It takes a great deal of effort on the part of all of our staff members to get this place into operational order; from cleaning the floors, to blasting barnacles out of our lines, to "coaching" anemones into place, every staff member has played a very important role.
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| Claudia and Elise check and clean the exhibit signs |
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| For the record, no mussels were harmed or eaten during the setup of this tank... |
Then came the tank setup. With lots of glue, abdominal muscles, and power tools the big tanks were up! Chrissy expertly helped us to assemble a woody habitat, collect and combine clumps of eelgrass, adhere mussels to our piling tank, and create a precariously balanced pile of rocks.
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| Rocky habitat collection for crabs, sea stars, pricklebacks, and more! |
Once our habitat was in place we were ready for animals! To accomplish this took six days of collection at five sites over one month, plus help from Washington Fish and Wildlife and some local divers. With a total of over 45 different species collected, we spent a good deal of time identifying and recording animals, figuring out their feeding habits, and matching them to the most appropriate habitat tank.
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| More baby silver spotted sculpins?? |
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| Photobomb! Claudia, Elise, and Chrissy sein for fish |
Happy spring!
Elise
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| Come visit us! Spring hours are Friday-Sunday, 12-4pm. Adults/$5, children/$3, kids under 6 free!! |
