Also, more and more saltwater fish are captive bred these days. He recalls, Marineland was also the scene of a feature movie, Revenge of the Creature, In which I had a romantic, In my native St. Augustine Carl Selph and I became good friends. Aquariums 30 gallons or larger make great starting points. The Aquatarium opened in 1964, with its main attraction being shows featuring trainedporpoises,sea lions, andpilot whales. The very same water and its dimensional swaying have a calming effect on a person (Michigan State Universitys Amber L. Pearson & Daniel Nutsford, the academic journal Health & Place). Julian first visited Marineland at age 7 with his Dad, and recalls riding with other neighborhood kids about six miles to a salt water lagoon near our homes to watch the secretive training of the first dolphins to enter Marinelands daily shows. If you can handle that, then there are plenty of fish, corals, and invertebrates that are just as easy as freshwater fish.