The children's department at MCPL Wausau features a 650-gallon saltwater aquarium with a living coral reef and more than 30 species of tropical fish and other marine life!
The tank was built by Acrylic Tank Manufacturing of Las Vegas and was funded by a donation from the estate of Phyllis Donner, a Wausau resident.
Inhabitants of the aquarium are as follows (as of October 2022):
Fish
- Azura Damsel
- Bangai Cardinal
- Batfish
- Bicolor Angelfish
- Blue Tang
- Blue-Green Chromis
- Bluespine Unicorn
- Clownfish
- Copperband Butterfly
- Coral Beauty
- Emperor Angelfish
- Flame Angelfish
- Flame Hawkfish
- Heniochus Butterfly
- Lemon Chromis
- Lemon Peel Angel
- Mimic Elibi Tang
- Pink Skunk Clownfish
- Powder Blue Tang
- Powder Brown Tang
- Purple Firefish
- Sailfin Tang
- Sea Goldie
- White Blenny
- Yellow Tang
- Yellowhead Jawfish
- Zebra Moray Eel
Invertebrates
- Banded Coral Shrimp
- Black Urchin
- Blood Red Fire Shrimp
- Blue Hermit Crab
- Blue-Legged Hermit Crab
- Chocolate Chip Starfish
- Corinth Snails
- Nassarius Snails
- Pencil Urchin
- Peppermint Shrimp
- Pin Cushion Urchin
- Red-Legged Hermit Crab
- Rose Sea Anemone
- Sand-Sifting Sea Star
- Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab
- Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
- White-Legged Hermit Crab
Coral
- Accordia
- Brain coral
- Daisy Button Polyps
- Finger Coral
- Frilly Mushrooms
- Lettuce Coral
- Montapora
- Mushroom Coral
- Mushroom Polyps