Georgia Aquarium Manta Ray Video

Frankie · 08-26-2008, 09:53 PM

Georgia Aquarium Welcomes Manta Ray 'Nandi', First Manta Ray Ever Displayed At U.S. Aquarium:

Atlanta, Georgia -- The Georgia Aquarium announced today the addition of a manta ray to the 6.3 million gallon Ocean Voyager gallery, built by The Home Depot. The addition of the female manta ray, Nandi, makes Georgia Aquarium the only aquarium in the United States to ever house a manta ray and one of only four aquariums in the world to display this species. Nandi will join four whale sharks and thousands of other animals in the world’s largest aquarium exhibit.
Read more here: UnderwaterTimes | Georgia Aquarium Welcomes Manta Ray 'Nandi', First Manta Ray Ever Displayed At U.S. Aquarium
To see a video provided by our faithful member to the news SeahorseBT, click here

Yahoo!

Frankie · 08-27-2008, 01:05 PM

Wow, no replies.
I think that this is pretty cool. I am going to take a trip there this winter since I had to bail out on the MACNA XX The aquarium was one of my main reasons fro wanting to go on that trip anyhow.

BigAl07 · 08-27-2008, 01:08 PM

Yet ANOTHER thread I missed.. I must have been out of it yesterday!

Great link Frank! Hopefully I'll see Nandi in a little over a week.

I did get to see one last year at "Atlantis". It was AMAZING to see such a large animal glide through the water with little effort at all... WOW! Nature and all of her BEAUTY!!

Triggerjay · 08-28-2008, 10:05 AM

Wow.... cool Frankie!

Jason

Snelly40 · 08-28-2008, 10:17 AM

frankie, my dad and i are planning on going this winter too!!!
if we can we should al lmeet up, i hear it is an unreal place and that new manta is great

nikkipigtails · 08-28-2008, 10:35 AM

Since she's been rehabilitated, why isn't she released back into the wild instead of kept in captivity?

Frankie · 08-28-2008, 08:00 PM

Snelly, I just might take you up on a meet there. Let me know when you get a relative time frame.
Nikki, If I had a tank that big and the opportunity to keep a manta ray in it I would not let it go.

Planet_Reef · 08-28-2008, 09:35 PM

I kept a bat ray for about a year. Fun animal but salt creep becomes an issue. To rid themselves of parasites, they slap their "wings" on the surface of the water and then the water dries leaving the salt. They are also quite expensive to feed.

Once it's wingspan hit 2 feet, I sold it to a public aquarium. The tank was only 850 gallons. While acclimating him in his new home (3000gallons), that was the first time I ever got to swim with sharks.

Frankie · 08-28-2008, 09:38 PM

Cool Curt! Do you have any pictures?

Planet_Reef · 08-28-2008, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Frankie

Cool Curt! Do you have any pictures?

Believe it or not, I don't think so. Bob Fenner came by and saw it and took a lot of pictures. I'll ask him if he has any.

Frankie · 08-28-2008, 09:49 PM

That would be awesome

Good to see you

Planet_Reef · 09-03-2008, 04:10 AM

Nope, he didn't take any pics of it. The cantankerous old fart didn't take any pics of Snuggles either (my peacock mantis). LOL

Frankie · 09-03-2008, 05:08 AM

Dang Nabit!

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Snelly40 Manta Ray Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 3,041 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Georgia Aquarium Manta Ray Video frankie, my dad and i are planning on going this winter too!!! if we can we should al lmeet up, i hear it is an unreal place and that new manta is great __________________ Snelly's 90gal Reef-O-Rama *Member-"Crabs Are Evil" Society*

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nikkipigtails Manta Ray Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,003 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Georgia Aquarium Manta Ray Video Since she's been rehabilitated, why isn't she released back into the wild instead of kept in captivity? __________________ No man ever reached excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation. - Horace

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Planet_Reef Bryozoan Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: St. Louis Posts: 43 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Georgia Aquarium Manta Ray Video I kept a bat ray for about a year. Fun animal but salt creep becomes an issue. To rid themselves of parasites, they slap their "wings" on the surface of the water and then the water dries leaving the salt. They are also quite expensive to feed. Once it's wingspan hit 2 feet, I sold it to a public aquarium. The tank was only 850 gallons. While acclimating him in his new home (3000gallons), that was the first time I ever got to swim with sharks.

09-03-2008, 04:10 AM	#12 (permalink)
Planet_Reef Bryozoan Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: St. Louis Posts: 43 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Georgia Aquarium Manta Ray Video Nope, he didn't take any pics of it. The cantankerous old fart didn't take any pics of Snuggles either (my peacock mantis). LOL

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