Thursday, July 28, 2005

Prague has an aquariu...big fish tanks with nice fish!

We weren't expecting much. Near the prague expo site in Vystaviste is the Prague Morsky svet (Sea World). For a land-locked country the collection, I suppose, was large...no it was still small. The fish were small, even the ones they've had since opening in 2002 were on the small side. Their largest tank was home to 3 small sharks (they were no longer than a metre).
The most interesting fish in the collection were four shiny barracudas which ranged from 25cm to 40cm in length. N liked their moray eels, unicorn fish and tiny stringray. She said "this isn't very impressive is it?", but still enjoyed the morning - she's snorkelled insitu - barrier reef, so it was never going to live up to that or any other aquarium in Australia. And as you all know Portman's rear big fish, so their stunted "Dory" fish, they've had there for 13 years, was screaming 'I need a bigger tank!!!'to us.
There are plans to build a new aquarium in Prague where the metronome swings on Letna. If it goes ahead it will be built by an Australian company.
Shot below is from an Australian Aquarium in Cairns.

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