20k gallon aquarium Union City, TN

[Southern Rebel]

This place (Discovery Park of America) is opening up November 1st and it is 10 minutes from my house, I am so excited!! It has several exhibits and a 20,000 gallon aquarium featuring all the fish from reelfoot lake

http://www.discoveryparkofamerica.com/ I read where adults will be 12$ and kids 10 or 8...forgot but yeah check it out, there's some model pics on the site of the aquarium and other exhibits.

https://sphotos-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/995905_10151560186295897_592704068_n.jpg here is one type of fish that will be in the aquarium "longear sunfish"

 

[Fishfriend1]

Awesome.

 

[MostlyHarmless]

I have a couple of longear sun fish, no where near as colorful as that.

 

[Glabe]

10 minutes away? Dude... Quit your career and apply there!

 

[Southern Rebel]

That has crossed my mind several times!!!! :thumbup:

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[gmh]

What a great place to take your kids. Cool architecture too.

 

[Southern Rebel]

Here is a list of the species that are in lake reelfoot which this aquarium will replicate

Black Crappie
White Crappie
Large Mouth Bass
Flathead Catfish
Channel Catfish
Yellow Bullhead
Brown Bullhead
Black Bullhead
Warmouth
Green Sunfish
Spotted Sunfish
Bluegill
Longear Sunfish
Orange-Spotted Sunfish
Pumpkinseed Sunfish
Redear Sunfish
White Bass
Yellow Bass
Freshwater Drum
Paddle Fish
Bowfin
Long-Nosed Gar
Short-Nosed Gar
Alligator Gar
Bigmouth Buffalo
Black Buffalo
Smallmouth Buffalo
Common Carp
Chain Pickerel

 

[MostlyHarmless]

Paddlefish? those things are huge. Neat list.

 

[Southern Rebel]

just a reminder this place is opening up on Nov 1st of this year, so very soon

 

[rufioman]

Excited for pics!