Visiting Tropical Reefs in the Aquarium (by William)

One time I went to the aquarium with my dad and my cousin Hansen.  

We walked into an exhibit called Tropical Reefs.  When I walked in I saw huge tanks about three men tall and colorful fish zooming around which reminded me of the cars of the city.  Just then, a sting ray dove down to eat the fish and the blue tang swam away very quickly and I couldn’t study more about it. 

Then a diver came and he brought another blue tang near the window of the tank and I got to study more about the blue tang.  I felt so excited that I said “the Tropical Reefs are so cool!”  “Yes they are,” replied my dad.  “Indeed” my cousin added to the conversation.  My mind raced trying to think what would happen if tropical reefs were destroyed.  “Wow, tropical reefs are an important part of the earth,” I said.

Out of the corner of my eye I spotted a group of fish surrounding something.  I couldn’t see what it was, so I hatched a plan.  It was a crazy idea and I don’t think the fish like it, but I did it.  Bonk!  Bonk!  Bonk!  I knocked on the glass of the tank and the fish swam away and I saw some coral.  

I strode around to enjoy the sights of coral and fish.  Suddenly I spotted a blue tang and I followed it.  Soon it paused at some coral to eat polyps.  I started to study the blue tang.  A blue tang is blue with a black and yellow tail.  The blue tang was flat as a pancake.  Suddenly, I stopped in front of a sign, it introduced me to all sorts of coral and facts that people can ruin coral reefs.  It also taught me that big boats may chunk off big pieces of coral.

After a few minutes, it was time to leave.  I had a lot of fun in the Tropical Reefs exhibit.