Lost, rare, and non-existant media of Indonesian zoos and public aquariums

Nandito said:
A look into Ocean Dream Samudra's (Then-Gelanggang Samudra) saltwater aquarium. Circa 2005.

Later into the early 2010's, the aquarium exclusively houses freshwater fish. There's a statue of a whale shark in front of the aquarium's entrance which include a metal plaque showcasing information about the whale shark. Although not that clear, the statue can be briefly seen in the video, viewed from inside the aquarium's building.

The aquarium's building was presumably demolished or refurbished into something else in the mid-2010's.

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The fish tanks looks umm.. old for its time. Kinda like in Surabaya Zoo but bigger. The only shark they had is a pretty big Whitetip reef shark that was one tank with that large brown-marbled grouper.
 
Red-winged parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus) in Taman Safari Bogor's bird aviary, circa 2007
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SeaWorld Indonesia, circa 2009
some rare media includes:
- giant mottled eel in riverview aquarium
- dockyard aquarium with stripped eel catfish on it.
- leafy seadragons
- cobia in main aquarium
 
A YouTube video on SeaWorld Indonesia from 2013 has resurfaced, which details the process of transporting the scalloped hammerheads from Taiwan and the process of displaying them at the aquarium.

 
Nandito said:
The zoo's "African myna" aviary at the entrance, possibly a purple starling.
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The "African myna", an golden-breasted starling. Circa 2010.

It used to be displayed at Batu Secret Zoo's entrance in the zoo's early years, until the bird was moved to the bird park at Eco Green Park.

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Just realized that these "lost" medias aren't really that, or even rare. Ragunan's jaguars and many others listed here are actually rather easy to be found in the internet, while the "undeground viewing area" of Taman Safari's Kampung Papua is technically neither lost nor rare, it's just that no one bothered to took a photo or video of it ;p (As with the case of the Taman Safari Bogor's tarsier and slow loris complex before I took a photo of them). I didn't really consider Flickr to be home to lost medias either.

But still, these thread still very much documented some very interesting events in the long history of Indonesian zoos, so that a plus ;-)

While it's a bummer that some mentioned here aren't even "rare", there still a huge amount of actual obscure medias related to Indonesian zoos and public aquarias, like the alligator snapping turtle of Taman Safari Bogor that might still be displayed as I'm typing.
 
Nandito said:
Just realized that these "lost" medias aren't really that, or even rare. Ragunan's jaguars and many others listed here are actually rather easy to be found in the internet, while the "undeground viewing area" of Taman Safari's Kampung Papua is technically neither lost nor rare, it's just that no one bothered to took a photo or video of it ;p (As with the case of the Taman Safari Bogor's tarsier and slow loris complex before I took a photo of them). I didn't really consider Flickr to be home to lost medias either.

But still, these thread still very much documented some very interesting events in the long history of Indonesian zoos, so that a plus ;-)

While it's a bummer that some mentioned here aren't even "rare", there still a huge amount of actual obscure medias related to Indonesian zoos and public aquarias, like the alligator snapping turtle of Taman Safari Bogor that might still be displayed as I'm typing.
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Oh, and the coconut crab exhibit of SeaWorld Ancol is practically lost media. Me and Caribbean Flamingo looked far and wide on YT and there's 0 trace of it. I'd want to browse around my old Donald Duck comic anthologies in my room but.. it'll take a lot of time to do so (AND YES ONE OF THEM HAS AN AD TO THE COCONUT CRAB EXHIBIT).

But we found something else on those old videos: a huge reef tank with a half-cylinder glass that was now demolished to make way for SharkQuarium, cut into the small reef tank we have now in SeaWorld Ancol.
 
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I must admit that this was one of the best exhibits that old SeaWorld Ancol had, along with the Innovation Aquarium with crocodiles and snakeheads in it. If it was still here, I'd love SWA to collab with Java Aquatic to display rarer fishes here from their store like the imported angelfishes or the flasher wrasses from Raja Ampat.
 

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A bit blurry but what might be the coconut crab exhibit..
 

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I must admit that this was one of the best exhibits that old SeaWorld Ancol had, along with the Innovation Aquarium with crocodiles and snakeheads in it. If it was still here, I'd love SWA to collab with Java Aquatic to display rarer fishes here from their store like the imported angelfishes or the flasher wrasses from Raja Ampat.
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I'm always interested in large coral reef tanks with large coral reef fish, so I'm quite excited that SeaWorld has reintroduced them again albeit smaller.

I also hoped to see a larger coral reef-themed complex based around the many seas of Indonesia, from the Malacca strait to the Arafura Sea. I find this idea interesting and I'm quite suprised it was barely attemped in any Indonesian public aquaria.
 
Nandito said:
I'm always interested in large coral reef tanks with large coral reef fish, so I'm quite excited that SeaWorld has reintroduced them again albeit smaller.

I also hoped to see a larger coral reef-themed complex based around the many seas of Indonesia, from the Malacca strait to the Arafura Sea. I find this idea interesting and I'm quite suprised it was barely attemped in any Indonesian public aquaria.
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My idea is that for them to turn the former theater room as an extension for the new coral reef tank. The old, smaller one that was cannibalized to make space for SharkQuarium can be used to exhibit seahorses and its kin. The old seahorse tube aquarium can be used for micro-biotas (like nudibranchs, shrimps or christmas tree worms).
 
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I'm curious on what in this "African fish" tank, but I would say it's a bunch of Malawi cichlids ;p

Another very interesting details in this video. Aside from another footage of the aquarium's sea snake, it appears that they had crown-of-thorns starfish! A very interesting discovery by you and the others. I recall seeing them in Jakarta Aquarium in what is now the upside-down jellyfish tank all they way in their opening year. Looks like we have another lost media quest ;-)

The main tunnel seems to be way cleaner back then, probably because of the overstocking we see today. Really wish for the saltwater pool to be larger and have that elevated path again, but this time with medium-sized rays and bottom-dwelling sharks, like the wobbegongs.
 
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