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| | About | | Situated at the entrance of Cubbon Park, the aquarium is housed in an octagonal-shaped building and is the second largest aquarium in the country having a large varsity of aquatic life, exhibiting the largest number of indigenous and exotic, cultivable as well as ornamental pet fish.
Located on Kasturba Road, the aquarium is housed in a diamond shaped building that was opened in 1983. The aquarium comes under the State Government's Department of Fisheries.
Every time you see those brilliantly coloured fish on either Discovery or National Geographic channels, don't you wish you could get close to them? You may not get to see such an amazing variety of fish, but still a visit to the aquarium is a pleasant experience.
The aquarium is home to purely freshwater fish, which are both indigenous and exotic. | | | Layout | | The three floors have a variety on display of both edible and ornamental fish. The ground floor houses the office and laboratory. There is also a little outlet for fish feed. The first floor has 14 big tanks where the larger cultivable varieties of fish are displayed, done so to acquaint visitors of our resource potential for fish culture.
The second floor has two rows of tanks ----the upper row has 23 medium sized tanks while the lower row consists of 46 small tanks. The tanks here are used to display purely ornamental fish and it’s wonderful to see the multi-hued fish swimming along lazily without having a thing to do in the world.
Interestingly, the aquarium has tried to create a habitat similar to what the fish are used to.
| | | Types Of Fish | | Some of the fish that can be seen at the aquarium are catla, mahseer, gold fish (including black moor), angel fish, blue gourami, red tail shark, Indian tiger barb, glow light tetra, freshwater prawns and of course the Siamese fighters. | | | Location | | It is situated at the entrance of Cubbon Park. | | | Timings | | The aquarium is open throughout the week. | |
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