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Aquariums have come a long way since the first SEA LIFE centre opened its doors on the banks of picturesque Loch Creran in the West Highlands of Scotland in 1979. Back then, most dealt exclusively with tropical fish, invariably housed in small oblong tanks either side of gloomy, oblong rooms, like animated paintings in a gallery. Oban SEA LIFE?now the Scottish SEA LIFE Sanctuary?broke the mould. Its displays are a variety of shapes and sizes. Some feature two or more windows, some reach only waist height providing views both through the water and from above its gently rippling surface. The centrepiece is a massive circular display like a giant doughnut. Visitors marvel at a shimmering shoal of silvery herring in perpetual circuit of this amazing tank, watching from outside the ring or from a platform in the centre. A waist high ray display was another innovation, offering the novel spectacle of rays nosing the surface to watch visitors watching them!