Bristol Aquarium is enjoying a bumper crop of giant loofahs in its tropical glasshouse. The Harbourside attraction has been overwhelmed by the number and scale of the bizarre-looking members of the cucumber family which have grown on a three-storey vine in the massive botanical house. Now staff are working on how to harvest the giant … Continued
Visitors to Bristol Aquarium are having the unique opportunity of watching a fish change sex before their eyes. The rarely-seen transformation is taking place to a native cuckoo wrasse in the Harbourside attraction’s UK Waters area. The 40-centimetre-long fish is changing from a female to a male. The process, which is taking place over a … Continued
Aquarists have collected more than 24 shark egg-cases following an underwater egg-hunt at Bristol Aquarium. The aquarists collected the eggs, or ‘Mermaids’ purses’, attached to rocks in the aquarium’s Bay of Rays display while they were on cleaning duty. A number of the eggs have already hatched and tiny sharks can be seen wriggling inside … Continued
A pride of venomous lionfish has gone on display at Bristol Aquarium. Six of the brown and white striped fish have taken up residence in the Harbourside wildlife attraction’s new predators’ display which is also home to pufferfish, boxfish and longhorn cowfish. Normally found living among the coral reefs of Pacific Ocean, the fish are … Continued
A smiling ray, a turtle swimming in the clouds and a collection of octopus’ suckers were among the winning images in Bristol Aquarium’s inaugural Fin-tastic Photography Competition. The Harbourside wildlife attraction invited visitors to capture the aquarium’s fishy residents on film. Close to 50 images were sent in and staff then had the challenging task … Continued
A septet of spiky spider crabs has gone on display at Bristol Aquarium. The impressive-looking crustaceans were transferred to the Harbourside wildlife attraction from their sister Blue Reef Aquarium in Portsmouth. The crabs have taken up residence in one of the aquarium’s native coastal-themed displays and will also play a part in daily rockpool encounter … Continued
Bristol Aquarium has enlisted the help of an award-winning designer to create their new ‘C-Shed’ Café. The Harbourside attraction has been working with Bristol-based Joe Ravenhill of Ravenhill Design to build the new interactive, themed café area. The new café has a nautical theme with a central pirate-ship hub which features a ‘C-Monster’ kids activity … Continued
A fruit salad tree has unexpectedly started flowering at Bristol Aquarium for the first time in more than four years. The tree, which is native to the tropical rainforests of southern Mexico and south to Colombia, began flowering last week and it is hoped will continue to produce new flowers for several weeks more. As … Continued
Bristol Aquarium has appointed a new Sales and Marketing Manager as part of its ongoing development plans. Postgraduate Sarah Moore has more than 10 year’s experience working within both the third sector and leisure and tourism industries. Her most recent role was as marketing manager at the Bishop’s Palace in Wells, Somerset. She has also … Continued
AQUARIUM INVITES VISITORS TO CATCH FISH ON CAMERA We’ve launched a digital photographic competition to mark National Camera Day which took place on Sunday, June 29th. We are inviting all our visitors to submit their best digital images taken at the aquarium with prizes on offer for the winners. The ‘Fin-tastic Fishy Photo’ competition will run until August … Continued