Featured Exhibits

Koi Exhibit

Viewed from above, koi fish create the impression of animated, floating flowers or living jewelry. Their Japanese name, Nishikigoi, means 'carp of many colors.' The Koi Exhibit, which opened in July 2006, showcases this Japanese art of breeding ordinary carp into extraordinary 'jewels.'

 

 

 

 

Rio Grande at Central Bridge

Just inside the aquarium entrance, the Rio Grande at Central Bridge exhibit features two tanks, one with fish now found in the Albuquerque reach of the Rio Grande and the second featuring fish that inhabited the Albuquerque reach of the Rio Grande 100 years ago. Besides offering natural history information, the exhibit underscores the diminishing diversity and loss of species in the Rio Grande watershed. The exhibit design inventively weaves historical and modern elements using a road travel theme complete with a 1950 Hudson parked on a bridge, a mural of the historical Albuquerque skyline as the backdrop.

 

Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout Stream

Designed and constructed in-house, the Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout Stream simulates freshwater stream habitat with the swift flow, crystal clear water and cold temperatures that native cutthroat trout require. A forest mural, fallen logs and living trees add to the mountain stream ambience.