Flower Gardens  
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The 40,000-gallon Flower Gardens exhibit replicates an actual coral reef located approximately 300 miles straight out the Aquarium’s back door in the Gulf of Mexico. Early fishermen named it “Flower Gardens” because of the brightly colored sponges, corals, and fishes that resembled flowers. The Flower Gardens are the only coral reef off the coast of Texas. Watch tarpon, green moray eels, porcupine fish, French angelfish, cow-nose stingrays and barracuda interact with our divers during our daily Diver in the Water presentation.