Fish cams :: Web cams of aquariums

Net IT On.com, New Jersey, USA (freshwater)

Open: 8:30 am to 10:30 pm, i.e. 14:30-04:30 CET
Info: 640 pixels wide. Smaller second camera from another angle.
Rating: Closeup, lively fish. Very good image quality.

Aquarix Software, Zeven, Germany (freshwater)

Open: 10:30 to 21:30 CET
Info: 640 pixels wide or optional size in your Windows Media Player.
Rating: Beautiful. Even looks good in full screen if your screen isn't too large. Read about the aquarium further down on the page. Full inventory of fish.

The Giant Ocean Tank, New England Aquarium, Boston, USA (coral reef)

Open: US daytime?
Update frequency: 5 seconds.
Info: 400 pixels wide. Not too colourful, but allegedly over 150 species. And one mean-looking shark!

Monterey Bay Aquarium, California, USA (seawater)

Open: 7 am to 7 pm, i.e. 16-08 CET, but video tapes the rest of the time
Info: 350 pixels wide. Sea floor outside the aquarium. Feeding at 11 am, i.e. 20 CET. "Spotting Guide" showing the species. Don't miss the other fish cams on this site. The music is really nice. They clean the Sea Otters cave Wednesdays at 8 am (17 CET).
Rating: Excellent. What a shame it's such a small frame.

Jason's Interactive Fishcam, Florida, USA (freshwater)

Open: Sunrise to 2 am EST, i.e. approx. 14-08 CET
Info: 320 pixels wide. You can shift the camera angle and open or close the alligator's mouth! You can go to full screen - if you don't mind the large pixels.
Rating: Recently improved so it's up there with the best!

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Kreissparkasse Osterholz, Germany (salt water)

Open: Daytime. 9-19 CET?
Update frequency: One frame per second, somewhat choppy.
Info: 640 pixels wide. Read about the aquarium here: http://www.mpohz.de/aquarium/ (in German). You see the fish from above.
Rating: A bit blurred but interesting. Shame about the update frequency - but well worth a look anyway,

ScienceSoft, Wien/Vienna, Austria (freshwater)

Open: 08-18 CET
Info: 320 pixels wide. Peaceful with neon tetras, rummy noses, and quite large frogs. Info on inhabitants + switch between camera angles
Rating: Somewhat colourless

Birch Aquarium, Kelp Cam, San Diego, USA (freshwater)

Open: 9 am to 5 pm, i.e. 18-02 CET.
Update frequency: Almost streaming.
Info: 320 pixels wide. Giant aquarium. Divers feeding the fish Tuesdays and Thursdays at 21:30 CET, Saturdays at 23 CET, and Sundays at 19:30 - audio temporarily out of order. Info about the fish on separate page.
Rating: You can't see the fish up close but it's impressive.

Fishy Cams, Dunbar, Scotland (freshwater)

Open: Daytime (GMT).
Update frequency: 1 image per second.
Info: 320 pixels wide. A cozy living-room aquarium inhabited by four goldfish called Fluffy, Goggles, Gobbles and Gemma.
Rating: Not a lot of colour but fair quality.

HSB Live Cam (freshwater)

Open: CET daytime until 22.30 hrs.
Update frequency: Almost streaming.
Info: 320 pixels wide. In German, no details. You can move the camera to get a better view.

Fisheye View, Coral Gables, Florida, USA (coral reef)

Open: Dawn to dusk (EST). If they mean 7 am to 7 pm, then it's 13-01 CET.
Update frequency: 15 seconds plus sort of streaming (a little choppy) but only 60 seconds at a time.
Info: 500 pixels wide. Not a lot of fish but the corals are nice. Click the link "Aquarium" at the bottom for information.
Rating: Nice and lively.

Li'l Fishies Cam, Minnesota, USA (freshwater)

Open: From 10 am to 10 pm, i.e. 17-05 CET.
Update frequency: Every 60 seconds plus manual reload, if you're impatient!
Info: 200 pixels wide. Rather small, so everything smaller than angelfish is hard to spot. Links to the owner's photo galleries of all his fish.

My Tran, California, USA (salt water)

Open: 12 pm to 7 pm, i.e. 21-04 CET.
Update frequency: 2 second intervals, somewhat choppy. Info: 640 pixels wide. A little blurred.

Bill's Aquarium, New York, USA (freshwater)

Open: No idea, but it's worth waiting for!
Update frequency: 5 seconds.
Info: 720 pixels wide Comments From a scientist's lab at NY University? You can see part of an office environment through the aquarium (is that a peanut butter sandwich?). There's a link to Monty Python's "Find the Fish" starring the late Graham Chapman in drag (read: kinky drag)!

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