Swim with the fishes at the Florida Aquarium

[reefrunner69]

[center:ec76c0520d]Aquarium visitors strap on mask and fins

To keep people coming through its doors, the Tampa attraction lets more folks bob in its coral reef tank. [/center:ec76c0520d]
By TAMARA LUSH, Times Staff Writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published March 3, 2003




TAMPA -- Tired of visiting the Florida Aquarium and looking at the same, old angelfish swimming around the coral reef tank?

A new program allows visitors to climb into the tank with the angelfish -- and the grouper, and the moray eels.

This marine life encounter, called "Swim with the Fishes," is different from the "Swim with the Sharks" program unveiled in January.

The new program allows uncertified divers to use scuba equipment in the aquarium's 500,000-gallon coral reef tank, though they must stay on the water's surface. Only certified divers can swim in the shark tank.

The aquarium's latest adventure, which opened Saturday, is one of a growing number in the United States that offer a very personal encounter with marine life.

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[Guest]

That sounds so cool... Thanks for the info

 

[bigsnuff]

I was reading in one of me Diving magazines last month that Epcot is also offering a chance to dive their Reef tank. You have to be certified, where the gear they provide and pay $140.00 Somehow it made it as on of the top 10 dives in Florida.

 

[reefrunner69]

LOL, sure, you get to dive the South Pacific in Central Florida