TROPICAL REEF AQUARIUM
Now Open
Experience a lush, tropical oasis of warm-water marine beauty, with awesome sharks and other exciting new animals in a refreshed space. Get eye-to-eye with a grey reef or zebra shark. Meet a charismatic potato grouper. Be amazed by a stunning tasseled wobbegong shark. And gently touch tropical sea stars, sea cucumbers, urchins, snails and shrimp in our new Tropical Shallows habitat.
Plus, discover the delight and wonder of meeting our amazing sharks during an Eye-to-Eye Shark Dive!
DISCOVER THE TROPICAL REEF
Meet Our Animals
Feeding sharks
(Carefully)
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Feeding time in the Outer Reef habitat is a complex dance.
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Above the surface are a half-dozen aquarists, each with a different feeding pole and containers filled with restaurant-quality, sustainable seafood.
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Cleaning
underwater
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How do you clean a shark habitat? You get trained divers on your team and set them to work.
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While one diver watches the sharks around them, the other scrubs the windows and corals. And you get to watch it all!
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Science
behind-the-scenes
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Behind the scenes at the Tropical Reef Aquarium is a complex network of pipes, filters, temporary habitats and more.
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Water is pumped up from Puget Sound, filtered and warmed, and then treated again after it leaves the aquarium so it’s clean for our local environment.
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Protecting the Ocean
SHARKS ARE IMPORTANT: Sharks are beautiful creatures, and they play a crucial part in keeping ocean ecosystems in balance. Sharks are being negatively impacted by human actions worldwide.
HOW TO HELP SHARKS: Learn more about sharks, replacing sterotypes with your enthusiasm. Choose sustainable seafood. Avoid the purchase of shark products. Support and explore shark research and conservation initiatives.