SeaWorld Ancol Seaworld Jakarta

In the Jellyfish Sphere, several species has returned on display after a while, the Indonesian sea nettles and the acromitus flagellatus. Since 2020, the exhibit, which consisted of around 8 tanks of various shapes and sizes, has displayed only two species of jellyfish, moon and upside-down jelly, scattered around the exhibition.
 
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In the Jellyfish Sphere, several species has returned on display after a while, the Indonesian sea nettles and the acromitus flagellatus. Since 2020, the exhibit, which consisted of around 8 tanks of various shapes and sizes, has displayed only two species of jellyfish, moon and upside-down jelly, scattered around the exhibition.
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Several updates from SWA after seeing videos on YT:
  • Several Dusky batfish has been added to the Indian threadfish. There's only one threadfish left and it seems to be in the verge of dying. My wish is that once the threadfish dies out, the tank is converted into what it was before GPO came (the cave aquarium from the 2000s) with spiny lobsters, swimmer crabs and cuttlefish, or into a "marine predators" tank with barracudas and wobbegong shark
  • Zebra mantis shrimps has returned to SWA after their phasing-out during the pineconefish's introduction. As a result, the previous inhabitant (European lobster) was phased out.
  • Rhopilema nomadica has been added in the Jellyfish Sphere exhibit, and it's the first time this species to be exhibited in an Indonesian aquaria
It seems we're seeing a "redemption arc" of some sort in SWA, from the reintroduction of several 2000s-era animals (i.e giant shovelnose ray and whitetip reef shark) and arrival of new animals (i.e Rhopilema nomadica). Let's see how this plays out in the future to come.
 
Nandito said:
In the Jellyfish Sphere, several species has returned on display after a while, the Indonesian sea nettles and the acromitus flagellatus. Since 2020, the exhibit, which consisted of around 8 tanks of various shapes and sizes, has displayed only two species of jellyfish, moon and upside-down jelly, scattered around the exhibition.
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Several updates from SWA after seeing videos on YT again:
  • The former GPO/Indian Threadfish exhibit is now an exhibit housing the moray eels and several dusky batfish. The previous moray eel exhibit has been turned into the original reef fish exhibit (upgrade I guess, but there might be no more space if SWA wants to keep GPO again in the future)
  • It seems that the clubnose guitarfish may have been phased out, since I haven't seen them in videos since around February-March, and same goes to the lone whitetip reef shark in the SharkQuarium (a downgrade)
  • The lone Emperor red snapper now has several tankmates that included scopas tang, Red Sea sailfin tang, red-breasted wrasse and Indo-pacific sergeant major (upgrade)
  • The zebra mantis shrimps got phased out suddenly and replaced by tiny Harpiosquilla raphidea (another downgrade)
  • The sea turtles has been phased out of the touch pool and it is now housing several larger bamboo sharks (probably from the small shark touch pool), and it seems the touch pools will be re-interactable again (but not as free as back then because it will be supervised by a staff like in JAQS, which is a good thing to prevent animal abuse. Back then I saw people pulling the bamboo sharks' tails and even lifting seastars out of the pool). The pool will house rays as well, probably blue-spotted ribbontail rays (also hoping for dwarf whiprays or smaller guitarfish). However, it is not known where the previous inhabitants went, probably moved to the sea turtle tank (huge win)
  • Speaking of which, several artificial corals has been added there as a touch of decor. It's still looking "empty" as before without the schools of spinefoots and surgeonfishes that were there. (meh)
In conclusion, SWA took several steps forward and steps backward. It's still inconclusive and confusing for now but hoping that they will go to the right path as they recover from their pandemic-related losses which made them buy cheapo animals like Glofish and parrot cichlids.
 
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A sea turtle has once again been displayed in the main tank of SeaWorld Indonesia, after a while being absent. Previously, 3-4 green sea turtles was displayed at the tank, which after the Ancol takeover were either died or/and moved elsewhere, with the overall species being phase out from display.

The sea turtle now on display at the main aquarium is the hawksbill sea turtle, currently only shown to be a individual but there could be more in the tank or more coming later.

There could be a chance SeaWorld might phased out their sea turtle touch pond in the future, although still rather low. If they insist, why don't they moved the turtles to the shark touch pond? Being larger for one or two young sea turtles. Most people (In this case Jakartans) are more thrilled to touch a giant sea reptile than some common sharks (They can still touch some bamboo sharks so what's the difference, it's still a shark to them).

An hawksbill sea turtle, with two divers performing a "underwater Soccer Game", a seasional performance by SeaWorld Ancol for the FIFA World Cup.
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I can't believe the turtles being phased out from touch pool part aged like wine!
 
Fargusno said:
Several updates from SWA after seeing videos on YT again:
In conclusion, SWA took several steps forward and steps backward. It's still inconclusive and confusing for now but hoping that they will go to the right path as they recover from their pandemic-related losses which made them buy cheapo animals like Glofish and parrot cichlids.
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They probably still testing the water. Either its the hammerheads or the next 263th vehicle-themed freshwater tank, people would still be coming. So nothing wouldn't change aside from the opinions of some angry ZooChat users.

But still, while not in the scale of SeaWorld Indonesia, I wish SeaWorld regain their footing and make some better decisions as an actual large public aquaria, not as another local tourist destination.
 
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They probably still testing the water. Either its the hammerheads or the next 263th vehicle-themed freshwater tank, people would still be coming. So nothing wouldn't change aside from the opinions of some angry ZooChat users.

But still, while not in the scale of SeaWorld Indonesia, I wish SeaWorld regain their footing and make some better decisions as an actual large public aquaria, not as another local tourist destination.
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Good news from SWA:
They worked with Aquajaya to rescape the Riverview tank with lots and LOTS of plants. Current inhabitants as seen on videos:
  • Asian arowanas (golden red, different one from the one from the Shelook Red tank)
  • Chinese algae eaters
  • Scalare angelfish (the domesticated marbled one, not the wild Peruvian one sadly)
  • A lone clown loach
  • Some banded aracus/leporinus (one of the former inhabitants pre-rescaping)
Other good news:
  • Gars has returned to Aquarapaima (yay) along with their lone platinum individual (not yay), and the truck aquarium now houses some torpedo barbs and a lone freshwater stingray. The former otter exhibit now houses two peacock basses, some parrot cichlids from the truck aquarium and a tiger shovelonse ray.
  • The former Giant Pacific Octopus exhibit now houses moray eels, and the large reef fish tank returned to its former self, now housing several surgeonfish species (yellowfin and naso), as well as some humphead wrasses
  • Cobia has returned to the main tank, but it only appears during feeding times since it's pretty elusive!
  • The sea turtle tank now also houses some semi-pelagic small fishes like scads and golden trevallies. No sign of them adding other sea turtle species but hoping they'll re-add green and olive ridleys in the future, while moving the rays to the main tank.
 
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er good news:
  • Gars has returned to Aquarapaima (yay) along with their lone platinum individual (not yay), and the truck aquarium now houses some torpedo barbs and a lone freshwater stingray. The former otter exhibit now houses two peacock basses, some parrot cichlids from the truck aquarium and a tiger shovelonse ray.
  • The former Giant Pacific Octopus exhibit now houses moray eels, and the large reef fish tank returned to its former self, now housing several surgeonfish species (yellowfin and naso), as well as some humphead wrasses
  • Cobia has returned to the main tank, but it only appears during feeding times since it's pretty elusive!
  • The sea turtle tank now also houses some semi-pelagic small fishes like scads and golden trevallies. No sign of them adding other sea turtle species but hoping they'll re-add green and olive ridleys in the future, while moving the rays to the main tank.
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I really wish the former otter exhibit to be a common or alligator snapping turtle exhibit. It would've been better in my opinon rather than another freshwater predator fish tank, makes worse with the very shallow water and the addition of parrot cichlids.
 
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I really wish the former otter exhibit to be a common or alligator snapping turtle exhibit. It would've been better in my opinon rather than another freshwater predator fish tank, makes worse with the very shallow water and the addition of parrot cichlids.
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My idea is to rescape the exhibit into a big terrarium/paludarium and house lizards in it. Probably sailfin lizards of water/mangrove monitor. Another idea is for the exhibit to re-house a reticulated python.

As for the mangrove exhibit, the milkfish can be phased out and replaced with archerfish.
 
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As seen here from a recently-uploaded video, the former otter exhibit has been rescaped (probably by SWA themselves or with help from Aquajaya) into a some sort of a jungle-themed paludarium. The current inhabitants as seen on the video are:
  • A horde of parrot cichlids (just wtf)
  • A pair of ocellaris peacock bass
  • A lone tiger shovelnose catfish
I sorta hope the parrot cichlids will be phased out one day and this exhibit might probably used to house African cichlids or probably semi-aquatic snakes (either the return of the retic python or elephant trunk snake). A Chinese giant salamander or a plumed basilisk housed here might be a good idea too.
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The truck aquarium now houses rosy barbs, torpedo barbs and a mid-sized freshwater stingray. Potamotrygon jabuti apparently, not motoro like back during the SWI days.

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And as seen here, the shovelnose ray/guitarfish hath returneth to SWA. Dunno if this is the individual from the main tank or an entirely new one. Also, the tank has been converted to a ray-only tank with small fishes like golden trevallies and scads. The sea turtles are presumably moved to the main tank, or completely phased out (hopefully sent to a conservation center like what JAQS did to their hawksbill turtles).
 
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As seen here from a recently-uploaded video, the former otter exhibit has been rescaped (probably by SWA themselves or with help from Aquajaya) into a some sort of a jungle-themed paludarium. The current inhabitants as seen on the video are:
  • A horde of parrot cichlids (just wtf)
  • A pair of ocellaris peacock bass
  • A lone tiger shovelnose catfish
I sorta hope the parrot cichlids will be phased out one day and this exhibit might probably used to house African cichlids or probably semi-aquatic snakes (either the return of the retic python or elephant trunk snake). A Chinese giant salamander or a plumed basilisk housed here might be a good idea too.
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The truck aquarium now houses rosy barbs, torpedo barbs and a mid-sized freshwater stingray. Potamotrygon jabuti apparently, not motoro like back during the SWI days.

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And as seen here, the shovelnose ray/guitarfish hath returneth to SWA. Dunno if this is the individual from the main tank or an entirely new one. Also, the tank has been converted to a ray-only tank with small fishes like golden trevallies and scads. The sea turtles are presumably moved to the main tank, or completely phased out (hopefully sent to a conservation center like what JAQS did to their hawksbill turtles).
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I don't like the fact that the tank is too shallow for most of its inhabitant, not to mention that it's just another predatory fish tank for the millionth times. Though I honestly liked the design and planting. I agree that it should houses semi-aquatic reptiles instead, anaconda might look great in that exhibit.

I honestly never liked the whole "themed" tanks, just saying. It's like it was there only for photoshoots or some artistic exhibition rather than a actual exhibit. Jakarta Aquarium might have done stupid decisions, but atleast they managed themself as an actual public aquarium, while SeaWorld presented itself as just a simple tourist attraction. The changes for the "themed" tank section that I could realistically see is some sort of "Rainbow Aquariums" , like a freshwater section with colorful fishes like rainbowfish, tetras, barbs, etc. It's not to far from what SeaWorld would have do and what average visitors, but yet still somewhat satisfying if done right.

I don't know if it's the video quality or the tank's lighting effect, but the ray tank look murky and that blocky coral placement is very ugly, instead of a larger circular reef in the middle of the tank. Also, can't SeaWorld really afford blue or white lighting like Jakarta Aquarium did? Thought, I really like the idea for it to houses larger coral reef fish or maybe even medium-sized epipelagic fish. Trevally, scad, queenfish, and also maybe even some species of rays and bottom-dweller sharks might worked well.
 
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I don't like the fact that the tank is too shallow for most of its inhabitant, not to mention that it's just another predatory fish tank for the millionth times. Though I honestly liked the design and planting. I agree that it should houses semi-aquatic reptiles instead, anaconda might look great in that exhibit.

I honestly never liked the whole "themed" tanks, just saying. It's like it was there only for photoshoots or some artistic exhibition rather than a actual exhibit. Jakarta Aquarium might have done stupid decisions, but atleast they managed themself as an actual public aquarium, while SeaWorld presented itself as just a simple tourist attraction. The changes for the "themed" tank section that I could realistically see is some sort of "Rainbow Aquariums" , like a freshwater section with colorful fishes like rainbowfish, tetras, barbs, etc. It's not to far from what SeaWorld would have do and what average visitors, but yet still somewhat satisfying if done right.

I don't know if it's the video quality or the tank's lighting effect, but the ray tank look murky and that blocky coral placement is very ugly, instead of a larger circular reef in the middle of the tank. Also, can't SeaWorld really afford blue or white lighting like Jakarta Aquarium did? Thought, I really like the idea for it to houses larger coral reef fish or maybe even medium-sized epipelagic fish. Trevally, scad, queenfish, and also maybe even some species of rays and bottom-dweller sharks might worked well.
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SWA could acquire some wobbegongs for the ray tank if they want to, or move one or two of their larger bamboo sharks there. Hoping they will also acquire spiny butterfly rays or taeniura meyeni in the future.
 
SeaWorld Ancol has added Red King Crab (Paralithodes camschaticus) to their collection, currently occupying the former triggerfish/spider crab exhibit as part of their WonderFest celebration. This is the first time SWA added a new cold-water/deep-water fauna ever since they added the trio back in 2017 (GPO, Spider Crab and Pineconefish), which all perished due to the lockdown/pandemic during 2020-2021. Hoping this is part of SWA's redemption arc.

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SeaWorld Ancol has added Red King Crab (Paralithodes camschaticus) to their collection, currently occupying the former triggerfish/spider crab exhibit as part of their WonderFest celebration. This is the first time SWA added a new cold-water/deep-water fauna ever since they added the trio back in 2017 (GPO, Spider Crab and Pineconefish), which all perished due to the lockdown/pandemic during 2020-2021. Hoping this is part of SWA's redemption arc.

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well, SWA just did an improvement, i hope SWA acquire more rare species (especially fo the main tank) in this june to celebrate their 30th anniversary.
 
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@Caribbean Flamingo shown me on IG that the coral reef fish exhibit has been blocked off temporarily for construction/renovation, hopefully they're turning it into a new exhibit though. If this "redemption plan" goes well, hoping they'll get a giant pacific octopus too like their sister park BXSea.

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@Caribbean Flamingo shown me once again that SWA has added Whitespotted Wedgefish (Rhynchobatus australiae) to their ray exhibit, or in this case, reintroduced them into SWA after years of absence

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And as shown by @Caribbean Flamingo on Instagram today, SeaWorld Ancol has re-acquired the Zebra Shark, though exhibited in the ray tank at the moment. Hoping they'll acquire more for the tunnel tank or SharkQuarium, and still hoping that one day they'll get Hammerhead Sharks again after the last one died back in 2022.

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