Jakarta Aquarium

Jana said:
They have Czech names. Are they originally imported from Europe, maybe?
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No information at all that I could find regarding these ruffed lemur's origin. To be honest, those kind of names are sometimes given by Indonesians to name their dogs, so I wouldn't be suprised if they did the same for the lemurs. But, there's still a possibility that they came from European zoos.

The earliest record I could find about them is this post uploaded in January of 2020, which itself explain nothing aside from the general understanding of the species.
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A platax has been added to the main reef tank in the Swirls and Jewels area.

JAQS also added an pig-nosed turtle to one of the freshwater tanks (The one with the barbs), definitely a nice addition. This is probably a same individual from Taman Safari Bogor's freshwater aquarium, which is under maintenance the last time I knew about it.
 

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A platax has been added to the main reef tank in the Swirls and Jewels area.

JAQS also added an pig-nosed turtle to one of the freshwater tanks (The one with the barbs), definitely a nice addition. This is probably a same individual from Taman Safari Bogor's freshwater aquarium, which is under maintenance the last time I knew about it.
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I also noticed a bichir in the freshwater tank, another new addition. But I hope JAQS sends their surplus barbs and mahseers to TSI's freshwater aquarium. They make a good addition there as fillers. If not, they can be added as well to the pond in Kampung Papua.
 
The venomous fish aquarium has been remodelled into a coral reef aquarium with assorted corals and fish, like the Pacific regal blue tang and sailfin tang.

The previous inhabitants might be moved to one of the exhibits in the Swirls and Jewels.
 

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Jakarta Aquarium has added the Asian palm civet and is exhibited in a terrarium formerly used by green iguana (Which was way too large for the terrarium). The civet seems to be young, which may fit a little bit although the exhibit it self doesn't look appropriate for mammals. The species can get quite big and the exhibit becoming too small.

The safari area of Jakarta Aquarium has been a huge mess since 2019. It is there to appease internet influencer, since most of the animals there were popular in the community.
 

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Nandito said:
Jakarta Aquarium has added the Asian palm civet and is exhibited in a terrarium formerly used by green iguana (Which was way too large for the terrarium). The civet seems to be young, which may fit a little bit although the exhibit it self doesn't look appropriate for mammals. The species can get quite big and the exhibit becoming too small.

The safari area of Jakarta Aquarium has been a huge mess since 2019. It is there to appease internet influencer, since most of the animals there were popular in the community.
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If only the serval exhibit kept being a water monitor exhibit, or an exhibit for a small crocodylian like a caiman or a West African dwarf crocodile, it would've fit more. And I think the decision to house the civet inside the snake's former exhibit feels... cruel.
 
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If only the serval exhibit kept being a water monitor exhibit, or an exhibit for a small crocodylian like a caiman or a West African dwarf crocodile, it would've fit more.
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They should've kept the water monitor. With it there, the exhibit looks wonderful, probably the best water monitor exhibit in Indonesia. Their new home in Taman Safari Bogor isn't bad, but just felt like a generic reptile exhibit unlike the one at Jakarta Aquarium. You don't often see a water monitor exhibit with a large and clear underwater view and see it swim (Which you luckly managed to film and posted in your IG). It's a shame they replace it with serval, which was very unsuitable for the exhibit, and we all pretty much know what it is there (Cought cought Internet views cought cought). Probably one of the worst decision TSI has ever done.

Fargusno said:
I think the decision to house the civet inside the snake's former exhibit feels... cruel.
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I don't understand why they choose this species in the first place, because this is a species that people considered as a lowly exotic pet. But it's a "gemoy" furry animal, which attracted internet influencers, so I see their objective.
 
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They should've kept the water monitor. With it there, the exhibit looks wonderful, probably the best water monitor exhibit in Indonesia. Their new home in Taman Safari Bogor isn't bad, but just felt like a generic reptile exhibit unlike the one at Jakarta Aquarium. You don't often see a water monitor exhibit with a large and clear underwater view and see it swim (Which you luckly managed to film and posted in your IG). It's a shame they replace it with serval, which was very unsuitable for the exhibit, and we all pretty much know what it is there (Cought cought Internet views cought cought). Probably one of the worst decision TSI has ever done.


I don't understand why they choose this species in the first place, because this is a species that people considered as a lowly exotic pet. But it's a "gemoy" furry animal, which attracted internet influencers, so I see their objective.
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Yeah, I miss watching the water monitor gleefully swimming around from left to right like a Mosasaurus, and the decision to swap it with a serval felt like a stupid idea, despite the fact that I actually wanted to see a serval in Jakarta Aquarium. If they want, they could've used the former coconut crab/mudskipper exhibit and renovate it as a serval exhibit, then keep the water monitor.

I kinda blame YTbers that promotes "gemoy" animals like Audrey the Jungle King, the Hakim siblings (Irfan and Lucky Hakim) and Alshad Ahmad, which makes Jakarta Aquarium phase out certain animals in exchange for them. But TBH, I kinda feel that the iguanas can be phased out in exchange of something more active. They're very lazy and rarily moves. Oh, and the former python exhibit can be kept as a coconut crab exhibit, or repurposed as an aquarium for Australian lungfish or Chinese giant salamander (I often see these on private collectors, but not in public aquaria/zoos).
 
My review of Jakarta Aquarium from my visit today (13th of May 2022):

Pluses:
- They added some new animals like the tufted capuchin, black-and-white lemur, Asian palm civet, longspine porcupinefish, goldsilk seabream, dwarf hawkfish, golden pompano, river terrapin, pig-nosed turtle, vampire crab, pinnate batfish, talang queenfish, geometric moray, spotted wobbegong, milkfish and speckled sandperch. Unfortunately for the tufted capuchin, I can't take a pic of it since it's still adapting to its environment.
- Jimmy the Binturong can be interacted again, unlike last year when everyone barely got vaxxed here in Indonesia, let alone boosted. I really enjoyed rubbing its flaky and popcorn-smelling fur (something that I yearned for since 2019)
- It wasn't too crowded as usual since I came on a weekday, and the price there for the Premium ticket was worth it. I can get out to get some meals before continuing my journey there.
- Arapaimas will be finally coming to Jakarta Aquarium soon, confirmed by a zookeeper there. Aside from them, giant groupers will come as well, replacing the dead ones that was housed in the Southern Sea Gallery in 2017-2021.

Minuses:
- The Asian palm civet was kept inside the small tank/exhibit that used to house the albino python, green iguana, red tegu and coconut crab in the past. It's kinda cruel for a world-class aquarium like Jakarta Aquarium, and like said above it can be converted into a tank for Australian lungfish or Chinese giant salamander.
- The Southern Sea Gallery felt emptier than usual, with the loss of the giant groupers, bowmouth guitarfish, giant guitarfish and some other minor fishes (malabar grouper, orange-spotted grouper, blue-and-yellow grouper, map puffer and humphead wrasse)
- The seadragon exhibit looks a bit dirtier than usual, and the isopod exhibit was dimmer than usual as well. Also the horsehair crab that was in the isopod exhibit was gone.
- Some animals that were phased out during my visit included sunbeam snake, blue-and-yellow macaw, cherry anthias, old wife, ornate cowfish, Shaw's cowfish, horsehair crab, all species of parrotfish and groupers, map puffer, Asian horned frog and dusky pademelon.
- A YouTuber named Jamm Vlog supposedly donated a shovelnose ray and a hybrid grouper, but not displayed until now. Still wondering where are they, though I feel the grouper might have been dead since it had a damaged swim bladder. Video below this review:
 
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My review of Jakarta Aquarium from my visit today (13th of May 2022):

Pluses:
- They added some new animals like the tufted capuchin, black-and-white lemur, Asian palm civet, longspine porcupinefish, goldsilk seabream, dwarf hawkfish, golden pompano, river terrapin, pig-nosed turtle, vampire crab, pinnate batfish, talang queenfish, geometric moray, spotted wobbegong, milkfish and speckled sandperch. Unfortunately for the tufted capuchin, I can't take a pic of it since it's still adapting to its environment.
- Jimmy the Binturong can be interacted again, unlike last year when everyone barely got vaxxed here in Indonesia, let alone boosted. I really enjoyed rubbing its flaky and popcorn-smelling fur (something that I yearned for since 2019)
- It wasn't too crowded as usual since I came on a weekday, and the price there for the Premium ticket was worth it. I can get out to get some meals before continuing my journey there.
- Arapaimas will be finally coming to Jakarta Aquarium soon, confirmed by a zookeeper there. Aside from them, giant groupers will come as well, replacing the dead ones that was housed in the Southern Sea Gallery in 2017-2021.

Minuses:
- The Asian palm civet was kept inside the small tank/exhibit that used to house the albino python, green iguana, red tegu and coconut crab in the past. It's kinda cruel for a world-class aquarium like Jakarta Aquarium, and like said above it can be converted into a tank for Australian lungfish or Chinese giant salamander.
- The Southern Sea Gallery felt emptier than usual, with the loss of the giant groupers, bowmouth guitarfish, giant guitarfish and some other minor fishes (malabar grouper, orange-spotted grouper, blue-and-yellow grouper, map puffer and humphead wrasse)
- The seadragon exhibit looks a bit dirtier than usual, and the isopod exhibit was dimmer than usual as well. Also the horsehair crab that was in the isopod exhibit was gone.
- Some animals that were phased out during my visit included sunbeam snake, blue-and-yellow macaw, cherry anthias, old wife, ornate cowfish, Shaw's cowfish, horsehair crab, all species of parrotfish and groupers, map puffer, Asian horned frog and dusky pademelon.
- A YouTuber named Jamm Vlog supposedly donated a shovelnose ray and a hybrid grouper, but not displayed until now. Still wondering where are they, though I feel the grouper might have been dead since it had a damaged swim bladder. Video below this review:
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Where did they exhibited the capuchin? Is it in the former pademelon exhibit?
 
Nandito said:
Jakarta Aquarium has finally moved the Asian palm civet from it's exhibit and possibly become a travelling educational animal, a role pretty much all of the aquarium's mammals suit the most.
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First post of the aquarium's capuchin monkey.
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that's great! the palm civet no longer lives in the small aquarium and i believe that the capuchins will be moved to taman safari bogor when they're became adult and the current capuchin exhibit will soon houses squirrel monkeys that currently housed in australian outback and big cat center in taman safari bogor. btw, i'm just hoping that jakarta aquarium will soon houses a brazilian porcupine :)
 
Jakarta Aquarium, in cooperation with a Japanese company LE.ONE, has began a breeding project of the Akoya pearl oysters.

JAQ has also opened a presentation, which talk more about the Akoya pearl oysters and the pearl culture. There's also the Pearl Harvesting Experience, in which visitors, with the cost of Rp. 170.000, would harvest the pearl themselves and bring them home as a souvernir.

Harus Coba! Belajar Ambil Mutiara Langsung dari Cangkangnya di Jakarta Aquarium

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Nandito said:
Jakarta Aquarium, in cooperation with a Japanese company LE.ONE, has began a breeding project of the Akoya pearl oysters.

JAQ has also opened a presentation, which talk more about the Akoya pearl oysters and the pearl culture. There's also the Pearl Harvesting Experience, in which visitors, with the cost of Rp. 170.000, would harvest the pearl themselves and bring them home as a souvernir.

Harus Coba! Belajar Ambil Mutiara Langsung dari Cangkangnya di Jakarta Aquarium

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Oyster exhibit? Huh neat..
 
The Giant Grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) has returned to JAQS after the original pair from 2017 died back in early 2021, along with most (if not all) of JAQS' collection of serranids/groupers. This was one of the two planned acquirements, along with the Arapaima, back when I asked a zookeeper about future animals in JAQS back in my May 2022 visit.

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