Flood your senses in the aquarium
London Aquarium
The London Aquarium is one of Europe's largest and most spectacular displays of aquatic life. It features 45 exhibits showcasing 30 000 specimens including over 350 species of fish, invertebrates and marine life from different zones around the world.
Sampling life from the oceans
Visitors are immersed in a stunning display of hundreds of varieties of fish and sea life from around the world including stingray, piranha, sea scorpions and cuttlefish, many of which have never been seen before on these shores. The two main, vast exhibit tanks descend three floors and contain 1 million litres each of filtered and treated water. These are devoted to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.The Atlantic Tank features mackerel, bream, bass, conger eels, dogfish, plus many more fish species and marine life, while the Pacific tank contains sand tiger and brown sharks, nurse sharks, groupers and jacks.
Conservation and breeding
The aquarium also operates a conservation and breeding programme run by a team of specialist biologists where they carry out all animal husbandry. This involves preparing the marine diets, monitoring health and animal behaviour as well as all out breeding programmes and undergraduate research.
Submitted by: Josevan Vallejo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 21 January 2007
