Jakarta Aquarium

[Giant Panda]

A good article about the under-construction Jakarta Aquarium and direction of its parent company, Taman Safari Indonesia. The aquarium will occupy 7,000 square metres in the basement of a mall in Podomoro City. It will be the second aquarium in Jakarta, a city with 10 million residents and 30 million annual domestic tourists.

Jakarta Aquarium Podomoro City - blooloop

Note: although the article says SeaWorld Indonesia shut down, it reopened in 2015.

 

[Giant Panda]

The aquarium is ready for opening.

Preview with pictures: Jakarta Aquarium Preview, Showcasing The Coral Triangle | blooloop

 

[Bib Fortuna]

I like the Penguin Restaurant-the penguin exhibit looks fabulous.

 

[drill]

I like the Penguin Restaurant-the penguin exhibit looks fabulous.

it would be cool if other zoos had animals in their gift shops and restaurants.

 

[Chlidonias]

There are a series of photos on this blogpost from March by Thibault Paquin (some of the same photos are also in the link by @Giant Panda above): PICTURES: Jakarta Aquarium Opens

His blog archives contain reviews and photos of various other Asian attractions too, including Taping Zoo, VinPearl Safari, etc.
thibaultpaquin

 

[aramacao]

Do you know if We can still see dugongin this aquarium?

 

[Salt Merchant]

Do you know if We can still see dugongin this aquarium?

Jakarta Aquarium have no plan (So far) to add dugong to the aquarium. Also Sea World Jakarta no longer own dugongs.

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

Jakarta Aquarium have no plan (So far) to add dugong to the aquarium. Also Sea World Jakarta no longer own dugongs.

Did the dugong at Jaya Ancol pass away?

 

[Salt Merchant]

Did the dugong at Jaya Ancol pass away?

Yes

 

[Salt Merchant]

On their social media accounts, Jakarta Aquarium announced that they changed their name into "Jakarta Aquarium and Urban Safari", due to them also keeping land animals, like meerkats and binturongs.

 

[RatioTile]

Yes

How long did they have dugongs?

 

[Salt Merchant]

How long did they have dugongs?

SeaWorld keep Diana since 2002 and Doel since 2011. They also keep a third smaller dugong since 2018. Doel and Diana is no longer in SeaWorld since 2016, while the third dugong is released into the wild in 2019.

 

[RatioTile]

SeaWorld keep Diana since 2002 and Doel since 2011. They also keep a third smaller dugong since 2018. Doel and Diana is no longer in SeaWorld since 2016, while the third dugong is released into the wild in 2019.

So if they released the last dugong, does this mean they have no future plans to keep this species again?

 

[Salt Merchant]

So if they released the last dugong, does this mean they have no future plans to keep this species again?

I think so.

 

[RatioTile]

What’s the dugong tank being used for now?

 

[Salt Merchant]

What’s the dugong tank being used for now?

The exhibit currently houses a couple of hawksbill sea turtle, giant trevally, yellowfin surgeonfish, oranged-spotted spinefoot, flapnose ray, and reticulate whipray.

 

[RatioTile]

The exhibit currently houses a couple of hawksbill sea turtle, giant trevally, yellowfin surgeonfish, oranged-spotted spinefoot, flapnose ray, and reticulate whipray.

Is this the largest tank in the aquarium, or is there a larger one with sharks or something?

 

[Salt Merchant]

Is this the largest tank in the aquarium, or is there a larger one with sharks or something?

The largest tank in SeaWorld Ancol is the main aquarium.

 

[RatioTile]

The largest tank in SeaWorld Ancol is the main aquarium.

What’s in there? And by “aquarium” you mean “fish tank” and not “the entire building,” I presume?

 

[Salt Merchant]

What’s in there? And by “aquarium” you mean “fish tank” and not “the entire building,” I presume?

Yes, what I meant is the fish tank.

The aquarium houses caesio cuning, yellowfin surgeonfish, trachinotus blochii, snapper (Mangrove red and emperor red), trevally (Giant, bigeye, and golden), grouper (Potato, brown-marbled, and giant), ray (spotted eagle, jenkin's, reticulate, cowtail, and round ribbontail), and shark (Blacktip reef and tawny nurse). This is the species that I've know so far, there could be more that I didn't put here.