America's 3rd *LARGEST* Aquarium - It was NOT what I expected!

[@TimMahoney-d5m]

Thanks for visiting our city. Too many of us take Shedd Aquarium for granted. It is a remarkable place.

[@Kaityscichlids]

It truly is ❤️ It was astounding, I was honestly not prepared for it

[@jacksonseyl5255]

​@@Kaityscichlids I hope you come back to see more of it.

[@mountainhobbit1971]

I used to go on school field trips to the Shedd Aquarium when I was a kid in school (I grew up north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)...it was always the highlight of my year. I could have spent the whole day in there. This brings back so many memories.

[@Kaityscichlids]

That's really awesome to hear :) You are so lucky getting to grow up near there

[@TheRealLaughingGravy]

What I like about Shedd Aquarium is that they've managed to expand and modernize the building while preserving much of its interior space - unlike, say, the Adler Planetarium, which has been gutted on the inside and has lost all of its original charm. My daughter loves going to the Shedd so much that we've started purchasing a yearly membership so we can afford to go several times a year. (An adult single-day ticket can cost about $35 to $45, depending on the date.)

[@Kaityscichlids]

That's awesome! You can tell they've certainly put a lot of hard work into it. If I lived in the area I would totally be purchasing a yearly pass too

[@LumberHoward]

My Grandmother took me to the Shedd Aquarium 65 years ago. It has changed, it is still as impressive today as it was 65 years ago. Great video, you do a great professionally personal job.

[@sakilmansuri5736]

Thankyou so much Kaity Awesome video

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you for watching! 🙏

[@barrywise7185]

Absolutely no idea how you popped up in my algorithm but thanks for visiting Chicago and the Shedd!

[@pulsatingsausageboy2076]

Shedd is so cool because it’s nearly 100 years old. It has a whole different vibe than modern aquariums.

[@trudygoodwin4471]

Loving this voice over video format So much fish footage!

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙏

[@kevwill42]

I am from chicago (living in arizona now) and used to get to shedd aquarium often. Seeing your video makes me want to go back when I visit chicago again. Thanks for posting!

[@Kaityscichlids]

That's awesome!! Thank you heaps Kev :)

[@wxlurker]

Thank you for letting us on the other side of the world join your trip! I appreciate your clear narration with interesting explanations

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you so much!! I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed it 😊

[@nicholaspawelski1031]

The Shedd Aquarium used to have the oldest known australian lungfish in the world. They called him Granddad, and he was believed to be about 110 when he passed away in 2017. He had been at the aquarium for over 80 years.

[@SequoiaElisabeth]

Shedd is on my list to visit. Thanks for sharing. This is one of the best videos I have seen of it. Really makes me want to visit even more!

[@Kaityscichlids]

Awww, thank you so much!! That's awesome to hear 😊🙏🏻

[@richardfuentes4204]

Welcome to Chicago! That massive saltwater tank is getting a major upgrade. The Shedd is open on certain nights where you can buy alcoholic beverages.

[@laurag1076]

Wow kaity. Brilliant. Love those deep in depth tanks. And all those set ups. Amazing .

[@sharonduvall7286]

Oh I've never seen any videos of this aquarium! It's very beautiful! Thank u for taking us along ! I love how much you know about different kinds of fish and so many of their kinds..its makes visiting an aquarium with you very fun and informative lol! I think I really liked the little Turtle exhibit although they had so many beautiful ones! Thanks so much for this video it was awesome!

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you so much Sharon!! I'm really glad you enjoyed checking it out :D I really liked the little turtles too

[@GoodLifeAquatics]

Really awesome aquarium! Thank you for taking us along with you!

[@gillianmiller9710]

It's been several years since I visited the Shedd Aquarium, but it is a special place. There are a number of species of native lamprey in American rivers and streams. Some are ectoparasitic, while others are free living. Love your videos.

[@Kaityscichlids]

It most definitely it :) Thank you so much Gillian!

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Kaity, you are living my dream haha. Shedd aquarium is a place that I have DREAMED of visiting and I can live that dream through your video. Thank you so much for the shout out as well, Neo says Hi! hahaha

[@Kaityscichlids]

I'm sure you will one day!! 😁 Hi Neo!! 👋 🐟😎

[@Lutharthegreat]

I love this place. Grew up 90 minutes from it and used to go in every weekend and visit. Loving your content you have been posting from being here in the states.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it 😊 That's so cool you used to get to visit so often, it's such an awesome place

[@robg915]

Katy youve reslly stepped up your youtube game! Shoutout from a discus keeper in El Paso TX.

[@nicolekatherine3870]

I'm so glad you got to visit my city! I hope you enjoyed yourself. The Shedd is fantastic. Now I gotta visit Oz!

[@robinweber8895]

Awesome content thank for you sharing tuned in from South Africa.

[@kylet5449]

Hi Kaity, I live on Lake Michigan and to answer question about sea lamprey. Yes they are common but you would never see them at a beach or river they are mostly found on large salmon and trout that are caught deep in the great lakes. Once they attach, they don’t let go either unless the fish dies so it’s not like there are a lot of them just swimming around.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you for the information!! I was imagining swimming in the lake then having one attach to your leg 😳 So that's good to know they are only in the deep. They are the stuff of nightmares for those fish though!

[@ughhgh5430]

Loved this video, so informative and great footage. Thank you for sharing!

[@marknewman3360]

Used to live nearby. Been a while since I visited. Nice tour by Kaity

[@hydrostream76]

I have never heard of the Shedd Aquarium Definitely a place I want to visit I'm in Toronto , we just have Ripleys Aquarium here Great Video

[@simianlife5949]

I like your comment about visiting there as an adult by yourself being okay because that's exactly what I did a few years ago when I had some time to kill before a flight home. Totally worth it.

[@pux0rb]

Its cool to see someone learn about the great lakes since I've lived near 2 of them my entire life. They really are like freshwater beaches! Beautiful in the summer time and you can see all kinds of cool freshwater fish if you know where to look. Speaking of invasive species, there are some strips of beaches that are littered with probably billions of zebra mussel shells. Somehow I've gone my entire life without knowing about the lampreys in the great lakes. I seriously thought they were only saltwater fish so its really interesting to learn something new!

[@GenXHeart]

Love it! Thank you Kaity!!

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you!!

[@scottibass]

awesome video. Now I want to visit, I've been to Chicago many times but did not know about the aquarium

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you!! Well there you go, you will have to visit next time :)

[@fishmunga1014]

I'd never heard of that type of Turtle before. I love some of the scape set-ups. Keep up the great work Kaity. Dilly dilly.

[@Kaityscichlids]

They are really sweet little things, I love them :) Thank you!! :D

[@JohnSmith-pw1gf]

Love how the kelp in the thumbnail is that reddish orange colour. Almost like it’s fall-time in the kelp forest.

[@Kaityscichlids]

That's so true!! I really loved the red kelp

[@Yelsin_Salazar]

Great video. It felt like having a tour to see lots of different environment fish species from around the world in one single place. Thanks for sharing such a nice and informative content with us. Keep on being like this, I'm pretty sure it won't take you a long time to achieve the 100k subs goal 😊 . Greeting and blessings 🙌 from Lima, Peru!!!

[@davidhart4789]

WOW 😮 Don’t know if it was there in 1969 when I was stationed at Great Lakes Naval Station, but if it was I sure missed out on seeing it. Am going to ask my friend if she would like to go there with me. Definitely want to go. Thank you so much for showing this. Your channel has to be the absolute best of all the aquarium channels. ❤

[@morewi]

It opened in 1930.

[@Viconius]

Love the Shedd Aquarium.

[@IronTiger84]

Great video❗️ Looks like an awesome place to visit, love how it’s organized by continents and regions 🐟🐠

[@lamvuondep]

Thanks for sharing

[@WhiteD88]

Wow that place is amazing could spend a whole day there easy, keep up the great work kaity 😊

[@liam-n8098]

Insane thanks for sharing!!

[@peasandhapsforever110]

Great video kaity

[@smallmouthguy2264]

Been there many times since i was a kid, they are always redoing exhibits so its always like seeing somthing new

[@babypapaya8229]

What an amazing aquarium. Thanks for documenting your trip. Very inspiring

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you so much :)

[@franka6302]

Beautiful aquarium. Wow that colourful African cichlid tank!

[@Kaityscichlids]

It was so cool!! I loved it

[@charlesfranklin3533]

This is My Beautiful HomeTown Chicago Aquarium. When I Lived There I Would Go Almost Every Year To Check This Place Out. My Ex-wife And I Were Charter Member's where we got to go Behind the Scenes To Check out how this Place Operate. The Filtration Was Mind Blowing.

[@Kaityscichlids]

That is so cool!! I would love to get to see behind the scenes if I ever go back

[@maartencappaert]

Great tour. Look up the Nile perch in regards to lake Victoria if you're interested in learning why there aren't many species available

[@Evil_Genius_888]

Nice video. I should plan a visit there sometime. It would be a 10 hour drive for me. I live on the tip of Lake Superior…

[@DileepaSumathipala-go8sl]

hi kaity. nice content. plan a trip to sri lanka. wechave many lakes and rivers and native fish. Love from Sri Lanka

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you 🙏🙏🙏 I will have to!! I would love to check out the fish there 😊

[@ScottParisi]

Great video. Thank you. The African cichlids are all over Florida's canals as well. Fun to catch them in traps

[@Kaityscichlids]

Oh that is cool!! I would totally be catching them if we had them in the creeks here

[@BobBombadil]

Kaity, huge fan here. At 2:15 you say that the fly river turtle is the only type of freshwater turtle that doesn't need to exit the water. There are actually a few other species of fresh water turtles that are like this. The mata mata turtle from South America comes to mind immediately but there are a few other examples as well. Anyway, keep up the great videos please! I look forward to them

[@zoltan303stackin]

Amazing...thanks for sharing

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you 🙏

[@iwtfpduta]

Hi Kaity, I lived at Woodridge for 10 years about 40 years ago. Spent many times swimming in creeks and cannot ever remember seeing little fish like rainbow fish swimming around, and I don't remember ever seeing them in aquarium stores either

[@Kaityscichlids]

It's so amazing how you can miss them if you're not looking for them! I had never noticed them in the water either until I started to get interested in them

[@iwtfpduta]

@@Kaityscichlids I'm still going through the video, we have saltwater pipefish, I caught one in a rockpool in the North East of England and mentioned it to a National Trust friend of mine and she was concerned that they are present because they are not good for the Puffins to feed their young, sand eels are much better

[@cmartinez3809]

I'm Happy you like Chicago 💯

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

Awesome video I've been there great job! 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿🫡

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you so much Cooper 😁🙏🙏

[@adrianzmajla4844]

Last time I visited relies in America, I made sure to make a whole day just take all this in, awesome place. One day was still too short, oh and I was filming with a "compact" camera on mini vhs tapes, Haha. I'll have to dig them up, thanks for the reminder Cooper, and of course Kaity for making this.

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

@adrianzmajla4844 thanks for sharing brought back memories for sure

[@robinvangorp3433]

Great video! The supposed pearlspot chiclids (etroplus canarensis) you showed were actually green chromides (etroplus suratensis). Their one of only three chiclids native to Asia.

[@digiaotearoa5897]

Beautiful fish and tanks wow but omgosh did anyone notice the baby in the background going hundy lol

[@megazillasaurus]

I love sea lampreys, they are one of my 5 favorite fish

[@Specogecko]

15:59 Midas cichlids, not flowerhorns, but easy mixup to make since flowerhorns are often hybridized with any new world cichlid practically

[@SADUTTAQUARIUM]

Wow what a beautiful place kaity's 😍😍😍

[@maryswanson9982]

Shed Aquarium is also one of the most beautiful buildings! Don’t miss it !if you are Chicago

[@yahyaaljuwaedi2127]

🎉ZYGOTE Thank you So Much Love To You And Your Beautiful Family

[@TequillanSunrise]

Shout out to Shedd Aquariums for telling everyone in the crowd to put their wallets in their front pockets to avoid getting pick pocketed while looking in at the fish. Chicago is not your friend! Great video!

[@peripheralsapien8491]

As far as I'm aware koi/ghost are essentially line bred king carp which in turn are line bred wild carp. The Japanese bred the koi for its colour and European monks developed common, mirror and eventually leather carp for food, increasing their size, then scale size, then scale density. Culminating in the leather carp a 60lb scale-less mud pig, but essentially the same species as the koi. Some of the European King carp (usually mirrors) get over 100lb, 45kg.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Ahh, that makes sense!! Thank you for sharing that, that's really interesting

[@Shade_91]

this place is awesome i wonder if they still have that GIANT Jau Catfish

[@brucebjornson9135]

All the aquariums are beautiful I love them all❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@Kaityscichlids]

They most definitely are!! :)

[@bobtaylor7197]

Very nicely done❤

[@astridmj327]

Hell yeah this is awesome

[@MakoyUnggoy]

Looking at their tropheus must be wanting to make you splash the cash and get your colony cooking, I can't wait to see what to see what you pick. I know you can't rush these things but please do haha!

[@Kaityscichlids]

Hahaha, it most definitely was! I am getting started on it next weekend so DW it's on it's way :D

[@skaughtmc6591]

The turtles you weren’t sure the type of around 17:50 look to be some sort of Map turtle. I used to have a Mississippi Map, and they’re much more high energy and skittish compared to the usual red-eared sliders.

[@prodogtwodogman3857]

I have a map turtle. She is over 20 years old now and going strong.

[@matts.714]

Great video

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you :D

[@Kitaquatics]

Haha always fun to see foreigners discover the great lakes!! They are absolutely beautiful. I've grown up near Lake Superior, which is the largest and far less populated (and most beautiful imo). They're fun to learn about!!

[@bakpao9971]

Thnak you for sharing If you like that 13.30 fish Named (yellow calvus) (Altolamprologus calvus) Many variant color

[@hydroz0ans]

Nice. I got a trip planned there in the coming months too.

[@Kaityscichlids]

That's awesome, I think you will really enjoy it :)

[@rhombifer566]

great video

[@BigggRoss]

I hope you had the chance to visit the Texas Aquarium in Corpus Christy, it's an amazing place!

[@Kaityscichlids]

I didn't!! But I still really want to go to Texas. Maybe next year :D

[@tommybunk2292]

I grew up on Lake Erie, but never saw any Lamprey Eel's. The first time I saw a Lamprey Eel was in northern Germany at a fish market. They were smoked with skin and head still on...3 or 4 old German Men were sitting at a table out front of the market eating them with their fingers like chicken and drinking Beer 🤢. There was a massive amount of Carp in the rivers and streams along the Lake and the local commercial fisheries would catch tons of them which would be sent to New England where most would be pickled and jarred from what I was told. My German Wife told me pickled Carp was delicious🤢, but I mostly ate the Walleye & Perch from the Lake 😃.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Oh my gosh, NO way!! I could never bring myself to eat one of those, they creep me out too much. Thank you so sharing that interesting but disturbing story

[@tommybunk2292]

@@Kaityscichlids 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂 I felt exactly the same way !!!

[@vitaliyvyntu4566]

Very interesting

[@AA-zv6yo]

The aussie response to the size of the great lakes is funny to me. Also. You missed a lot more stuff, it looks like you were just in the older section

[@Kaityscichlids]

I honestly couldn't believe it lol, I thought it was a beach at first then I was like "wait a minute, there's no beach here"... And I can't believe how much stuff I missed! I took 'full tour' out of the thumbnail after I realised the extent of stuff I missed. I'll definitely have to come back

[@Slawsers]

Wow what a beautiful place

[@Kaityscichlids]

It really is!!

[@yuiyuiyyuiy3200]

great content! more please☺

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you!! There's much more to come :D

[@ПеченьеСахарное-л3ч]

I'm admiring you. Even if you were baking or cooking, I would watch you. (Not sure if you can cook) You're good at making videos. I hope I have good English?..🤣

[@charlesmcilveen9593]

The Lamprey eel is native to the Atantic Ocean and they swim up freshwater rivers and can be caught bare handed when they are spawning. They taste good. They come up the Lamprey River in Dover, New Hampshire in the USA. Sure are ugly though. Charley McILveen

[@AzraelThanatos]

Surprised you didn't have footage of the Oceanarium section or their gigantic ocean tank

[@yuripalacios05]

nicely done

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you 😄

[@doctoribanez]

I went to gradw school in Elgin Illinois and would take school trips to sheds aquarium

[@markhamilton2329]

Lamprey, make great Pike bait here in Scotland.

[@drewzero1]

I encountered a sea lamprey in the wild once, righted my canoe on a river trip and accidentally caught it in the boat. It ranks right up next to forty-leg on my list of animal encounters I'd like to never, ever have again.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Oh my goodness... That is not an encounter I would want to have either! They are such yucky things lol

[@Rotterdam-hoogvliet]

Love your channel 😊

[@MarieWest-tbic]

Those worm, teethy, sucker fish, creepy things... There is an episode of, "Dirty Jobs" with Mike Rowe that had to catch them at a locks system that feeds into lake Michigan, to keep them out of the lake. And those things even creeper him out!

[@Kaityscichlids]

They literally give me goosebumps just looking at them. So creepy!!

[@MAD4Marines]

Not sure if You're aware, but the late victoria, sixteenth are almost stinked in the wild due to the introduction of nile purchase of food source, but they bread left the cage and then ate all the secrets, so let the victoria lives on in home aquarium and zoo projects, and that's about it

[@spacey_babe9950]

Loved this video, and all the information, I never realized how many other cichlids there were. But im here mostly to say the dude at the end is DEFINITELY on a date with some girl he aint supposed to be out with, lol. Also, a youtuber I watch that is based in Florida found two dead Lamprey in a storm drain somewhere in Fl. Not sure.how they got there, but they were already dead when he netted them, and they were HUGE.

[@brettscott4064]

I went to the Sydney Aquarium for the first time in 20yrs the other day. Last time I saw the Great Barrier Reef exhibit, which is massive with heaps of viewing windows, there were hundreds of corals with clowns on platforms around every window and hundreds of various larger colourful fish. It was mesmerising everywhere you looked at every window. This time it was like a wasteland, no corals and very few colourful fish. So depressing when I was expecting to show my son something that would blow his mind🤦‍♂️

[@Kaityscichlids]

Oh that is such a shame to hear!! I wonder what happened :( I really hope they get it back together and looking beautiful again

[@พิทวัสอภิชาตพิเชียร]

In some tanks (i.e. SEA and Malawi Lake tanks) the fish look unhelathy and some are injured. I think they don't look after the fish well enough.

[@danvanmuizenberg6650]

You are safe lamprey-wise up there, the whole south coast of the country gets them though

[@triplej1222]

The Shedd is only going to get better with the renovations for its 100 year anniversary.

[@iwtfpduta]

Yes, I have seen a lamprey before, but caught from a pier in the North Sea in the UK, the fisherman didn't know what it was and his friend ran away screaming because she thought it was a snake. Bizarrely it was not attached to a fish, it just took his bait

[@Kaityscichlids]

OMG!! I would run away screaming too 🤣 I would honestly rather it be a snake lol. They give me the creeps

[@midnighthorizon1]

have you heard of Underwater world on the sunshine coast might be worth a visit one day they have a huge tank you can walk threw

[@Kaityscichlids]

I have! I went there once when I was about 11. That would be cool to go back again one day 😊

[@bern2033]

We do eat sea lampreys in northwest Spain

[@billmeyer4773]

Keep up the EXCELLENT VIDEOS TOURS, The more you show a verity of places you will triple the people subscribed to your site. If possible if you can find other out there that are breeding fish it will keep people interested in this channel also or even ones who raise different types of plants . They are out here. If you show it they will come 💯.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you Bill

[@Fyreblade2000]

Wow what an amazing place Kaity!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you for watching!!

[@adammachala3443]

They "loan" their belugas to Sea World, Shedd can kick rocks.