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
definitely won't get to see such an amazing variety of fish, but still a visit to the
aquarium is a pleasant experience.
WHERE IS IT?
Situated at the entrance of Cubbon Park, the aquarium is housed in an
octagonal-shaped building that was opened in 1983. The aquarium comes under the State
Government's Department of Fisheries.
The aquarium is home to purely freshwater fish which are indigenous as well as
exotic. 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.
LAYOUT
The first floor has 14 big tanks where the larger cultivable varieties of fish are
displayed. This has been done 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 its wonderful to see the multi-hued fish swimming along lazily without
having a thing to do in the world. 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.
However, occasionally when the fish die the aquarium is not able to get the same
fish and so they have to replace the dead fish with a different species.
The aquarium is open throughout the week and the entrance fee for adults is Rs. 2
while it is Rs. 1 for children.
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