Barramundi - Seafood Market Rescue

[duanes]

They have an Australian biotope exhibit at Baltimore's National Aquarium
They had some large Barramundi, and pretty substantial Archers together in the same tank.
I visited it back in Oct

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[Bonytang]

that's a pretty sweet exhibit duanes + that turtle says it all! those archers are also probably the biggest i've seen, never kept them but are def popular in brackish. pretty neat to think of all the other crazy characters some fish live with + feeding time in an exhibit like that would be cool to see. i grew up in chicago so shedd aquarium was always a 2x yearly visit but here in colorado now & only got to see the denver aquarium once maybe 2016, was amazed w/the asian aros they have can't remember much else except for the super dodgy tiger exhibit right when you walk in lol.

 

[krichardson]

Very impressive looking archers and others,it's been more than twenty years since I've been to that aquarium and I don't recall seeing such a nich looking display when I went.

 

[duanes]

One other little tidbit I found when visiting Baltimore a few months back..... and I had to try, was the Snakehead a a local restaurant

 

[ken31cay]

Actually looks pretty good.

 

[duanes]

Actually looks pretty good.

It was good, I'd order it again.

 

[puffers4puffers]

One other little tidbit I found when visiting Baltimore a few months back..... and I had to try, was the Snakehead a a local restaurant
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Do you happen to remember which restaurant in Baltimore?

 

[ken31cay]

One of my favorite dishes is locally prepared turtle stew. There is a turtle farm here (Green Sea Turtles) that supplies the market. It may be an acquired taste for some, but IMO it is a true delicacy.

 

[duanes]

I believe it was called the True Chesapeake Oyster.

 

[Bonytang]

One of my favorite dishes is locally prepared turtle stew. There is a turtle farm here (Green Sea Turtles) that supplies the market. It may be an acquired taste for some, but IMO it is a true delicacy.

had it with cherry wine vinegar in the Florida Keys it was pretty dank