fter a two-month transformation, The Mirage's famed lobby aquarium - already one of the most elaborate and technically advanced in the world - now offers visitors a new sensory escape.
Several of the top aquarium design experts collaborated to create the ultimate undersea environment. Sharks, stingrays, and gobies can be seen swimming side by side with eels, sea bass and puffer fish behind four-inch thick acrylic window. The aquarium's filtration and life support systems were also updated with technology that will improve visibility and support new artificial corals and nearly 1000 specimens. This 20,000 gallon spectacular is home to new, brighter artificial corals that call to mind the exotic beauty of such tropical locales as Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. In order to protect the environment it celebrates, The Mirage donated the exhibit's old reef system to the Las Vegas Natural History Museum. The Mirage Lobby Aquarium is located directly behind the front desk.
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Managed by The Mirage's own in-house aquarists, the aquarium accommodates more than 1,000 coral reef animals representing 60 species from Australia, Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji, the Red Sea, the Marshall Islands, the Sea of Cortez and the Caribbean. These sea animals were all selected for their adaptability to the environment and compatibility with other species.
One of the most elaborate and technically advanced aquariums in the world, the tank is 53 feet long, eight feet from top to bottom, and six feet from front to back. The acrylic used in the aquarium is 4 inches thick. The interior was carefully created to simulate an intricately detailed, artificial coral reef. To preserve the living reefs in the ocean, no live coral is used in the tank. |
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