Adopt an Animal
Symbolic Adopt an Animal Program
Join Mertailor's Mermaid Aquarium Encounter in marine conservation by symbolically adopting one of our enchanting creatures! Each adoption tier offers a special way to connect with and support the animals that call our aquarium home. Choose your level, enjoy exclusive gifts, and help protect these magnificent animals and their habitats. Your support will provide dietary needs, veterinary care, water quality management, habitat upkeep, enrichment activities, and more!
See Adoption packages below. There is something available for everyone, with various levels to choose from! Perfect for holidays, birthdays, or any special occasion, each package lets you select an animal to support.
Seashell Supporter - $35
As a Seashell Supporter, you're a true ocean friend with a caring heart, helping creatures near and far by doing your part. Your kindness shines like waves at play.
What’s Included (digital only):
- A personalized digital PDF certificate of adoption
- Animal fact sheet
- A beautiful digital photo of your adopted animal with Mertailor’s Mermaid Aquarium Logo
Your donation of $35 can help us feed all the cownose rays for two months!
Coral Champion - $75
As a Coral Champion, you're a hero of the deep, offering care and support to ocean life. Your commitment helps protect our vibrant underwater world, bringing joy and health to creatures great and small.
What’s Included: (print and digital)
- A personalized printed and digital PDF certificate of adoption
- Animal fact sheet (digital only)
- A beautiful photo of your adopted animal with Mertailor’s Mermaid Aquarium logo (digital only)
- Mertailor’s Mermaid Aquarium stickers to showcase your support
Your donation of $75 can help us feed all the macaws two months!
Ocean Guardian - $125
As an Ocean Guardian, you are a true champion of the sea, devoted to preserving the wonders of marine life. Your support nurtures our ocean’s most precious creatures, ensuring they thrive in a safe and healthy environment. With every ripple of your kindness, you help protect the vibrant beauty of the underwater world for generations to come.
What’s Included: (print and digital)
- A personalized printed and digital PDF certificate of adoption
- Animal fact sheet (print and digital)
- A beautiful photo of your adopted animal with Mertailor’s Mermaid Aquarium logo
- Mertailor’s Mermaid Aquarium stickers to showcase your support
- Mertailor's Mermaid Aquarium Magnet
- An adorable plushie of your adopted animal to remind you of your ocean friend every day
Your donation of $125 can help us make 1,000 gallons of artificial seawater for our exhibits!
Cownose Ray
Known for its playful and social nature, this gentle glider of the seas is always curious and friendly.
Macaw
Colorful and chatty, these social birds add a splash of tropical energy to our aquarium!
Southern Ray
A graceful swimmer with a flat, diamond-shaped body that’s built for life on the sandy seafloor.
Clownfish
The clown of the reef, known for its symbiotic relationship with sea anemones and its bold, vibrant colors.
Zebra Shark
With beautiful stripes as a juvenile and spots as an adult, this nocturnal predator is a true wonder of the reef.
Nurse Shark
A calm and peaceful bottom-dweller, recognized by its whisker-like barbels that help it sense the world
around.
