Recently, I have been in Blue Reef Aquarium. The weather was rainy, so we planned to go "under the sea" on a Saturday afternoon. I found a 20% discount voucher online which you can save £2 pounds with. However, there is a £1.5 booking fee for the online booking! So we obviously didn't use the voucher and paid £12 each for the ticket, with the student discount.
The aquarium is located very centric, right in the Harbourside, and it is opened daily from 10am to 5pm. We arrived there at 3pm and as it was not crowded, we had more than enough time to see all the fish there.
In the aquarium you can find the Native Display, from the jellyfish display to giant North Sea Fish, the Bay of Rays, the Coral Display with loads of colorful fish, the Amazon Tank...
In the native display, species swim around sunken ships hull and you are able to observe them through a giant reinforced tunnel display window.
The Giant Pacific Octopus deserves a special mention. Its majestuous size left most of the visitors open-mouthed. The Enteroctopus Dofleini is a large cephalopod which can be found in the coastal North Pacific, usually at the depth of around 65m. Adults usually weight around 15kg, with an arm span of up to 4.3 m!! It is very impressive!
In the aquarium you can find the Native Display, from the jellyfish display to giant North Sea Fish, the Bay of Rays, the Coral Display with loads of colorful fish, the Amazon Tank...
In the native display, species swim around sunken ships hull and you are able to observe them through a giant reinforced tunnel display window.
The Giant Pacific Octopus deserves a special mention. Its majestuous size left most of the visitors open-mouthed. The Enteroctopus Dofleini is a large cephalopod which can be found in the coastal North Pacific, usually at the depth of around 65m. Adults usually weight around 15kg, with an arm span of up to 4.3 m!! It is very impressive!
As well as the octopus, the Green Moray must have a special space in here too. His almost threatening look and movements made me had goose bumps. Bites of this kind of morays can be particularly dangerous due to its large size!
As an overal opinion, I have to admit that I really liked the decoration of the aquarium. Most of the animals are kept in very big displays where they can swim freely. However, me and my friends agreed that, for example, electric eel's and giant octopus' displays look too small for the size of the species.
Anecdote of the day: the unexpected photo shoot the photo-team made of us. More than 20 pictures, in more than 10 different possitions! They should know that we are not cute enough to pay £12 for just one picture of ourselves.
INTERESTING LINKS
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Blue Reef Aquarium: http://www.bristolaquarium.co.uk/displays/giant-pacific-octopus/
Discount: http://www.smartsave.com/uk/bristol-aquarium
Giant Pacific Octopus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enteroctopus_dofleini
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