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Old May 3rd 07, 08:27 PM posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Default Shore snorkeling in Jacksonville, FL

Isn't Wayne Seller's Store In the FLA area? Maybe close enough for you to
stop in to say HEY
"KurtG" wrote in message
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Pszemol wrote:
Any interesting places in Jacksonville, Florida?
Will be on a business trip in the area so ... :-)

Any places in the city itself worth seeing?
Something like a spectacular aquarium/fish stores? :-)


Not really. The visibility is fairly poor and you need to go 8-10 miles
off shore for any artificial reefs and those are usually in 60-80 feet
of water with visibility much less then 50 ft.

AquaZoo is my usual marine fish store. The one on Beach Blvd has a nice
selection, but they are also the ones that sold me an ritteri anemone
with 2-days of experience. However, I like to go in there and look at
their tanks.

No public aquarium. Also, watch yourself, there are some rough areas of
town where flying lead and innocent victims/bystanders seem to be the
norm, but anywhere on the beaches is good. The Jacksonville Landing
also has a nice river/downtown atmosphere. If you make it up to
Fernandina Beach, let me know. It's about 50 minutes from downtown Jax.

--Kurt