The Florida Aquarium in Tampa has announced that it will be closed from Tuesday through Thursday in preparation for Hurricane Milton. The aquarium's coral conservation team is actively working with various organizations to relocate over 4,000 juvenile corals and more than 100 broodstock from the Coral Conservation and Research Center in Apollo Beach.
Notably, the Florida Aquarium is the sole facility globally that looks after endangered pillar coral and boasts the largest number of reproductive size elkhorn coral. Due to the impending hurricane, colonies of both species are being moved to different locations for their safety.
