Cal Academy of Sciences/Steinhart Aquarium in SF Grand Reopening Sep 27th!!

[h20poloman2]

http://www.calacademy.org/index.php

I'm excited for this, it has been under renovation for a long time. Loved going here as a kid.


Oops...typo city on thread title....mods can you change that it won't let me. Should be Academy, not acamedy :)

[treylane]

awesome, been meaning to take Dave to SF and that's a pretty cool excuse. :)

[Nick_San]

yeah, I cannot wait. Their reef tank is going to be massive.

- Nick

[h20poloman2]

25' deep tank, 212,000 gallons, 3000 fish, and Charles Delbeek running the show...doesn't get much better than that.

[h20poloman2]

just bought my membership, good for 2 people...will keep everyone posted with what the date is for the early admittance.

[Nick_San]

ack! I think I'm going to get a membership card myself as well. I'm in san Francisco 4-5 times a year anyways. Marlin...field trip! :D

[h20poloman2]

Got my confirmation letter of membership in the mail today...not set date(s) for the early membership opening but it says they will be in the fall. Membership cards should be coming soon. Say's they are planting over 2,000 colonies in the reef tank. :drool:

[Nick_San]

Got my confirmation letter of membership in the mail today...not set date(s) for the early membership opening but it says they will be in the fall. Membership cards should be coming soon. Say's they are planting over 2,000 colonies in the reef tank. :drool:

Horseshatner! I hate you, I haven't received any confirmations yet!
:whip:

- Nick

[LarryM]

Steinhart is cool place... used to go there bout every other year with kids when stationed up there... had more of lab sciences feel about it then...

[h20poloman2]

Here is the early member info...Sun Sep 21st through that Wed the 24th. I'm going to sign up for the 21st.


http://www.calacademy.org/preview/member/index.php

[Jessy]

Man I'm so excited! The guy who runs this place won the MACNA person of the year award and I met one of the Marine Biologists in Atlanta as well. Its going to be SWEET.

[jhuynh15]

So I am going up to the bay area Oct 3 through Oct 5, I can't wait. Sorry Jessy, flights booked, and house is full. Maybe next time! ROTFL

[Jessy]

So I am going up to the bay area Oct 3 through Oct 5, I can't wait. Sorry Jessy, flights booked, and house is full. Maybe next time! ROTFL

so good then that I'm not depending on you to make my way up there.

I'll get up there soon regardless. Please take pics and post them up here with a review..i'm so interested to know how it is.

[h20poloman2]

One of my good friends that I grew up with had a chance to take his kids to a sneak peek yesterday since they paid for a membership. He said they had a great time. He said the aquarium section was definitely not as big as Monterey....obviously it isn't just an aquarium and I'm not expecting that but sounds like they have a very cool reef tank. He snapped a couple pics that I'm attaching...very cool albino alligator. Enjoy

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science/DSC_0325.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science/DSC_0347.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science/DSC_0373.jpg

[99sf]

Visited the Academy on Thursday. It is fantastic! I'm sharing a few photos...the giant reef tank is amazing, but will need time for the corals to develop.
Christina

[Jessy]

OMG Howwwww jealous I am...you just slipped away and went huh?

I was worried that the reef tank was going to need time to grow. Did you go to the planetarium too? How was the rainforest?

[99sf]

Took a last-minute trip for work, and got to spend half a day at the Academy. The rain forest was really cool. It has a deep aquarium at the base of the exhibit, with some giant catfish and an underwater viewing tunnel. Guests walk up a circular platform (like the Guggenheim museum) from one level to the next, and they have set up a bunch of freshwater tanks and terrariums on each of the levels. You can see butterflies near the top. Missed the planetarium, but spent some time at the climate change exhibit.

[h20poloman2]

Ok, so I finally made my first trip to the Cal Academy of Science while visiting my fam this weekend. I definitely suggest visiting on a weekday and not during a holiday, it was very crowded but I still was able to see quite a bit. I'll be back for sure since I'm a member.

Yes, the albino aligator is very cool

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/AlbinoAligator.jpg

the Phillippine Coral Reefhttp://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/BigReef.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/ReefII.jpg

They are starting to have a bryopsis issue also...hopefully one of the gazillion tangs will eat it.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/ClownTang.jpg

Caribbean Reef
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/CaribbeanReef.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/CaribbeanReefII.jpg

HUGE Grandis Palys!!
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/GrandisPalys.jpg

Huge H.Magnifica
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/HMagnificaAnemone.jpg

Snowflake Eel
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/SnowflakeEel.jpg

Beautiful purple lobo and feeding trachy
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/PurpleLobo.jpg

Moorish Idol
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/MoorishIdol.jpg

Nudis
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/Nudis.jpg

Rainforest Biosphere
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/RainforestSphere.jpg

Monarch Butterfly
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/MonarchButterfly.jpg

Black Widow
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/BlackWidowSpider.jpg

Plant display
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/Plantdisplay.jpg

Iggy
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/Iguana.jpg

Upsidedown Jellyfish
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/marlin_plank/Cal%20Academy%20of%20Science%20Nov%202008/Upsidedownjellyfish.jpg