were at least 4 feet tall before stretching across the top.

To give you an idea of size: I could stand on that ledge there and still not reach the top of the tank (I'm 5'6").

Shot from the other side.

Wigglers/fry.

Giant gourami: he was at least 1.5 feet long.

Giant everything else. The bala sharks were about a foot long each.

The ultimate cichlid tank. I think Michael should attempt this one next. LOL

Hope you enjoyed.

Jchillin · 09-09-2007, 08:23 PM

Nice pics Andrea, I see you focused on the extremely small tanks.

Yeah, those fish are huge and very colorful. Thanks for sharing.

rich311k · 09-09-2007, 10:43 PM

Great photos, thanks for sharing them.

**roka64** · 09-10-2007, 12:05 PM

Awesome! Still waiting on "chunnel" pics! LOL!

theotheragentm · 09-10-2007, 01:30 PM

The Koi look awesome.

LandGhoti · 09-10-2007, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by roka64

Awesome! Still waiting on "chunnel" pics! LOL!

Oh, oops.

I didn't make it to (or through) the chunnel. So no pics of that. Someone else will have to travel to London and take pics!

**roka64** · 09-10-2007, 05:23 PM

LOL! No problem!

ashdavid · 09-13-2007, 09:30 PM

Great pics. I love the koi and that huge tank, thanks for sharing.

I do believe the fish in this pic would be a arowana not a Giant gourami.

LandGhoti · 09-13-2007, 11:25 PM

Ah, OK. Well I was going by the labels and figured since he was giant, he was the gourami. But I know very little about fish I don't keep!

Thanks for the compliment on the koi tank. That's my favorite pic of all that I took.

black hills tj · 09-13-2007, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LandGhoti

Ah, OK. Well I was going by the labels and figured since he was giant, he was the gourami. But I know very little about fish I don't keep!

Thanks for the compliment on the koi tank. That's my favorite pic of all that I took.

Excellent pics.

Arowana's(to my knowledge) can break the 4ft. mark. I think the first hint on this one would be the lack of the "tentacles" that are common to gouramis.

09-09-2007, 08:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
LandGhoti Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Le Midwest Posts: 808 Images: 1	London Aquarium FW (SO not dial-up friendly :-o ) Saw the London Aquarium my first day there, within about 3 hours of touchdown, settling in, lunch, and tube-taking. It was roughly $25 to get in, and it is HUGE. Very cavernous with everything sort of set up willy-nilly. FW followed by SW followed by more FW, etc, etc. No rhyme or reason, or if there was I couldn't figure it out. Anyway, of all the pictures I took during my 5 days, I took the most in the aquarium. Go figure. I took all of these with the flash off, so apologies for the haziness of some. Koi, and they were HUGE. This guy was the prettiest and also the largest, at least 1.5 feet long. Rainbowfish anyone? Those onion plants on the right were at least 4 feet tall before stretching across the top. To give you an idea of size: I could stand on that ledge there and still not reach the top of the tank (I'm 5'6"). Shot from the other side. Wigglers/fry. Giant gourami: he was at least 1.5 feet long. Giant everything else. The bala sharks were about a foot long each. The ultimate cichlid tank. I think Michael should attempt this one next. LOL Hope you enjoyed. __________________ Andrea 29-gallon: 1 yoyo loach, 2 botia kubotai, 6 cherry barbs, 2 turquoise rainbows, 1 chinese algae eater, too many MTS to count

09-09-2007, 08:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jchillin Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York, NY (The Big Apple) Posts: 12,935 Images: 47	Nice pics Andrea, I see you focused on the extremely small tanks. Yeah, those fish are huge and very colorful. Thanks for sharing. __________________ _________________________________ My 75g Planted tank

09-10-2007, 12:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
roka64 Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,638 Images: 12	Awesome! Still waiting on "chunnel" pics! LOL! __________________ Uh-oh, I just overloaded my Bioload! Vote for AA Good reading about: Nitrogen Cycle Fishless Cycling Need more help? Articles Acronym List --Scott

09-10-2007, 01:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
theotheragentm Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,172	The Koi look awesome. __________________ Box of Water - My Personal Musing and Photos on Fish Keeping

09-10-2007, 05:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
roka64 Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,638 Images: 12	LOL! No problem! __________________ Uh-oh, I just overloaded my Bioload! Vote for AA Good reading about: Nitrogen Cycle Fishless Cycling Need more help? Articles Acronym List --Scott

09-09-2007, 10:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
rich311k Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 8,746 Images: 35	Great photos, thanks for sharing them.

09-13-2007, 09:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
ashdavid Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Japan Posts: 73	Great pics. I love the koi and that huge tank, thanks for sharing. I do believe the fish in this pic would be a arowana not a Giant gourami.

09-13-2007, 11:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
LandGhoti Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Le Midwest Posts: 808 Images: 1	Ah, OK. Well I was going by the labels and figured since he was giant, he was the gourami. But I know very little about fish I don't keep! Thanks for the compliment on the koi tank. That's my favorite pic of all that I took. __________________ Andrea 29-gallon: 1 yoyo loach, 2 botia kubotai, 6 cherry barbs, 2 turquoise rainbows, 1 chinese algae eater, too many MTS to count

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