Nearby, you can see a muskrat near his hut, a pintail duck and a few mallards swimming. The center-piece of the room is the 3,000 gallon streambank aquarium. It is filled with native species of fish found in typical warm water lakes in South Dakota. Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Perch, Bluegills, Catfish and Crappie are often temporary inhabitants of the tank. We feed the fish on Tuesday and Saturday mornings.
Visitors often stop to see how and what our fish like to eat.
Looking into the aquarium, you will feel like you are in a cutaway of a streambank. Roots protrude into the water from the bank of the stream. You'll often find several Perch and Crappie tucked into the roots, staying away from the predator fish like the Northern Pike. Each week, our aquarium maintenance staff changes 300 gallons of water, too. As you walk through the museum, your motion triggers our sound system.