Phyllis Donner Aquarium

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 May 2024):

Fish

• Azura Damsel
• Bangai Cardinal
• Batfish
• Bicolor Angelfish
• Bicolor Chromis
• Blue Tang
• Blue-Green Chromis
• Bluespine Unicorn
• Copperband Butterfly
• Coral Beauty
• Emperor Angelfish
• Flame Angelfish
• Flame Hawkfish
• Heniochus Butterfly
• Lemon Chromis
• Lemon Peel Angel
• Mimic Elibi Tang
• Percula Clownfish
• Pink Skunk Clownfish
• Powder Blue Tang
• Powder Brown Tang
• Purple Firefish
• Sailfin Tang
• Sea Goldie
• White Blenny
• Yellow Tang
• Zebra Moray Eel

Invertebrates

• 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
• Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab
• White-Legged Hermit Crab

Coral

• Daisy Button Polyps
• Finger Coral
• Frilly Mushrooms
• Mushroom Coral
• Mushroom Polyps