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On August 26th, the aquarium announced they acquired 105 wild-caught Laurel daces in late July due to a prolonged drought in the region (though 1 passed while being transferred) which are at the aquarium's Conservation Institute. On December 31st, the aquarium announced they acquired 196 more Laurel daces from the wild.
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On March 24th, the aquarium announced they released most of the Laurel daces back into the wild, with the facility keeping the rest as a safeguard population.

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On April 10th, the aquarium announced they opened a new tank inside the Ridges to Rivers gallery for orangefoot pimpleback mussel, Appalachian monkeyface mussel, and fuzzy pigtoe mussel, respectively.

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On May 22nd, the aquarium announced that 2 ornate wood turtles hatched.

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On June 12th, the aquarium announced their (0.1) crested wood partridge passed away at age 8 due to several age-related issues.

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Last week, I visited the Tennessee Aquarium twice during my road trip. This was my first visit since 2022, and I have some updates.
  • River Journey
    • In Delta Country, there are unsigned River Cooters and an unsigned Spiny Softshell in the first turtle exhibit.
    • Also in Delta Country, there is a signage error; in the first turtle exhibit, there is signage for Striped Mullet (Mugil cephalus), which has been erroneously assigned the scientific name of the Golden Shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas). I didn't see either species.
    • In Rivers of the World, The Vietnamese Mossy Frog exhibit (next to the Orinoco/Electric Eel exhibit) is currently empty and unused. Other than some basic mock rock, it is completely unfurnished.
    • Got to experience the new Ridges to Rivers gallery, which replaced the Discovery Hall. While not as species-rich (and also resulted in the loss of a turtles species, grrrr), it's still an excellent exhibit. The Sturgeon touch tank, the pop-up tank, and the mussel tank are all leftovers from the previous exhibit.
    • In the Flooded Forest exhibit, there are unsigned Arrau River Turtles (x2).
  • Ocean Journey
    • The biggest news here, and something I didn't see mentioned here, is that the Boneless Beauties exhibit in Ocean Journey has been closed and is in the process of being replaced by a new exhibit; Scuttlebutt Reef. What this exhibit will contain, I do not know (can't even find any info on it for some reason). It has a Green Moray in its logo, so make of that as you will. Posters at the exhibit are currently advertising a 2026 opening date.
    • There are unsigned Short-tailed Nurse Shark (x2), a Port Jackson Shark, a Horned Shark, and a Banjo Ray in the Touch Tank on the top floor.
    • There were no Crested Wood Partridges on exhibit in the Butterfly aviary on either visit. I was told they still have them, but are currently off-exhibit.
    • Got to see all 3 lemur species at once on my 2nd visit, although the exhibit was partitioned. Ring-tailed Lemurs were housed in both and mixed with both species, but the Collared Brown and Red Ruffed Lemurs were not mixed and kept separate.
  • The River place building just south of Ocean Journey (which seems to have previously been a food court) is also in the process of being converted into the new S.T.R.E.A.M Learning Center. Graphics along the construction fences currently advertise a Fall 2025 opening date.
 
Astrotom3000 said:
n Rivers of the World, The Vietnamese Mossy Frog exhibit (next to the Orinoco/Electric Eel exhibit) is currently empty and unused. Other than some basic mock rock, it is completely unfurnished.
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Did you see the mossy frogs at any point during your visit? When I was there in February of this year there was a tank crammed full of them just down the hall from the rubber eel tank. It would be surprising to me if they went from what seemed to be ~30 to none on display in a matter of a few months.
 
DJD Zoo Pals said:
Did you see the mossy frogs at any point during your visit? When I was there in February of this year there was a tank crammed full of them just down the hall from the rubber eel tank. It would be surprising to me if they went from what seemed to be ~30 to none on display in a matter of a few months.
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There were no mossy frogs on display anywhere in the aquarium during my visit.

Do you know where the tank was when you visited in Feb? Back during my visit in 2022, their tank was at the end of the Rivers of the World gallery, just past the Lake Tanginyka tank. This time, it was located just to the left of the Kapuas River tank (across from the Malebo pool tank).

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