The Texas State Aquarium accidentally killed most of the fish in its biggest indoor tanks when it put in a new medication to control a parasite. As many as 100 fish died in four affected tanks, the largest of which holds 125,000 gallons and held a variety of big sea creatures, including nurse sharks, green moray eels, tarpon, grouper, and a sand tiger shark. Aquarium spokesman Richard E. Glover Jr. said the medication had been tested safely in a smaller tank. "It appears to be a truly sad fluke," he said.
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