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About the Oceanarium |
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Oceanarium of the Entertainment Center “Duman” reveals secrets of the
sea depths in the very center of steppe region.
Oceanarium of the
Entertainment center “Duman” is the first one in CIS. It is also the
only Oceanarium located 3000 km away from the ocean, like “ A DROP OF
THE OCEAN IN THE MIDDLE OF A STEPPE”!
You have a unique
opportunity to see all the beauty of the undersea world with fascinating
sea inhabitants. Here you will find not only huge variety of fish, but
also sea turtles, sea anemones, starfish and so on. The opportunity to
touch upon the sea world will be a unique experience for you and your
children.
The Oceanarium
consists of the main tank – a big aquarium, on the bottom of which there
is a 70 meter tunnel made of acrylic glass which is equipped with a
moving track, and three large expo areas with twenty aquariums of
different size. In the aquariums of the expo areas you can have a good
look at certain species of ichtyofauna and get extensive information
from our guides about unique fish and sea animals.
The capacity of the main
tank is 3 million liters of sea water. To produce this water about 120
tons of special sea salt is used every day. Here inhabit more than 2000
sea inhabitants, representing more than 100 species of sea fauna from
all corners of the Earth. The biggest inhabitants of the main tank are
sharks, with them side by side there are giant groupers, morays, urchins
and other no less interesting aquatic life.
The functioning of the
Oceanarium is supported by the unique system of life support: 34
powerful pumps, 6 sand filters, container for each of them – 200
thousand liters, and also water purification system, including about 11
km of special pipes, the material of which is absolutely harmless to
fish vital functions; they provide necessary chemical content and
transparency of the water running through them.
In 2006 the Oceanarium
created a new expo area – “Fish of Kazakhstan”. The aim of this project
is to show the visitors of the Oceanarium rich flora and fauna of the
Repuclic of Kazakhstan, foster a sense of patriotism, love and pride for
our country. In the expo area “Fish of Kazakhstan” there are more than
150 aquatic organisms, representing about 12 species of Kazakhstan
ichtyofauna.
In the next expo area
there are presented inhabitants of freshwater reservoirs of South
America and South-East Asia. For example, piranha family is presented by
their aggressive carnivore voracious representatives, actual piranhas,
as well as by their peaceful counterparts - Paku that are exclusively
vegetarian. You can see also the representatives of coastal seas and
oceans: sea stars, “Nemo” cartoon characters - sargassum fish.
In the kingdom of coral
reefs there inhabit fish-cow, fish-fox, fish-dog, sea anemones. There is
also the aquarium with dangerous fish, such as poisonous zebra lionfish,
moray eels, urchins.
All secrets of the ocean
and all beauty of the undersea world are available to residents and
visitors of the city in our Oceanarium of the entertainment center “Duman”!
Show-program of the Oceanarium:
1. show “Sharks feeding”
2. show “Mermaid”
3. show “Dances of the sea depths”
Source: official site of
Oceanarium "Duman" (2013)
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