Tanked at the aquarium

May 18, 2015 by Created by RCW

I recently signed up for a 3-week photography workshop at Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto, which basically means running around gob-smacked at coral reefs, sharks, jelly fish and kilometer after kilometer of living colour.

Here are some picks from Week 2.

Back to the Aquarium – Reef madness

May 27, 2014 by Created by RCW

For its sheer variety of creatures and its rainbow mosaic of colours, the coral reef displays are high on my list when visiting the Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto.

See also: Shark Tank and Jelly Fish & Friends

: Welcoming you to another fun day at the aquarium

: Small striped fish huddle among the coral branches

: The solitary fish drifts with the current

: The small yellow fish looks like it was dipped in purple paint

: Beautiful decoration belies the deadly array of barbs

: A puffer fish debates inflation

: Poking among the corals in search of food

: An anemone becomes a playground for clown fish

: Such delicate fins

: A lion fish spreads its beautiful but deadly wings

: Searching for food

: Magnificent silver fringed in gold

: The eye spot provides protection from predators

Coral reef at Toronto’s new aquarium

November 30, 2013 by Created by RCW

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, the Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada finally opened in Toronto.

Today, I am posting some photos from their coral reef exhibits.

: The large trio test the waters below the reef

: All you could hear from the children was “Dory!”

: The unicorn of fish

: Dorsal fin is down

: The sheer variety of fish, large and small was amazing

: Dorsal fin is up

Sharks at Toronto’s new aquarium

November 29, 2013 by Created by RCW

I love aquariums, both the smaller home version and the larger amusement park versions. Thus, after bemoaning the absence of one in Toronto (the largest frickin’ city in Canada), you can only imagine my enthusiasm when the Ripley’s company said they would build one in Toronto near two other major city landmarks, the CN Tower and the Rogers Centre.

Well, last month, the Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada finally opened, and on Wednesday, I finally visited it.

Over the next few days, I will display some of the photos I took at the aquarium. Today, I’ll focus on the amazing walk-through shark tank.