Coral Reef Exhibit
World's Largest Living Coral Reef Aquarium
- 2.5 Million Litres of Water
- Hundreds of Corals
- Thousands of Fish
Parrot fish
- Elephant ear anemone
- Giant Clams
- Leather corals
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Making the CRE
Click here to find out how the Coral Reef Exhibit was constructed.
Currently, the CRE is home to 130 coral species and 120 fish species, and many hundred species of sea stars, sea-urchins, sea-cucumbers, brittle stars, feather stars snails, worms, sponges and many more.
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Trying to recreate a coral reef on land – on a scale equivalent to a small reef- is among the most difficult undertakings because coral are among the most sensitive organisms on this planet. They require extremely high water quality and cannot tolerate changes in temperature and salinity beyond normal variations well. Therefore we are directing a lot of technical effort to control the water quality (protein skimmers, sand filters and ozone), the temperature (chiller system), water motion (wave machine, water circulators), light (shading), salinity (reverse osmosis machine), their food requirements (farming algae, rotifers and Artemia), trace metal supplementation (calcium, strontium) – efforts that are not immediately obvious to our visitors.
If you wish to find out what it takes to keep a coral reef on land – you can book one of our specialist behind the scenes tours.
