当您认为珊瑚和盐水鱼时，内布拉斯加州可能不会立即想到。内布拉斯加州被三次内锁，就像您想象的那样远离大海。然而，奥马哈境内的某个地方是世界上最好的动物园亨利·门利动物园（Henry Dotly Zoo）的所在地，那里设有一个公共水族馆，令人惊喜。
老实说，我不是公共水族馆的忠实拥护者。虽然大多数公共水族馆都有值得称赞的大型弹药夹和其他雷鳍鱼，无脊椎动物和爬行动物的收藏，但您很难找到一个真正在展示各个方面发挥作用的东西。这种水族馆中通常缺乏礁石显示器，大多数家庭水族师可以轻松地在美学方面轻松地进行这种设置。
我们并不是在这里缠着公共水族馆，这是有原因的，为什么大型设置通常不像您想象的那样出色。预算，巨大的水量和时间分配只是一些因素。老实说，您不认为这些公共水族馆获得了自己的优质时间，对吗？是的，他们可能无法去商店挑选那个花哨的Acroporaor rare fish that you’ve been eyeing too.
到目前为止，我遇到过的公共场合的最佳礁石展示必须是纽约的长岛水族馆。它是无与伦比的，甚至没有任何东西。话虽如此，就公共水族馆而言，奥马哈动物园的水族馆也很不错。我们最近在奥马哈度过了一个星期，在那里我与蒂姆·莫里西（Tim Morrissey），珊瑚水族馆（Coral Squarist）和一般圆润的坏屁股一起呆在水族馆中。
内布拉斯加州的冬季是一场大声疾呼，并且看到一切都在与西伯利亚苔原（Siberian Tundra）相似的令人恐惧的恐惧阴影中，我们在动物园的水族馆里度过了很多时间。不用说，我们拍了很多照片，并度过了愉快的时光，并欣赏了这个地方必须提供的整体健康。
As with many public aquariums, the rundown of exhibits is pretty standard. There’s the quintessential shark and ray and big fish display which I spend very little time at, a cold water display for large spider crabs and other strange invertebrates, biotope displays such as a Caribbean reef set up and cold water rockfish, Penguins, Jellyfish and of course, an assortment of smaller reef style displays.
确实，在我什至开始谈论各种设置之前，我必须赞扬和赞扬这里存在的礁石鱼类。我是一个又一次的鱼，虽然我主要写关于稀有或异国鱼的文章，但我是整个鱼爱好者。是的，有些事情我不喜欢（停止傻笑，您知道自己是谁），但总的来说，我喜欢大多数五颜六色的礁石。
在公共水族馆中观察鱼对我来说很棘手。我去过的地方很少能在拥有某种迷人的有趣鱼类方面取得平衡。完全可以理解，显而易见，您找不到类似的东西Cirrhilabrus Claire，，，，or a bandit angelfish in a public aquarium. Let’s not be ridiculous. Most however tend to stock their displays with incredibly mundane species like the Regal Tang, Foxface, Bannerfish, and a whole slew of other really run of the mill fish.
这re is a buffer zone between banal and unobtainable rarities, and these are interesting aquarium species that are neither rare nor expensive, but are things that most public aquariums seldom bother with. Seeing them in a home reef or a LFS is very standard, but seeing this category of fish in a public aquarium is something very rare, and praise has to be given for the aquarium at Henry Doorly Zoo.
因此，当我看到像这样的物种时，这对我来说是一个巨大的惊喜巨噬细胞黑元，，，，Wetmorella，，，，cirrhilabrusroseafascia，，，，Bodianus frenchii和a whole slew of other interesting species on display here. It takes a “reefer” mindset and background that’s ingrained in the aquarium staff to even know what these are or that they would make for wonderful display pieces, something a “work for the sake of work” staff would never get.
这black leopard wrasse (巨噬细胞黑元) pictured above is a truly stunning individual. While i’ve seen this species numerous times both in aquaria and in the wild, I have never seen a male quite like this. The male is kept with three females, which it dominates in a shallow water Sulawesi style “beach tank”.Negrosensisas its name suggests is uniformly black, sans some cryptic green markings on the face and body.
这nuptial coloration for this species is particularly stunning, with neon green meandering across the face and bleeding into a fish net design all across the scales on the body. The base of the unpaired fins take on a metallic gold that is quite reflective. I have never seen this before until that day, so this was pretty exciting for me as far as fish go. The mini gallery above shows a few other cool fish, in particular the Crested Morwong which I am impartial to.
撇开鱼，必须再次赞美珊瑚的质量和外观。还记得我们何时提到的，通常不容易找到具有出色的珊瑚陈列的公共水族馆吗？不在这里。珊瑚展示是相当新的，看起来仍然有些原始，但是很明显，随着时间的流逝，我们正在寻找具有巨大潜力的东西。
同样，找到现场健康，健康和丰富多彩的珊瑚的公共展示并不容易。每个人都可以生长珊瑚，但是要长得很好，而精巧并不是任何人都能实现的目标。
I for one particularly enjoy theTubastrea与虾鱼，红衣主教和卷积一起展示。Tubastreais fairly easy to maintain with regular feeding, and likePocillopora，在囚禁中很容易产卵。健康的菌落Tubastrea定期扔掉幼虫，然后定居，然后成长为微型菌落。
而大部分显示器则被成熟的光彩所照亮Tubastrea殖民地，几乎在任何地方都成长的小孩子确实证明了该系统的整体健康状况。再次，下面的迷你画廊提供了另一种样本Tubastrea。我尝试将其中一张照片设置为我的桌面墙纸，但它使我蒙蔽了眼睛，所以现在我戴着眼贴，我的电脑屏幕仍然是橙色的模糊。
We got a behind the scenes tour as well, and shark feedings and fish culture aside, as interesting as those were, we didn’t manage to get any good pictures. We did, however, manage to get some decent top-down photos from one of the coral displays.
Corals certainly do look their best and are truest to colour when viewed from the top, and some of these corals were sensational to say the least. These were taken from a smaller reef display with a surge system, and most of the corals are grown near the surface where photography is simply not possible from the public’s perspective.
到目前为止我最喜欢的系统和一个我花了the most time at has to be the large mixed reef display. Not only are the corals here beautifully grown and scaped, the fishes here are diverse, healthy, exciting and best of all, paired. Most of them anyway. Honestly if I had a home aquarium big enough, i’d like to keep everything to be best of my ability, paired up or in a natural group setting. Solitary species aside, keeping fishes in pairs or groups really bring out the best coloration and most natural of behaviours.
这个particular section of the tank pictured above is my favourite. In the headlining photo of this article, a group ofPseudanthias huchtiican be seen swimming above this structure. The formation of this section is almost vertical, or rather steeply inclined such thing it mimics a reef wall. A largeHelioporagrows along it and this provides one of the most natural habitats forPseudanthiasspecies, which in the wild, are incredibly fond of such sloping structures.
这entire wall is constantly buzzing with activity from two particular anthiines, and they arePseudanthias huchtii和假性催眠症。由于某种原因，两者特别喜欢这张面孔，尽管无数Pseudanthias也称这个坦克他们的家。
我们最近的文章功能pseudanthias pascalusas a spotlight topic, and in it we mentioned the individuals that are being housed in the Omaha zoo aquarium. These are unusual in possessing yellow caudal fins, which is uncommonly seen for the species. For more information, clicking on the link above will direct you to the full discussion.
One fantastic opportunity that arises from keeping multiple individuals of the same species is the benefit of seeing dominant males square off, as well as pairs forming for copulation. The photo above of two malepseudanthias pascalus平整是一个普遍的景象，并行使男性获得女性以获得交配权利的能力。这有助于发展出色物种及其血液结构带来的色彩，优势和许多其他心理和生理影响。
这对Hemitaurichthys polylepis也经常看到平方，就像许多蝴蝶鱼一样，它们通过用锋利的背刺来锻炼头屁股。新万博苹果
With the wake of sparring males come spawning pairs, and this tank is no stranger to the dance of courtship. By dusk when the aquarium lights are just starting to go off, the tank suddenly comes alive again with numerous courtship displays and mating attempts.
Pseudanthias通过在预期女性周围的紧密U形环中游泳开始展示，并且经常在同一时间进行多个物种参与这项活动。我们目睹了Pseudanthias squamipinniscourting females ofP. huchtii，，，，和males ofP. pascalus与女性P. tuka。
成对产卵发生了P. huchtii，，，，P. dispar和P.催眠瘤，，，，with the culmination of gametes providing extra food for the other hungry opportunistic fishes. The aquarists at the zoo aquarium are however pretty adept at aquaculture and larval rearing, and have been experimenting with a few unknown larvae reared from eggs collected in these systems.
这cirrhilabrus和Paracheilinusin this tank also start their ritualistic courtship during this time, flashing nuptial coloration and erecting their fins.C. lineopunctatusis especially virile, with multiple males engaging in high speed displays. The otherwise uniform maroon turns bright blue and lilac, with the filamentous extensions on the dorsal fin turning white. We’ve seen this species spawn in this set up as well.
也许该坦克中最令人兴奋的求爱表演必须是Bodianussepiacaudus。Bodianus是出了名的激进的同种个体和although in the wild they can be sometimes found in a haremic setting, replicating this in a home system is next to impossible. It is therefore pleasantly surprising to see a pair ofB.形皮劳斯living harmoniously in this tank.
During the day, both individuals cruise around the tank by themselves, preferring to stay out of each other’s way. Come dusk however, a different story unfolds. The female becomes plump and gravid, which signals the male to start courting. He begins by swimming around the female and nudging her near her vent. The pair makes multiple rounds together with the male in close pursuit, and then slowly begin their spawning ascent.
进行了一些失败的尝试，我们没有看到任何实际产卵。但是，根据女性的外表和两人的行为，他们很可能最终进行了仪式。
我以限制和虚伪的方式打字，并且有了一定的意见，无论如何，我都会这么说。发现很少见Scarus在礁石环境中，没有多少人真正安全。这个S. rivulatus是令人耳目一新的景象，并为此建立了很多多样性和现实主义。同样，这不仅是要扔掉所有喜欢的鱼。通常，对您来说似乎是不合常规的事情实际上可能最终会在您的显示屏上添加更现实的触感。
I take this idea home with me as well for my own reef tank. I likecirrhilabrus但是，将我的整个水箱放在十种不同的物种上是非常不自然的。也是如此Scolymiaho积者用一排整齐的甜甜圈珊瑚在沙床上撒上沙床。好吧，这个理论适用于这个礁石。
这Scarus，尽管并非每个人都是个人的最爱，但在使整体概念看起来更加现实时，却绘制了更大的局面，而且总的来说，突然看起来好多了。我们在这里说的大图！
For what it’s worth, the aquarium in Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo is indeed a treat for the average joe tourist or the enthusiastic reef keeper. There’s something for everyone here, and although that sounds hyper cheesy and bill-boardish, it is true. Mitch Carl (Curator of Aquatics), Tim Morrissey and all the other aquarists have really done a fantastic job with this place, and if you’re reading this, it hasn’t gone unnoticed.
除了水族馆外，动物园本身确实是度过一天的绝佳场所。如果出于任何原因，您发现自己在内布拉斯加州，请努力游览并在动物园和水族馆周围进行短暂的游览。您很难找到一种更好的时间来花费时间。
I say that with a poker face and with utmost truth, because as corny (pun intended) as Nebraska is, I find myself wanting to come back here time and again. Enjoy the final mini gallery below.
