Marine Life Park S.E.A. Aquarium to reopen as "Singapore Oceanarium"

NATY

NATY

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The expansion to S.E.A. Aquarium is due to open on July 23 2025, 3 times larger and with 22 zones. Among the new additions include Ocean Wonders, a large kreisel habitat for thousands of sea jellies, Singapore Coast, a mangrove based display with interactive habitats and highlighting the fish of Singapore's mangroves, Ancient Waters and Conquering Lands which features life-sized prehistoric marine animals and living fossils and a new research centre. Also includes concept art of the expansion.

Singapore Oceanarium to open in Sentosa on July 23
 
NATY said:
The expansion to S.E.A. Aquarium is due to open on July 23 2025, 3 times larger and with 22 zones. Among the new additions include Ocean Wonders, a large kreisel habitat for thousands of sea jellies, Singapore Coast, a mangrove based display with interactive habitats and highlighting the fish of Singapore's mangroves, Ancient Waters and Conquering Lands which features life-sized prehistoric marine animals and living fossils and a new research centre. Also includes concept art of the expansion.

Singapore Oceanarium to open in Sentosa on July 23
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I'm hyped to see the new exhibits, and it has been 10 years since my visit to SEA Aquarium back in 2014
 
I visited last August and was startled to see how crowded the two main hallways were, so this expansion is most welcome. Hopefully visitors will be dispersed throughout the remodeled aquarium so that the experience is enjoyable for everyone. My gut feeling is that there won't be a significant number of new tanks though, as the expansion includes the entrance area, a research facility and other improvements but not a lot of new animal exhibits considering the size of the aquarium.
 
snowleopard said:
I visited last August and was startled to see how crowded the two main hallways were, so this expansion is most welcome. Hopefully visitors will be dispersed throughout the remodeled aquarium so that the experience is enjoyable for everyone. My gut feeling is that there won't be a significant number of new tanks though, as the expansion includes the entrance area, a research facility and other improvements but not a lot of new animal exhibits considering the size of the aquarium.
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There will be a number of new (mostly smallish) tanks but no new mega tanks (like the Open Ocean and Shipwreck tanks). I would expect the oceanarium management to increase the visitor capacity in tandem with the expansion, so crowding would likely not go away.
 
Zooish said:
There will be a number of new (mostly smallish) tanks but no new mega tanks (like the Open Ocean and Shipwreck tanks). I would expect the oceanarium management to increase the visitor capacity in tandem with the expansion, so crowding would likely not go away.
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I'm wondering if there will be a large freshwater tank in the Ancient Waters exhibit for fishes like pirarucus, gars and arowanas, or a new dedicated freshwater section
 
snowleopard said:
I visited last August and was startled to see how crowded the two main hallways were, so this expansion is most welcome. Hopefully visitors will be dispersed throughout the remodeled aquarium so that the experience is enjoyable for everyone. My gut feeling is that there won't be a significant number of new tanks though, as the expansion includes the entrance area, a research facility and other improvements but not a lot of new animal exhibits considering the size of the aquarium.
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The mangrove display is new and there is also a freshwater tank in the Ancient Waters concepts with arapaimas and probably other prehistoric looking fish

Fargusno said:
I'm wondering if there will be a large freshwater tank in the Ancient Waters exhibit for fishes like pirarucus, gars and arowanas, or a new dedicated freshwater section
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Probably not to be different from River Wonders
 
NATY said:
The mangrove display is new and there is also a freshwater tank in the Ancient Waters concepts with arapaimas and probably other prehistoric looking fish


Probably not to be different from River Wonders
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IMO it'll focus more to the prehistoric looking ones like arapaimas, gars, arowanas and probably large bichirs, whose fossil records date back to the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods

As for sturgeons and paddlefish, they'll probably kept in a separate tank as they need colder waters, but some sturgeons in my local aquaria like BXSea and Jakarta Aquarium fared well in normal tropical waters, presumably farmed sturgeons from Thailand (usually either Russian or Siberian or Sterlet)
 
Singapore Oceanarium has issued a press release ahead of its July 24 opening, with descriptions of all its 22 zones. Most are existing or re-themed displays from SEA Aquarium, several are static/multimedia-only displays. Happy to note they have acquired Japanese Giant Salamanders. The press release can be downloaded from the link below.

https://www.singaporeoceanarium.com/en/media-centre.html
 
Zooish said:
Happy to note they have acquired Japanese Giant Salamanders.
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Are those pure Japanese giant salamanders?
Last year, members of a Japanese research institution visited the S.E.A. Aquarium and discussed with the staff the possibility of conducting joint research, educational activities, and scientific events using hybrid giant salamanders, so I was wondering if there’s a chance that hybrids might have been sent.
 
Veno said:
Are those pure Japanese giant salamanders?
Last year, members of a Japanese research institution visited the S.E.A. Aquarium and discussed with the staff the possibility of conducting joint research, educational activities, and scientific events using hybrid giant salamanders, so I was wondering if there’s a chance that hybrids might have been sent.
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I'm not sure but its a possibility. Pure Japanese Giant Salamanders are very rare in captivity.
 
Zooish said:
Singapore Oceanarium has issued a press release ahead of its July 24 opening, with descriptions of all its 22 zones. Most are existing or re-themed displays from SEA Aquarium, several are static/multimedia-only displays. Happy to note they have acquired Japanese Giant Salamanders. The press release can be downloaded from the link below.

Media Centre | Singapore Oceanarium
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They got arapaimas now?! Sweet!
I'm interested in the Ancient Waters and deep sea displays, as well as the JGS exhibit
 
Whenfrilledsharks said:
I seriously can't believe how they manage to get salmon snailfish, japanese codlings, golden crabs, sea spiders, and an azaka shrimp.
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To be fair, all of these species are kept in quite a few aquariums in Japan or are commonly eaten in the case of the golden crab and akaza shrimp. The salmon snailfish, Japanese codling and sea spiders are also kept in North America so the transport from Japan to Singapore likely wasn't as difficult.
 
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