Explore Mertailor's Mermaid Aquarium Encounter
From sharks and stingrays to rescued parrots, touch tanks, Florida aquatic life, and unexpected creatures around every corner, our exhibits invite guests to explore, interact, and learn.
Mertailor's Mermaid Aquarium Encounter is an indoor aquarium attraction in Citrus County, just minutes from Crystal River. Every exhibit is designed to create a closer connection with animals while encouraging curiosity, responsible care, and respect for the natural world.
These are some of the experiences that best define a visit to Mertailor's Mermaid Aquarium Encounter — interactive, educational, and distinctly our own.
Get close to cownose rays, Atlantic stingrays, bluespotted rays, guitarfish, and other members of our ray collection. Guests can gently interact with the animals under staff guidance and may also add a ray feeding to their visit when available.
Explore Ray Bay →
Discover nurse sharks, zebra sharks, bamboo sharks, epaulette sharks, horn sharks, and more while learning about rehoming, responsible care, shark reproduction, and the pups born right here at Mertailor.
Explore Our Sharks →
Meet colorful, intelligent birds that came to Mertailor through rescue or rehoming. Their exhibit highlights daily enrichment, responsible parrot ownership, specialized care, and the individual personalities behind every feathered resident.
Meet Our Birds →Some habitats invite guests to do more than observe. These experiences are designed to create memorable connections while keeping animal welfare and education at the center.
Explore the textures and adaptations of sea stars, sea urchins, and other invertebrates in a supervised touch-tank experience.
Explore the Tide Pool →
Step around the habitat to look for hermit crabs, scallops, sea stars, shrimp, and other small marine residents from every angle.
Explore a freshwater habitat inspired by Florida's rivers and springs, featuring native aquatic life and naturalistic habitat elements.
Your visit also includes additional marine and freshwater habitats, reef life, reptiles, and changing animal displays throughout the aquarium. Because our collection and exhibits continue to evolve, there is often something new to notice on a return visit.
More Than an Aquarium Exhibit
At select times throughout the day, the main aquarium habitat transforms into a living underwater theater as Mertailor Mermaids and Mermen perform among sharks, rays, and tropical fish.
Explore Mermaid Shows
Explore sharks, rays, touch tanks, rescued birds, freshwater habitats, reef life, and live mermaid shows at Mertailor's Mermaid Aquarium Encounter in Lecanto, Florida — just minutes from Crystal River.
Plan Your Visit
