Exhibits

Clownfish & Anemones

This tank is home to 6 different species of clownfish including Ocellaris (Nemo), Clarkii, Maroon, and Tomato clowns. Sharing the tank with them are symbiotic long tentacle and bubble tip anemones. 

Fish of the Amazon River

The Amazon River has the greatest freshwater output of any river in the world, and is home to an incredible diversity of life. Our exhibit is much smaller, but it does provide a glimpse at some of the fish species native to the Amazon. Most notably the Red Bellied Piranha, one of the approximately 30 species of piranhas only found in the Amazon River basin.

Fish of the Indo-Pacific

The reefs and tropical seas of the Indo-Pacific Ocean are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet, and this display gives the viewer a small sampling from the thousands of species of fish found throughout this region. Our exhibit includes common aquarium fare like yellow and convict tangs, and some larger species such as soldier and angel fish.

Fish of the Mid-Atlantic Ocean

This 25,000 gallon exhibit features a variety of sea creatures native to the waters off of NJ, and the rest of the Mid-Atlantic region. Ranging in size from the big to the small; these include cownose rays, smooth dogfish, and black sea bass; just to name a few. And don’t forget Groman, our Loggerhead Sea Turtle.

Live Coral

This 1,000 gallon exhibit contains a mixture of stony and soft corals native to both the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific. While corals may appear to be little more than stone or plants, these are in fact live animals related to jellyfish and sea anemones. Plants do play a very important role in the lives of corals though, most notably the endosymbiotic algaes that live in their tissues. These singles celled plants convert sunlight into energy that the corals use to grow, hence insuring a healthy coral polyp and colony overall.

Moon Jellies

Jellyfish are commonly known to be a potentially hazardous animal, with their capability to inflict painful stings. What isn’t as widely known is just how diverse this group is. Jellies can be large, like the Lion’s Mane Jelly, or so small as to nearly be invisible, like some of the very small and potentially deadly box jellies of the South Pacific. The Moon Jellies in this display get up to the size of a dinner plate, and ,with their small stinging cells, relatively harmless to people unless in large numbers.

Moray Eels

In this tank you can view our moray eels. While many people are familiar with the green moray, like the one in this display, moray eels come is a range of sizes, colors, and patterns. Sharing this exhibit with the green moray is one of its Pacific relatives, a fimbriated moray, as well as various species of fish from the Caribbean.

Mullica River Tank

This freshwater tank is typical of local cedar-water tributaries of the Pine Barrens (Stained brown from the tannins released by rotting vegetation), and houses Painted and Red bellied Turtles, a Fowler’s Toad, Banded Sunfish, and even lobster-like Crayfish.

Ocean Oddities

In this series of aquaria we showcase some of the interesting, and unusual, animals from oceans around the world. While the animals in these tanks are occasionally rotated to display a wider variety of oceanic fauna, some of the animals you can view here include the deadly stonefish and common octopus.

Seahorse Habitat

While many people are only familiar with the classic appearance of seahorses, these very unique fish come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. They are masters of camouflage, easily blending into their surroundings. This exhibit shows one of the many familiar looking species of seahorse, and just how easily that can become lost in the background of their environment.

Shark & Ray Touch Tank

In this 900 gallon interactive exhibit you have the opportunity to touch some of our sharks and juvenile rays. These include White Spotted bamboo sharks, Cownose Rays, and Southern Stingrays. Special feeding times 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM, daily. Limited quantities of food are sold at the gift shop for scheduled feedings.

Terrapin Tank

Typical of the local estuarine environment, the water in this tank is brackish, meaning that it is a mix of fresh and salt water. Fish such as Perch and Killifish are able to live in both, as does the Diamondback Terrapin, an endangered species of turtle thankfully still common to New Jersey.

Touch Tank

In this interactive exhibit we encourage our visitors to touch a variety of local and tropical intertidal creatures. Here you can expect to find horseshoe crabs, Bahama stars, sea urchins, and hermit crabs. There are also several species of small and juvenile fish that roam this shallow tank.

Tropical Rainforest