Blue Planet Aquarium
Below are images taken from some of the photos that I took on a visit to the Blue Planet Aquarium, Ellesmere Port, UK. The displays
are very impressive, and feature a wider range of freshwater tropical fish than many public aquaria.
Hold mouse over thumbnail pic for description, left-click for larger picture.
| Tropical Tankbusters |
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| The hugely impressive tankbusters tank contained two red-tailed catfish, pacus,
arowanas, tiger shovelnose catfish and the centrepiece (for me!) - an Arapaima gigas (pirarucu). |
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| Malawi Display Tank |
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| The large Malawi display tank contained a huge range of the cichlids found
in Lake Malawi, East Africa. |
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| Other Freshwater displays |
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| The Asian Rivers display tank was a large circular tank containing sharks,
barbs, and rasboras. Other freshwater diplays included a tank housing several electric eels, and a South American
leaf fish. |
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| Brackish |
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| The brackish display tank contained archer fish, scats, shark catfish and a
separate shallow-water area for mudskippers. |
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| Marine Displays |
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| Several marine species were featured in separate rectangular or cylindrical
display tanks, a small selection are pictured below. |
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| Amphibians and Reptiles |
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| A display tank featured several axelotl's and there were several tanks containing
tropical frogs, including the Golden Dart Frog pictured below - apparently the most poisonous animal in
the world. |
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