The Secret Aquarium

The Secret Aquarium is one of the secret courses in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. The entrance to the course is to the right of the painting into Jolly Roger Bay, through a small hole up above on the wall.

Geography
The Secret Aquarium is a large fish tank filled with water. There is no place for the player to surface for air, so they will have to collect coins in order to avoid drowning. There are 40 Yellow Coins in rings with Red Coins in the center of the rings and on the room's floor. The only Power Star to collect is the one that appears when the player collects all eight of the Red Coins around the aquarium.

Aquarium Limbo
Main Article: Aquarium Limbo

In some personalized copies, the Aquarium Limbo can be found. The Aquarium Limbo has some differences to the Secret Aquarium like the Big Boo's Haunt background, darker lighting and the lack of both yellow and red coins, so the player has no choice but to let Mario drown and die, if he dies, the game crashes due to the Textureless Mario Anomaly occuring in this stage.

Alternate Entrance
In some personalized copies, the Secret Aquarium can be accessed by jumping into one of the aquariums in the Jolly Roger Bay room.